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September 19, 2013
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Berlin 2013 - Session - Daniele de Matteis & Harry Wincup
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Transcript
Monitoring, graphs and visualisations 1
Graphs are crucial 2
✦ What is good graphing? ✦ How do you achieve
it? Graphs are crucial 2
Consistency 3
! Chart needs to make sense, asap! Consistency 3
! Chart needs to make sense, asap! Ad-hoc chart type
definition Consistency 3
Stacked Area Graph in Server Density v2 4
Stacked Area Graph in Server Density v2 Multiline Graph in
Server Density v1 4
Context 5
! Where am I, what am I looking at? Context
5
! Where am I, what am I looking at? Display
data hierarchy Context 5
Display Data Hierarchy 6
Display Data Hierarchy 6
Display Data Hierarchy 6
! Where am I, what am I looking at? Display
data hierarchy Display as much ‘as possible’ Context 7
Clarity 8
! Too many line series even for my 27″! Clarity
8
! Too many line series even for my 27″! Welcome
Horizon graphs. Clarity 8
Horizon Graphs 9
! Too many line series even for my 27″! Welcome
Horizon graphs. ! There is too much on this page... Clarity 10
! Too many line series even for my 27″! Welcome
Horizon graphs. When in doubt, less ink! ! There is too much on this page... Clarity 10
Perspective 11
! Here’s a spike, so what? Perspective 11
! Here’s a spike, so what? Expose system events Perspective
11
Vertical Scanning 12
Vertical Scanning 12
Vertical Scanning 13
Appeal 14
! Chart is boring, imma go back to sleep... Appeal
14
! Chart is boring, imma go back to sleep... Wait,
let’s make it worth it! Appeal 14
Visual Design for UX 16
Visual Design for UX 16
Visual Design for UX 17
Visual Design for UX 17
Visual Design for UX 17
Visual Design for UX 18
Visual Design for UX 18
Visual Design for UX 19
Visual Design for UX 20
Visual Design for UX 20
Control 21
! Where’s the rest of this? Control 21
! Where’s the rest of this? 1 click away, but
now you look for it ;) Control 21
User Control for UX 23
User Control for UX 24
User Control for UX 25
User Control for UX 26
User Control for UX 27
User Control for UX 28
good UX 㱺 action uncover system stories behind metric events
sense of place + hierarchy = understanding -- clutter ++ data density consistency build in depth give control Consistency Context Clarity Perspective Appeal Control 29
More than graphs! 30
Network diagrams, Status boards, Heatmaps... More than graphs! 30
Network diagrams, Status boards, Heatmaps... Dashboards 30
Identify information immediately At a glance 31
Train status 32
@morekid @harrywincup @serverdensity Thanks. Daniele De Matteis Harry Wincup serverdensity.com
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