About This Book |
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About the Author |
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Acknowledgments |
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Part 1: Concepts |
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Chapter 1 Getting Started |
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Chapter 2 Visual Tour of Infographics |
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Information Fragments: A Common Subcategory |
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SAS Sees the Value in Infographics |
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Chapter 3 Art versus Science |
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Artistic Freedom versus Communication |
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Chapter 4 Changing Technology Landscape |
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Market Trends for Data Visualization |
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API Economy and the Age of Analytics |
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Technology Improvements Continue to Drive Innovation |
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Chapter 5 General Considerations for Designing Infographics |
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Data Visualization 101: The Basics |
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Foundations of Visual Perception |
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Elements of an Infographic |
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Quantitative: Data-Driven Elements |
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Subjective: Creative Elements |
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Designing for the Non-designer |
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Top-Ten Infographic Elements |
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Chapter 6 Data to insight |
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The Challenge: From Data to Insight |
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Exploring the Requirements Continuum |
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Exploring the Roles Continuum |
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Chapter 7 The Platform-a Business Engine |
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SAS and the Analytics Lifecycle |
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Discovery: Make Data-Driven Decisions |
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Deployment: Drive the Business Where It Happens |
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Part 2: SAS Tools and Worked Examples |
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Chapter 8 The Tools: Software Used in this Book |
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SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office |
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SAS Visual Analytics Capabilities |
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Chapter 9 Worked Examples |
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Chapter 10 Example 1: SAS and Microsoft PowerPoint |
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Getting Started with SAS and Microsoft Office |
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Step Zero Start with a Mockup Design |
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Step 1 Open the Template in PowerPoint |
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Step 2 Connecting to SAS Visual Analytics |
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Step 3 Deciding What Content to Leverage from SAS |
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Report 1: The Sales Performance Dashboard |
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Report 2: Ad Hoc Analysis on Sales Performance |
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Step 4 Unifying the Content Elements |
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Step 5 Adding Elements to the Microsoft PowerPoint Document |
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From the Sales Dashboard: Report 1 Elements |
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From the Data Exploration: Report 2 Element |
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Step 7 Share the Infographic |
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Chapter 11 Example 2: SAS and Microsoft Excel |
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Step Zero Create a Strawman Design for the Infographic |
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Step 1 Using SAS and Microsoft Excel |
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Step 2 Working with SAS Visual Analytics Report and Microsoft Excel |
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Step 2a Insert the Heatmap |
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Step 2b Insert the Word Cloud |
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Step 3 Add the Key Values from SAS Visual Analytics |
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Step 4 Using a SAS Stored Process inside Microsoft Excel |
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Step 5 Tell SAS Where to Put the SAS Stored Process Output |
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Step 6 Move the SAS Stored Process Output to the Desired Location in the Infographic |
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Using SAS Code Directly inside Microsoft Excel |
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Step 8 Share the Infographic |
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Chapter 12 Example 3: SAS Visual Analytics Infographic Inspired Dashboards |
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Step 1 Start with Your Idea and Rough Design |
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Step 3 Build the Basic Infographic |
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Sales Performance: Set Up Our Basic Infographic |
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Step 4 Add some Approachable Analytics |
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Geo Maps: Bringing Data to Life |
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Add Some Advanced Analytics |
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Add Analytics Objects to Examples |
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Step 5 Add External Graphics |
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Add Custom Data-Driven Content |
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Step 5a Adding the Data-Driven Content: Example using the Condegram |
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Step 5b Adding Data-Driven Content: Third-Party Graphic |
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Step 6a Setting Automatic Actions |
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Step 6b Adding an Additional Data-Driven Content Object |
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Step 7 Share the Infographic |
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Chapter 13 Example 4: SAS Code to Create Infographics |
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Using SAS Code for Data Visualization |
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Example 4.1: Custom Business Infographic Poster |
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Step 3 Walking through the Code |
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Example 4.2: Social Media Tiles |
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Step 3 Walking through the Code |
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Chapter 14 Where to Go from Here? |
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Which Approach Do I Choose? |
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Pathways and Training Resources |
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Crowd Sourcing/Data for Good |
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Evolution of Personal Productivity |
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Bibliography |
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Appendix A: The Data-Why this Data? (Sample Data) |
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Index |
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