Atlantic hurricane paths represented as copy written fictional weapons of varying data-driven height.
Auto-Draw
A set of ad-hoc draw tools for defining your areas of interest can make it easy to forget about all the awesome shapes that are already sitting on the map...just waiting to be used as spatial query inputs. So, if you've selected an area feature, you now have the ability to turn it into a spatial query
2. What is Visual Fusion? 2 BACKGROUND Visual Fusion is enterprise mash-up software for creating interactive, visual applications utilizing the power of SharePoint®.
3. BACKGROUND What makes Visual Fusion beneficial to your business? Visual Fusion puts your data in the full context of location, time, and analytics for enhanced understanding and insight. It uses a map, timeline, and charts as the primary metaphors for interacting with, exploring, and viewing enterprise information. 3
4. Mashups in Minutes Create an unlimited number of enterprise mashups with minimal time to deployment and minimal drain on IT resources. 4 BACKGROUND Build solutions to address just about any business problem, including: Security Management Asset Management Retail Analysis Supply Chain Management Situational Awareness
5. Visual Fusion 5.0 Coming soon: The October release of Visual Fusion 5.0 New features & capabilities: SharePoint 2010 Integration Support for storing lines & polygons in a SharePoint List Geo-alerts on any SharePoint List Out of the box charts & graphs fully integrated with map & timeline Drawing tools to create, edit, delete from your VF application interface Ad hoc and persistent labels Favorites and permalinks No code spatial queries and quick query from any polygon Data feed and data item action menus And much, much more! 5
6. New Feature: Spatial Query Upgrade 6 Auto-Draw A set of ad-hoc draw tools for defining your areas of interest can make it easy to forget about all the shapes that are already sitting on the map. So, if you've selected an area feature, you now have the ability to turn it into a spatial query.
7. New Feature: Clear All 9/27/2010 7 Instead of having to manually clear each spatial query that the user drew, there is now a “clear spatial query” button that clears them all at once. Saving the user time and frustration. For more information on the Fall 2010 release of VF 5.0, or for more examples of maps in action, drop us a line.
8. 8 For more on VF5.0 User Experience, visit the User Experience Blog:http://uxblog.idvsolutions.com
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Editor's Notes
Visual Fusion is enterprise mashup software for creating interactive, visual applications utilizing the power of SharePoint, built by IDV Solutions. Visit www.idvsolutions.com to learn more about Visual Fusion.
Visual Fusion Suite is an enterprise mash-up platform with everything you need to build interactive data visualizations in SharePoint. Visual Fusion Suite integrates enterprise information, Web services, and unmanaged workgroup files into a single interactive picture, and presents them in the context of location, time, and other visualizations. Communicate the big picture immediately, and allow users to discover, contribute, collaborate, and act. Visual Fusion Suite is made up of a set of component products and technologies which work together for creating business-focused applications that have proven to drive high rates of ROI for a diverse cast of customers. The Suite includes Visual Fusion Experience (VFX), Visual Fusion Server (VFS), Data Connectors, Developer SDK, and Visual Fusion Tile Server (VFTS)Visual Fusion’s key capabilities are: • CONNECT to virtually any data source within the enterprise or on the Web.• VISUALIZE information in meaningful context such as interactive maps, charts, and timelines.• CREAT E custom variables and hotspots to alert users to important information.• PROVIDE permission-based publishing and workflow integration, so people have access tothe information and collaboration tools they need.• ENABLE contribution from individuals in real time through applications like SharePoint orthrough any mobile device email.Visual Fusion’s key benefits are:• INSIGHT - interact with more meaningful data by seeing it in the context of location, time, orother framework• ACTION – integrate with workflow and act decisively based on visual data integration andbusiness intelligence• PRODUCTIVITY - spend less time finding and compiling information and more time in analysisand discovery• AGILITY – respond quickly to business needs with rapid application development• FLEXIBILITY - apply to just about any business problem; extends to precisely meet uniquebusiness needs• VALUE - extend the value of previous investments in data and systems with a powerful tool thatanyone can use
One of the clearest benefits of interacting with data geographically is the ability to ask questions of the data in terms of where it happens. Visual Fusion has, for a long time, supported the ability to draw these areas of interest on the map with a rich set of drawing tools. In 5.0 (October 2010), we focus on making these tools much more accessible. The big hitters are...1) Spatial querying ability comes wired up, right out of the box.2) Auto-query based on a selected area.3) The Smite button.Pre-WiredIn previous versions, a developer and/or database administrator ("Mooooove!") would have to configure the spatial query tools in order for them to be available to the end user. In 5.0 we've gone ahead and made some simple assumptions and enabled spatial querying right out of the box, in a nice little combined toolbox button. But, if you want to do something other than the default setup that Visual Fusion provides, that is certainly available as always
Clear AllOne of the cool things about the Visual Fusion spatial query is that you can draw as many concurrent areas of interest as you want, for a super specific where's my stuff question. But with great drawing power comes great housekeeping responsibility…… at some point you have to clear all of those. 5.0 has a nifty Clear Spatial Query button that nukes all of your areas of interest in one click. I like it for three reasons...-Efficiently removes all areas of interest in one go (especially nice if you've auto-drawn and have a ton of areas of interest).-Provides visual feedback that you are currently in a spatial query state.-Lets you remove an area of interest that may be off-screen and/or forgotten