chapter seven

approachable analytics

In Chapters 5 and 6, we introduced you to many of the objects available in the Designer application of SAS Visual Analytics. These objects let you create visualizations to display your data so that you can communicate a message to a viewer. This works well for reporting and dashboards, but sometimes your data needs additional investigation to see what is going on underneath the covers. SAS Visual Analytics has a very similar application to the Designer called the Explorer that gives you access to additional objects and data analysis features. At first glance, you might not be able to see the difference between the Explorer and Designer, since they are laid out similarly.

Compared to the Designer, which focuses ...

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