Data Playback, one-click "analytical video" from Hyperion and Tableau
Hyperion has integrated the visual analysis software from Tableau Software into its Hyperion System 9 BI+ business intelligence platform. This new version of Hyperion Visual Explorer provides enhanced capabilities in predictive and statistical analytics.
Hyperion Visual Explorer enables ad hoc analysis and "what if" modeling for exploration of operational and financial data through an easy-to-use graphical interface, making it possible for users to identify trends, outliers and relationships more quickly.
- Exploratory modeling, another capability made available through the integration, gives users one-click access to trend line statistics that can be applied to an unlimited number of forecasting factors to a model of their business. "Visual model building" can be accomplished by dragging and dropping various data variables into the display. The user is then able to determine the predictive quality of one factor over another.
- Another new capability, Dynamic Data Inspection, offers a suite of interactive features designed to dramatically improve customers' ability to visually inspect data and enable discovery. An innovative interface employs "live" visual cues, including dynamic drop lines, summary statistics and sliding filters. The interface also enables users to capture and highlight specific data points for deeper inspection or exclusion.
- Finally, the integration provides a capability called Data Playback, which makes it possible for users to create an analysis, then automatically compare it to more detailed views by slicing it along another dimension on separate pages. The Data Playback feature also enables users to create a one-click "analytical video" of all the pages.