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1. Necto 16 Training
Infographics

2. Objectives
• By the end of this lesson you will be able to:
 Understand the basic architecture of an Infographics
 Create a basic Infographic, infographic as a list and a Micro Chart
 Add an infographic as part of a workboard

3. Basic Infographics Architecture
&
Infographics Family
Created from Connected to
Two options:
1) Connected to an OLAP cube.
2) Connected to a Necto Model.
Two options:
1) Based on an existing IG family.
2) New and blank family

4. Infographics – What are they for?
• Visual analysis.
• Slice
• Drill through to detailed views
• Drill through to another Workboard
• Start a discussion
• Add a comment

5. Steps to Create an Infographic
• Click on the Management icon
• Click on the Infographics icon
• Select “blank Infographic family” and click on the “Next” button
• Connect to a model
• Build your Infographics
• Save your Infographics
• Move to workboard area screen

6. Steps to Create an Infographic (Continue)
• Click on the “Design” category and drag to the workboard the
“Infographic” component:
• Select “Tiles Layout” or “Free Layout” to place the Infographic
selected
• Select the Infographic from the list and drag the desired Infographic
as appears to the workboard area, then release dragging

7. Visual Analysis
Looking at the statefilling of an imagetextfigure enables you to
analyze your data quickly and efficiently:

8. Drill through to detailed view

9. Drill through to another Workboard
Drill to another Workboard (move to another Workboard) by pressing
on the IG and the “link” icon on the toolbar below. By that, Necto will
pass to workboard destination with the slicing from the current
Workboard:

10. Start a Discussion
• Drag and drop a user from the social ribbon to the component
• Press on the IG and then on the discussion icon

11. IG Location
Available under the
Design tab
Workboard area
Management area

12. Data Link UI
Enable/Disable
Format
Choose the data
(Parameter, Measure,
Cell, MDX)
Can be defined for each property where you have a sign

13. Adding an Action to an IG
• Users can move from Infographics to other Workboards. Necto will
pass the slicers from the origin WB to the destination WB (the WB
you move to) like any other drill through in Necto.
• Where to define:
At the Infographic properties – define a property called “Actions”

14. Animations
Animations can be set at Family Level- Only switch between IGs via animation.
• Infographics level-
 Members selection- the Infographics will be sliced according to the selected
members.
 Members expression- An MDX set – which returns a list of members.
• Workboard- For the end user , to change animation- he will be able to create
animation between views (IGs, Members selection & Members expression)

15. Display Infographic as a List
• An infographic can be displayed as a list:
• At the Infographic creation, select “Presentation = as List” to create a
list of dimensions and members
• Select Parameters and Members that will be displayed as part of the
list

16. Micro Chart
• Available at the IG toolbox:
• Displays data members up to 12 months
• Enables to display “mini” charts and by that saving space on the
workboard
• Enables to create actions drill through from the Micro Chart

17. Micro Chart Parameters
Select time
members
selection
Select the date
dimension
Select the last period
(yearquartermonth
weekday) Select the number of
periods to show
(up to 12)
Previous
Parallel period
Select periods
selection (last period/
first and last period)
Select the members to
appear on the chart
Select the measure to
display on the chart
Create markers on the
chart

18. Micro Chart - Examples