Component list

The tables below provide an overview of available components, sorted by component type.

Note: The Summary column lists the full functionality for a component. Many components can be configured to expose only a subset of functionality to users.

Containers

Containers allow users to group components on the page.

Component Name Summary Screenshot
Column Container

Used to group components on the page. Users can configure the number of columns and overall layout.


Component Container component
Tabbed Container

Used to create a tabbed interface, with each tab containing a different set of components.

Tabbed Component Container with two tabs and components on the selected tab

Data Record Displays

Data record displays allow users to view lists of records.

Component Name Summary Screenshot
Results List

Displays the list of records for the current refinement. Each record displays a subset of attributes as configured for the component.

Users can export and print the list. They can also compare records, display details for a record, and refine the data.

Example of a Results List component
Results Table

Displays a table containing either a list of records for the current refinement, or a set of metrics aggregated by one or more dimensions.

The table can include links to display the Record Details dialog, refine the data set, or display related content. Selected values can also be highlighted.

Users can export and print the list. They can also use the Compare dialog to compare selected rows.

Example of a records list type of Results Table
Example of an aggregated Results Table

Charts

Big Data Discovery provides several types of charts to use to visualize data and the distribution of data values.

Component Name Summary Screenshot
Chart
A Chart displays data using standard chart formats, including:
  • Bar charts
  • Line / Area charts
  • Pie charts
  • Scatter / Bubble charts (including binning as an option to scatter charts)
  • Bar-Line charts

Depending on the configured chart type, users may be able to select the data view and metrics to plot. They can also save the currently displayed chart as an image.


Displays a simple bar chart

Histogram Plot

A Histogram Plot is a basic visualization for showing the distribution of values for a single metric. The values are grouped into bins, each representing a range of values and displaying the number of values in that range.

Users can select the data view, the X-axis metric, the number of X-axis bins, and the type of histogram to display


Example of a Histogram Plot
Box Plot

A Box Plot provides a capsule summary of values for a metric for each value of a String attribute. For example, you can show a summary of the values for Number Ordered against each value of Product Category.

Users can select the data view, as well as the values to plot on each axis.


Box Plot
Parallel Coordinates Plot

A Parallel Coordinates Plot plots the values of multiple metrics for each value of a single dimension.

Users can select the data view, the dimension, and the metrics and aggregation methods to use.


Parallel Coordinates Plot

Other Data Visualizations

Other visualizations allow users to explore and visualize data on the page.

Component Name Summary Screenshot
Custom Visualization Component

A Custom Visualization Component is an extension to Studio that lets you create customized visualizations in cases where the default components in Studio do not meet your specific data visualization needs.

You implement a unique rendering for a Custom Visualization Component to meet your data visualization needs. For details about creating a Custom Visualization Component, see the Extensions Guide.

Map

Displays one or more map layers. Each layer represents a set of geographic locations.

Users can search for locations and display details for a specific location.

Map component showing locations for two location sets
Pivot Table

Generates a table that allows users to perform comparisons and identify trends across several cross sections of data.

Users can change the table layout and export the data to a spreadsheet.

Example of a Pivot Table component
Summarization Bar

Displays a set of summary items that contain summary values from the data. A summary value can be a metric (such as average sales), a dimension value associated with the lowest or highest value of a metric (such as the region with the highest sales), or a number of flags. Flags indicate the dimension values that have associated metric values which have passed a specified threshold.


Summarization Bar component
Tag Cloud

Displays a distribution of terms based on the value of an associated metric. Larger fonts indicate a higher metric value.

The component can display in cloud view, with the terms in alphabetical order, or in list view, with the terms ordered by the metric value.

Users can refine by the displayed terms.

Example of a Tag Cloud component

Tag Cloud in list format with metric values
Timeline

Displays one or more metric values over the period of time. It consists of a master timeline to set the date/time range, and individual metric timelines showing the value of a metric for a selected date/time attribute.

Users can:
  • Add and remove metric timelines
  • Select the metric and date/time attribute to use for each timeline
  • Select a specific subset of the available date/time range to display on the metric timelines

There is no edit view for the component, but administrators can save a configuration to be the default displayed when users first display the page.


Timeline component
Thematic Map

Plots regions on a map and distinguishes the regions by color and record count per metric.

For a Thematic Map, you can select:
  • The data view to use for the chart data
  • The geocode attribute to display on the map.
  • The geographic grain used to display the map. For example, you could display the map by country, region, or county, and so on.

Shows a thematic map component with the US selected and the number of records for that country.

Web-based Content

Data record displays allow users to view lists of records.

Component Name Summary Screenshot
IFrame

Displays the content of an external URL on the page.


IFrame component showing the Oracle web site
Web Content Display

Displays HTML content. Users can create and edit the content within the component.


Web Content Display component