BonaVista Wins Business Intelligence Network Data Visualization Competition
August 11, 2006, BonaVista Systems announced it has won the fourth of a five-part series in Business Intelligence Network's 2006 Data Visualization Competition. The contest was organized and judged by Stephen Few, data visualization expert and author. The competition required contestants to submit visual representations of data to solve the business problems identified in the scenario descriptions Few provided.
The task was to develop a dashboard for the executives of an U.S. commercial airline. The dashboard has to allow the executive team to monitor their business and to quickly identify anything that needs attention.
The award winning dashboard can be found here:
Download Award Winning Excel
Dashboard
The airline dashboard was designed with Microsoft Excel and BonaVista
MicroCharts. The display visualizes about 500 numbers on a single screen. The
dashboard looks different because it was designed using effective design
principles. It avoids ineffective eye-catchers like
speedometers or radial gauges. MicroCharts sparklines and bullet graphs are used as an effective means
to put all decision relevant information on a single screen.
A full list of all winners can be found here:
www.b-eye-network.com/view/3236
About BonaVista
BonaVista Systems helps financial analysts,
Excel Users,
Microsoft BI users and
data base
vendors create better, richer reports with more information per square inch. We
offer advanced data visualization solutions that seamlessly integrate into
Microsoft technology.
For more information, visit www.BonaVistaSystems.com.