Analytics for the Internet of Things (IoT)

Aligning views with question flows

When designing visuals, align them with the question tree hierarchies. The first and most visible visual should answer the starting point question. The follow-up questions should be addressed in the same visual, if possible, but less prominently. If this is too unwieldy, then the follow-up should be a simple click away for a user to answer his question. The same is applicable with the follow-up question to the first follow-up question, and so on.

You may need to do a different dashboard for each hierarchy tree if it is too cumbersome to answer in the same dashboard. The test here is to think what is easiest and most natural to a user. The goal is for the dashboard or presentation order to follow the thought ...