Question

2. The top 5 data visualization tools specific to the domains of healthcare, business, engineering.

• Write a short summary describing each tool and how its features or functionality differs from the other tools in the specific domain.
• Write a short summary describing what the collection of tools you found within each domain have in common, and how the collection within one domain differs in features or functionality from the other domains.

Answer 1

Data visualisation :

It is basically , pictorial representation of a set of data. For example , a data in the form of text can be pictorially represented using a graph, chart etc. It plays a very important role in Business Intelligence because every bit of information is really useful in BI and data visualisation ensures that more data is shown and depicted more sharply so that people can recognize the hidden information or correlation between the data and can be used in their business.

Let's take a look at the top 5 data visualization tools available in the market:

1. Qlik Sense

Qlik Sense basically works on a QIX engine which enables the user to link and associate data from different sources to carry out analysis. It can be used by both non techincal an technical users equally.

Qik Sense uses augmented graphics so it enables more of data visualisation but you can also manipulate data using scripting. It is a very popular choice among the users.It is mainly used in the business domain and the engine has AI functionalities which enables users to find all the hidden insights in the data that they are processing.

Qlik sense also has the function that allows users to seach for the use cases they are looking for in the data and the Associative model that the engine has helps the derive the information . It also has a lot of flexibility and ability to merge data from multiple sources.

2. Qlik view

Qlik view is mainly used in healthcare domain. The most attracting quality of Qlik View is the in-memory storage that makes data collection and visualaisation a lot more easier than the other tools.It also has the ability to create the pictorial representation of the uploaded data and derive the relationship between the data automatically.

Since it is in the healthcare domain, data related to patients are really crucial and it is very important to use the right tool so that nothing gets messed up and enables you to make smarter decisions , on that note , Qlik View serves the purpose.Some of the features of Qlik View include global search facility, full control over the data, consistent reporting etc.

3. Tableau

It is used in the engineering and business domain.

It is a very modern data visualisation tool , and the ease of use is a very popular. It also has very responsive and interactive UI/ , ald real time data analysis. The very impressive graphics are quite attractive which is very useful for the user and if you use Tableau once you will be reluntant use another data visualisation tool because it is such a feast to the eye.

Tableau is not only attractive due to its graphics but it also does its job well .Data analysis and establishment of relatioships are commendable.Now , the drag and drop functionality is the core attraction of the tool. It also clubs with outside tools like Orcale,MongoDB,Excel, Google Cloud etc.

4. Microsoft Power BI

It is used in the engineering domain.

Now what makes Microsoft Power BI powerful and popular is that is cloud based , which makes functions easier and it come in a Desktop and Mobile version.It also has custom visualisation of the data processed. It also has Cortana personal assistant.

It also offers connectivity to Oracle, Azure DevOps,Excel, Salesforce etc.

5. Infogram

It is used in the business domain.

So far we have seen four tools and we have understood what the purpose of the tools are . Infogram is more or less like the others and has powerful data analysing and visualising skills. But it also has this very good editor that converts the data uploaded into graphics that can be shares. No coding skills are needed to use this tool . It is also widely used in the education domain

They also have facilities like setting permissions by role,and we can view and restore earlier versions of the project.