Many Eyes is a simple and easy to use service on the web that let us visualize and explore data. This service is offered by International Business Machine.
On Many Eyes we can:
- View and discuss visualizations
- View and discuss data sets
- Create visualizations from existing data sets
Any kind of data set that we upload is visible for the community to watch for.
Steps to be followed:
- We need to go to the site : http://www-958.ibm.com/software/analytics/manyeyes/register.
- Register their with a valid email id. Once we are registered, we need to login with our credentials.
- Under the participate tab, we need to choose create visualization.
- After that we have to start with a data set. We have two choices: To use existing data set or to upload our own data set.
If our data is a list of values, first format we need to add a table with informative column headers. If our columns have different units of measure, we must be sure to include those units in the headers tabs. Then we need to use an spreadsheet program such as the Microsoft ExcelTM or a text file where columns are separated with tabs.
I have chosen the following data set for the purpose of explanation:
|
Date
|
ITC(Rs.)
|
RELIANCE(Rs.)
|
SBIN(Rs.)
|
TATASTEEL(Rs.)
|
|
3/12/2012
|
298.3
|
807
|
2210
|
393.45
|
|
4/12/2012
|
296.2
|
825.7
|
2249.2
|
392.35
|
|
5/12/2012
|
298.95
|
837.1
|
2283
|
399.9
|
|
6/12/2012
|
302.2
|
845.85
|
2317.95
|
403.9
|
|
7/12/2012
|
303
|
849.7
|
2339.6
|
403.95
|
|
10/12/2012
|
302.65
|
837.95
|
2326.8
|
400.9
|
|
11/12/2012
|
305.7
|
838.35
|
2338.55
|
402.9
|
|
12/12/2012
|
306.5
|
834.8
|
2317.95
|
400.3
|
|
13-12-2012
|
305.4
|
841
|
2325
|
397.65
|
|
14-12-2012
|
296.9
|
846.8
|
2327
|
400.05
|
|
17-12-2012
|
295
|
844.4
|
2349
|
402.4
|
|
18-12-2012
|
296
|
839.45
|
2382
|
416.1
|
|
19-12-2012
|
295.4
|
843.05
|
2408.15
|
424.9
|
|
20-12-2012
|
290.1
|
841.95
|
2398.8
|
433.6
|
|
21-12-2012
|
289.45
|
834.5
|
2376.65
|
436.5
|
|
24-12-2012
|
290.75
|
827.35
|
2359
|
435.9
|
|
26-12-2012
|
291
|
835.9
|
2380
|
433.8
|
|
27-12-2012
|
292.75
|
832
|
2397.5
|
436.85
|
|
28-12-2012
|
290
|
846
|
2397.35
|
433.6
|
|
31-12-2012
|
289.45
|
849.8
|
2396.7
|
431.75
|
- Copy the above text and paste it in the rectangular space provided.
- Check that if your data has been properly interpreted. You can change the data type from the drop-down list provided.
- Provide the title for the data and other information in the following screen. Please note that only title is mandatory and all other fields are optional. Click on create.
- The final data set will look as follows:
- Click on Visualize to select the type of visualization you want for your data. For example, I have chosen "Matrix type" for which the visualization is shown as below:
Wide range of customization options are available for us to choose from and we can choose different options as per our requirement. Several other visualization types like bubble charts, hisograms, network diagrams, pie charts, line graphs etc. are also available
Pros:
- Need not be downloaded and installed
- Just needs a java enabled browser
- Its a freeware
- Wide variety of visualizations
Cons:
- The site might crash your browser sometimes
- Your data can be viewed by others hence less privacy
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