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Going beyond dashboards at Gartner Data & Analytics Summit

Well, that was interesting! I just finished the Show Floor Showdown for Business Intelligence at Gartner Data & Analytics Summit with team ThoughtSpot. (Reminder: ThoughtSpot was named a Visionary in Gartner’s 2022 Magic Quadrant™ for Analytics and BI Platforms.) For the setup, we were asked to play the roles of sustainability experts, government officials, and business leaders working to understand the impact of sustainability goals on economic, environmental, and social outcomes.

Monitoring in Edge Flow Manager | Observability with Grafana

This video explains Edge Flow Manager (EFM) integration with Prometheus and Grafana. After installing and configuring Prometheus to scrape, EFM should also be configured to expose metrics. When the time series are in place, Grafana is also installed and configured to visualize exposed metrics. There are some EFM specific Grafana dashboards that are publicly available that can be easily downloaded and imported to Grafana. When everything is configured correctly agent specific dashboards can be accessed from the EFM UI.

How to Choose the Best Data Visualization for Your Reporting

Data visualization involves visually imparting information to communicate complex data. Graphics such as charts help simplify data so more people can understand the insights embedded within a dashboard or report. Businesses use data visualizations to find and highlight patterns and trends in big data sets, with many data visualization examples available today, including graphs, maps and plots to help others grasp data conveniently.