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Observable Cloud is the fastest data app hosting, with secure sharing and integrated analytics, all fully automated for continuous deployment.
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For data teams and analysts that are new to building data apps with Observable Framework, we share eight unheralded (but essential) things to know as you dive in.
Data Transformation
A good dashboard helps people quickly understand data and make decisions. This post offers seven ideas and guidelines to help you make better dashboards for your users.
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Observable is the best place to build and share custom data apps for user-facing analytics. Here, we explain where Observable Notebooks and Framework shine in the data analysis lifecycle from initial data exploration and testing to final, production-ready data apps.
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Donut, line, and bar charts are great for displaying some metrics, but their simplicity — in some ways, what makes them so common and useful — can also leave understanding on the table. Here, we share five chart types that go beyond the basics to reveal deeper insights from data, and provide users with more engaging and informative dashboards.
Data Workflow
Building custom data apps is expensive and time-consuming. Observable helps you create dashboards and data apps faster and easier, and offers hosting customized for data apps in organizations.
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We recently published six example dashboards built with Observable Framework. In this post, we share takeaways from our experience developing custom dashboards and data apps with code, with a focus on flexibility, project organization, and customization.
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"Static site generator" doesn't sound like an exciting technology, but it makes for much faster load times for your dashboards and data apps, reduces load on databases, and can foster a better data update strategy that leads to more useful dashboards.
Data Transformation
When dashboards display data at a much higher resolution or frequency than required for informed decision-making, viewers can get lost in the weeds. In this post, we share strategies to build better dashboards that align with the scale of business decisions, so that viewers can focus on changes that actually matter for their organization.
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Building dashboards with code opens up many possibilities to save time and effort, while ending up with better results. In this post, we look at how code enables precise layouts and stylings, reusable code saves time, and how importing components lets you use uncommon and custom chart types.
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Are your dashboards providing value to your users or are they rotting away in obscurity? Here are five strategies for building better dashboards — and keeping them that way.