These days, everyone is expected to be a data analyst. But with so much data available, how can you make sense of it and be sure you're making the best decisions? One great approach is to use data visualizations. In this session, we take a complex dataset and show how the breadth of capabilities in MongoDB Charts can help you turn bits and bytes into insights.
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Evolution of analytics
COBOL, dot matrix, and green-bar: programmers for everything
Data Warehouses, BI: self-service revolution
Data Swamps: Easy-in, not-so-easy out
MongoDB Charts: Easy-in, easy-out
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Organizations that figure out how to use their data to gain
insights are winning
Helping uncover these insights is increasingly important
across many roles, not just people with a Data Analyst job
title
Everyone’s a data analyst
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Your job title is Entertainment Writer
Your organization captures lots of data about Movies
You need to help your company gain readers who love your
awesome feature articles.
You need to gain more insights about how movies have
changed over time
Everyone’s a data analyst
6. {
_id: ObjectId(573a1398f29313caabce94a3),
plot: "Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director...",
genres: [ "Comedy", "Music" ],
runtime: 82,
metacritic: 85,
rated: "R",
cast: [ "Rob Reiner", "Kimberly Stringer", "Chazz Dominguez", "Shari Hall" ],
poster: "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ2MIzM5NlT...",
title: "This Is Spinal Tap",
fullplot: "In 1982 legendary British heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an ...",
languages: [ "English" ],
released: ISODate(1984-03-02T00:00:00.000+00:00),
directors: [ "Rob Reiner" ],
writers: [ "Christopher Guest", "Michael McKean", "Harry Shearer", "Rob Reiner" ],
awards: {
wins: 3,
nominations: 2,
text: "3 wins & 2 nominations." },
lastupdated: ISODate("2015-09-10 17:06:40.720000000"),
year: 1984,
imdb: {
rating: 8,
votes: "",
id: 88258 },
countries: [ "USA" ],
type :"movie"
}
8. The Hunt for Insights
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Are movies getting longer or shorter?
Are movies getting better or worse?
When is the most common month to release a new movie?
9. The Hunt for Insights
1
Are movies getting longer or shorter?
Are movies getting better or worse?
When is the most common month to release a new movie?
Number Binning
Date Binning
Query Bar Filters
Duplicating Charts
10. The Hunt for Insights
1
What country makes the best movies?
How are genres changing in popularity over time?
2
Number Binning
Date Binning
Query Bar Filters
Duplicating Charts
11. The Hunt for Insights
1
What country makes the best movies?
How are genres changing in popularity over time?
2
Number Binning
Date Binning
Query Bar Filters
Duplicating Charts
Array Reductions
Geospatial Charts
100% Stacked Charts
12. The Hunt for Insights
1
How many movies has Kevin Bacon been in? (And which should I see?)
Which directors have had the most success at winning awards?
Which leading actors generate the most comments? (And were their movies any good?)
2
Number Binning
Date Binning
Query Bar Filters
Duplicating Charts
Array Reductions
Geospatial Charts
100% Stacked Charts
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13. The Hunt for Insights
1
How many movies has Kevin Bacon been in? (And which should I see?)
Which directors have had the most success at winning awards?
Which leading actors generate the most comments? (And were their movies any good?)
2
Number Binning
Date Binning
Query Bar Filters
Duplicating Charts
Array Reductions
Geospatial Charts
100% Stacked Charts
3
Filtering Pane
Number Charts
Query Bar Aggregations
Data Tables
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Sharing it with the World
Share dashboards with others
this is best suited for collaboration within your team/company
Embed charts to share more broadly
Two authentication models:
• Unauthenticated for non-sensitive data
• Verified Signature for sensitive data
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More Tools in your Safari Backpack
• Rich document structure support
• No data movement or duplication – no more ETL
• Separated workloads - analytical and transactional
• Run anywhere - as-a-service in Atlas or on-premises
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Takeaways
• Data is multiplying, and making
sense of it is more important than
ever
• MongoDB Charts is a great tool to
help you answer recurring and ad-
hoc questions
• Compose your charts onto
dashboards or share via embedding
YOUR DATAYOU
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Go on a Data Safari
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Charts!
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Resources
Learn more about Charts:
https://mongodb.com/charts
Sign up for Atlas and Charts:
https://cloud.mongodb.com
Download Charts On-Prem:
https://www.mongodb.com/download-center/charts
20. #MDBlocal
Every session you rate enters you into a drawing for a gift card
and TWO passes to MongoDB World 2020!
Go on a Data Safari
with MongoDB
Charts!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q6WD9WJ