"StyleScope is a visualization and exploration tool, and this functionality is also embedded in our Style Intelligence, which is our complete suite of business intelligence software.
So in simple terms to describe this visualization tool, it is basically a visual overlay on top of our data layer. We call our data layer worksheets. Then on top of that we produce something called viewsheets. With the viewsheet there are two modes of use. The first is for the end-users’ visualization. This doesn’t require any training. It’s what we call a click and select Web user interface.
So in typical usage, in this mode, the users would have a dashboard interface. In a dashboard, they would have what we call output components which would show them the metrics they care about, in terms of their performance management. They could be speedometers and thermometers as well as time-series charts and graphs.
There are also input components. That’s where the business parameters, the variables, come in. That could be a date range or filter selection lists. You can change the inputs in a very intuitive manner because the user only needs to select and click on this input element to manipulate different dimensions. Then they can see the effect of how the measures, or metrics, would change. This lets them analyze these business metrics is a visual exploration mode. ." -Luke Liang, CEO |