Convergence Consulting Group presents RAVE, Rapidly Adaptive Visualization Engine at the IBM Cognos Central Florida User Group Meeting.  What is RAVE? How do I use RAVE Visualizations? How do I install RAVE Visualizations? How do I modify an existing RAVE Visualization? Demos include: Active Reports with RAVE Visualizations, Building a report in Cognos Workspace with RAVE, Visualization objects, Importing a RAVE Visualization into, Cognos and using it in a report and Updating an existing RAVE Visualization

1. IBM RAVE – Rapidly Adaptive Visualization Engine
Cognos User Group Discussion
Presented by Scott Fairbanks
April 24th, 2014

2. • The Value of Data Visualizations
• Overview of RAVE
• What is it?
• How do I use RAVE Visualizations?
• How do I install RAVE Visualizations?
• How do I modify an existing RAVE Visualization?
• Demos
• Active Reports with RAVE Visualizations
• Building a report in Cognos Workspace with RAVE Visualization
objects
• Importing a RAVE Visualization into Cognos and using it in a report
• Updating an existing RAVE Visualization
Agenda

3. Anscombe’s Quartet was constructed by statistician Francis Anscombe in 1973
How do I interpret this data?
Statistical Properties:
• Mean
• Variance
• Correlation
• Linear Regression
* Anscombe, F. J. (1973). "Graphs in Statistical Analysis". American Statistician
The same across all four datasets!
Value of Data Visualizations

4. * Anscombe, F. J. (1973). "Graphs in Statistical Analysis". American Statistician
Value of Data Visualizations
Anscombe’s Quartet

5. Value of Data Visualizations
• Graphs should be telling a story that people understand
• Choose the best way to convey the message of the story

6. Value of Data Visualizations

7. Value of Data Visualizations
Here’s an example of a real life situation explained by a visualization:

8. Value of Data Visualizations

9. Value of Data Visualizations
• Wordle.net was created by Jonathon Feinberg, which he now owns and
operates for non-commercial purposes
• “a toy for generating ‘word clouds’ from text that you provide.”

10. Value of Data Visualizations
RAVE Visualization created using Cognos

11. Overview of RAVE
What is RAVE?
• RAVE stands for Rapidly Adaptive Visualization Engine, which is an
IBM technology that drives data visualizations using a JavaScript
grammar based language called JSON
• JavaScript Object Notation
• Simpler than XML
• Better suited to data-interchange
• Lightweight, less grammar
What is JSON?

12. Overview of RAVE
• The Visualization object became available with Cognos version 10.2
• New chart types
• Updates to existing chart types
• Improved animation and interactivity
• Visualization customizer application
• Charts can be added into solution without waiting for Cognos release

13. How do I use Visualizations?
• From a user’s perspective, RAVE Visualizations are seamlessly
integrated into Cognos Reports (show comparisons)

14. From a developer’s perspective, using a Visualizations is simply
picking another tool in the toolbox
How do I use Visualizations?

15. How do I use Visualizations?

16. How do I use Visualizations?
Functionality is similar to
standard chart object

17. How do I use Visualizations?
Demo: Look at Visualization object in Report Studio

18. How do I install Visualizations?
Download new visualizations from AnalyticsZone.com

19. • New Library tab in the Admin panel (Cognos 10.2)
How do I install Visualizations?
• New “Library Administrators” role

20. How do I install Visualizations?
From Library tab, click “Import Visualizations…” and browse for the file

21. How do I install Visualizations?
Now the new Visualization is available for the developer.

22. How do I update a Visualization?

23. How do I update a Visualization?

24. How do I update a Visualization?

25. How do I update a Visualization?

26. How do I update a Visualization?

27. Demo: Updating a visualization in the editor
How do I update a Visualization?

28. Questions?
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