Open Data Users

Fulfilling the Promise of Open Data - Over 3 Billion Live Data Series

Today's Web is filled with Open Data - hundreds of authoritative, original data sources, freely accessible to everyone.

Before dataZoa, the actual practice of using Open Data sources was time-consuming, messy and painful. A major portion of time was wasted on "data drudgery"; cleaning, aligning, pasting, re-typing and such. All before any real thought or analysis could begin.

dataZoa solves this problem head-on, with its radically simple Drag, Build, and Share approach.

The promise of Open Data is that we can actively incorporate these sources into our day-to-day business and policy decisions.

For people who work with Open Data:

datazoa's Mission is to Erase the Pain and Fulfill the Promise of Open Data== dataZoa in brief... ==

It all starts with dataZoa's path-breaking dZ-Dot

browser add-on.

The add-on precedes you as you visit any of hundreds of supported sites, cleans up the available data, and places the dZ-Dot next to it, showing that it's ready to Drag into your dataZoa account.

Once you've dragged data into your account, you can Build calculations, displays and dashboards, freely inter-mixing any and all data sources as you see fit.

At any point, you can Share your work, with a simple SMS or email message, blog posting or formal website display.

Importantly, as the real-world data changes, your data, computations and displays all change with it, updating automatically.

== Drag, Build and Share... ==

Drag: Open Data from around the Web

Choose among billions of supported data series

Mix data from hundreds of authoritative data sites

Drag the data once, stay current forever

Upload and mix-in your own data.

dataZoa's unique dZ-Dot offers access to billions of public data series.
For example, this screenshot <a centerpop_pic="/img/dZDot_BLS.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/camera66_grey.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/dZDot_BLS.png" src="/img/dZDot_BLS.png"></a> shows the dZ-Dot in place at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Build: Calculations, Displays and Dashboards

Powerful Formulas - Calculations <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/calc1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/Retort.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/calc1.png" src="/img/help/calc1.png"></a> that handle time series naturally, update automatically, feed other calculations.

• For example, build a regional composite of commuter data from three separate States.
• Your dZCalculation blends the three sources into a regional composite, which in turn can feed other calculations.

Rich Displays -

    Tables <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/Table1.png"><img style="background-color: white;  vertical-align: baseline;  " src="/img/Table.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/Table1.png" src="/img/help/Table1.png"></a>, 
    Charts <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/Chart1.png"><img style="background-color: white;  vertical-align: baseline;  " src="/img/3d bar chart.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/Chart1.png" src="/img/help/Chart1.png"></a>, 
    LatestValues <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/latestvalues1.png"><img style="background-color: white;  vertical-align: baseline;  " src="/img/percent.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/latestvalues1.png" src="/img/help/latestvalues1.png"></a>, 
    even scrollable dataBlocks <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/dataBlock1.png"><img style="background-color: white;  vertical-align: baseline;  " src="/img/LRScroll.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/dataBlock1.png" src="/img/help/dataBlock1.png"></a>

• Put the authoritative State data alongside your new regional composite into a chart or table.
• As the State data changes, the calculation and the display update automatically to reflect the new reality.

Live Dashboards - to offer a complete narrative

• Combine key displays, along with captions, weblinks, videos <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/dZBoard1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/camera66_grey.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/dZBoard1.png" src="/img/help/dZBoard1.png"></a>.

Share: With friends, colleagues, or the world at large

SMS <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/SMSDialog.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/Lightning_iPhone.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/SMSDialog.png" src="/img/help/SMSDialog.png"></a> or Email <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/EmailDialog.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/Lightning_E-mail.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/EmailDialog.png" src="/img/help/EmailDialog.png"></a> live Charts or Tables in one click

Publish Displays and Dashboards to Websites and Blogs

Share <a centerpop_pic="/img/help/DivData1.png"><img style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; " src="/img/shareable.png"><img style="position: fixed; z-index: 9999; top: 125px; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, 0px); border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 6px; display: none;" class="DZCenterPop" alt="Visual for /img/help/DivData1.png" src="/img/help/DivData1.png"></a> Data, Displays and Dashboards privately - You have complete control over who can see your work

Feed Spreadsheets automatically - send a dataZoa display to a Spreadsheet and it becomes an integrated part of your workflow

== A closer look at your dataZoa Account... ==== Your dataZoa account offers: ==

Your own live, updating data collection: A single, uniform, cost-effective way to work with Open Data. You now spend the majority of your time thinking, evaluating and disseminating valuable information rather than sorting through it and preparing it.

Live data in your pocket: dataZoa tables and charts can be quickly composed into public or private dZBoards.
Share and view these dashboards on iPhones, iPads, Android devices and PCs.