Applications, Visualizations, and Dashboards

Learn how companies use dashboards, visualizations, and applications.

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About this course

Welcome to Applications, Visualizations, and Dashboards!
Dashboards, visualizations, and applications are useful tools that help companies get an overview of their data, find new insights, and improve data usage. In other words, use these tools to create value from data. This module introduces you to dashboards, visualizations, and applications, how they are used, and why many companies can benefit from these tools.

Learning objectives

  • Learn what the terms dashboard, visualization, and application mean.
  • Understand how companies can benefit from from these tools, especially Grafana and Power BI.

Who should take this course?
Anyone interested in learning more about the basic concepts of visualizations.
This course is independent, but also part of the learning path Industrial Data Fundamentals. We recommend that you take all courses from the Industrial Data Fundamentals series and take the final test to receive a certificate of completion.

Instructor
Cognite Academy and Digital Norway have developed this course. Instructors from Cognite Academy are available to assist with all queries.

Knowledge prerequisites
None.

Technical prerequisites
None.

Content

  • Introduction
  • Preview
    Introduction
  • Introducing the terms
  • Data value
  • Dashboard
  • Visualizations
  • Applications
  • The smart assistent
  • A dashboard for the weather
  • What do you want to achieve?
  • Exercise
  • Knowledge check
  • Getting started
  • Using software
  • From data to value
  • Using visualizations and dashboards
  • Check your knowledge
  • Different tools serve different purposes
  • Which solution benefits your company?
  • Example: Choose a dashboard!
  • Power BI
  • Power BI: demo
  • Grafana
  • Which tool to use?
  • Check your knowledge
  • Examples
  • Data-driven decisions about security-critical valves
  • Feedback
  • End of course

About this course

Welcome to Applications, Visualizations, and Dashboards!
Dashboards, visualizations, and applications are useful tools that help companies get an overview of their data, find new insights, and improve data usage. In other words, use these tools to create value from data. This module introduces you to dashboards, visualizations, and applications, how they are used, and why many companies can benefit from these tools.

Learning objectives

  • Learn what the terms dashboard, visualization, and application mean.
  • Understand how companies can benefit from from these tools, especially Grafana and Power BI.

Who should take this course?
Anyone interested in learning more about the basic concepts of visualizations.
This course is independent, but also part of the learning path Industrial Data Fundamentals. We recommend that you take all courses from the Industrial Data Fundamentals series and take the final test to receive a certificate of completion.

Instructor
Cognite Academy and Digital Norway have developed this course. Instructors from Cognite Academy are available to assist with all queries.

Knowledge prerequisites
None.

Technical prerequisites
None.

Content

  • Introduction
  • Preview
    Introduction
  • Introducing the terms
  • Data value
  • Dashboard
  • Visualizations
  • Applications
  • The smart assistent
  • A dashboard for the weather
  • What do you want to achieve?
  • Exercise
  • Knowledge check
  • Getting started
  • Using software
  • From data to value
  • Using visualizations and dashboards
  • Check your knowledge
  • Different tools serve different purposes
  • Which solution benefits your company?
  • Example: Choose a dashboard!
  • Power BI
  • Power BI: demo
  • Grafana
  • Which tool to use?
  • Check your knowledge
  • Examples
  • Data-driven decisions about security-critical valves
  • Feedback
  • End of course