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| − | * [[dZ-Dot]] - data from the Web, | + | * [[dZ-Dot]] - data from the Web, <i>automatically updated</i> |
* [[dZSlates]] - scheduled data collection from outside contributors | * [[dZSlates]] - scheduled data collection from outside contributors | ||
* [[Uploading|Uploader]] - data from your own files and spreadsheets | * [[Uploading|Uploader]] - data from your own files and spreadsheets | ||
| + | * [[The dataZoa API|API]] - automated workflows | ||
== [[Displays]] - to build, share, publish == | == [[Displays]] - to build, share, publish == | ||
Revision as of 06:16, 15 December 2016
Contents
Main Page
Toolbar Area
The top stripe of every dataZoa page is the toolbar area, with quick access to key features.
| The tools are split into two groups; data-related, and everything else. |
Content Tabs
The content tabs offer different ways of seeing what is in your account. Same stuff, different perspectives.
| There are four standard content tabs, always present. |
dZ DropZone and Workbench
- dZDropzone - All your series in their natural groupings
- Workbench - All your series, without groupings, for maximum flexibility
Following... and +
- Following... - When you send other peoples' dZ displays to your account, they land on this tab.
- Adding a User Tab - You can add your own tabs as dashboards tailored to particular topics.
Tools for Getting Data
dataZoa handles the real-world origins of time series data:
- dZ-Dot - data from the Web, automatically updated
- dZSlates - scheduled data collection from outside contributors
- Uploader - data from your own files and spreadsheets
- API - automated workflows
- Charts - see also: Chart editor
- Tables - see also: Table editor
- LatestValues - see also: latestValues editor
- dataBlocks - see also: dataBlock editor
Analysis and Dissemination
- ComputeCloud - time series calculations, automatically updated
- dZBoards - to arrange and narrate your data-driven displays
- dZ-Mirror - a plug-in that feeds Excel from dataZoa displays, automatically updated
Organizers and Time-savers
- dZCorkboard - a handy way to drag, drop and order series in displays
- GroupLists - flexible, formal data groupings
- API - to automate data flows
