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Super-charged pivot tables in Amazon QuickSight

AWS Big Data

This involved migrating complex tables and pivot tables, helping them slice and dice large datasets and deliver pixel-perfect views of their data to their stakeholders. For example, in the following table, we would load all carrier/city combinations nested under Dec 7, 2014 before we can continue querying the next date.

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Great Storytelling With Data: Visualize Simply And Focus Obsessively

Occam's Razor

First, someone worked really hard on this and created a really nice model for a smarter decision to be made for 2014. You are comparing 2012 and 2013, add a row of data at the top that shows your computation of the size of the opportunity for 2014. You are a Ninja, it will likely take you less. Look beyond the obvious, really look.

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Data Visualization Inspiration: Analysis To Insights To Action, Faster!

Occam's Razor

Short story #4: Multi-dimensional Slicing and Dicing! The graph below shows the predictions of what would have happened if aggressive intervention started in June 2014. Short story #4: Multi-dimensional Slicing and Dicing! I like the option to slice by inequality index rating of the country ( GINI rating ).