Features Guide

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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

  • 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

Displays - to build, share, publish

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