Illustrating your data

Creating an asset is only the beginning. Users also need to understand what an asset contains, why it matters, and how they can use it.

To help your data shine, Huwise gives you the tools to build dynamic visualizations and data stories to help your users find and consume what they need. This is an overview of those tools, and where to go to learn more.

Huwise supports both self-service exploration and prepared data experiences. Consumers can explore data directly, ask questions, view visualizations created by publishers, download data, or use it through an API. Contributors and administrators can decide how much freedom or guidance to provide, from open-ended exploration to fully structured dashboards and applications.

Once you have found a relevant asset, Huwise may offer several ways to use it.

Depending on the asset and the features available on your workspace, you can:

• Explore a dataset and create your own visualization

• Ask our AI agent Huwy to help find, understand, or analyze data

• Open visualizations prepared by a data publisher

• View dashboards, reports, or data stories

• Export data or use it through an API

See Ways to consume data for an overview of these consumer options.

Data contributors and administrators can let consumers explore independently or create a more curated experience.

The appropriate method depends on the user’s needs, the amount of guidance required, whether the presentation concerns one dataset or several, and who will create and maintain the asset.

Options include:

• The Explore data feature for independent analysis

• Huwy for conversational discovery and exploration

• Custom views for prepared visualizations of one dataset

• Studio for dashboards, reports, and data stories

• Code editor pages for fully customized designs and interactions

• APIs for custom applications and integrations

See Choosing how to present and visualize data to compare these approaches and decide which one best fits your use case.

The asset page itself should be organized to help users understand the asset and know what the most relevant action or actions are.

Data publishers can add preview images, choose the main call to action, arrange page content, control how metadata is displayed, and highlight related assets and supporting material.

See Configure your asset page to configure how an asset is presented and guide consumers towards the intended experience.