One recurring theme in my articles on ADF has been that end users usually do not care about data. They are interested in getting information that helps them answer questions, make decisions and take actions. Data may be the foundation, but information is to be derived from the data. One […]
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ADF DVT Speed Date: Interactive Bubble Graph
Recently the ADF SIG at AMIS organized an ADF DVT Speed Date. During this speed date six AMIS consultants presented their favorite DVT Component. In a series of blogposts we share the knowledge and findings. In this post you get introduced to the ADF DVT bubble graph. I will also […]
Out of the box usage of ADF DVT Scheduling Gantt Chart to report Database Query Results using stacked bar charts per time period
Gantt Charts in ADF are interesting components to visualize data that is organized according to time. The Gantt Charts have a horizontal time axis. In rows along the vertical axis, resources or tasks are displayed. The cells in this time/resource matrix represent information about the resource or the task at […]
ADF DVT Speed Date : Meeting The Hierarchy Viewer
Recently the ADF Special Interest Group at AMIS organized an ADF DVT Speed Date. During this speed date, six ADF specialists from our team presented their favorite Data Visualization Component from the DVT library. In a series of blog posts we share the information with a broader audience. In this […]
ADF DVT: Thinking out of the box with the Scheduling Gantt Chart – Reporting by Period, for example Football Results over the years
In various recent articles (such as Drag and Drop in ADF DVT Schedule Gantt) I have discussed the ADF DVT Gantt Chart component. And in these articles I have been describing the Gantt Charts as they were intended. However, something compels me to go beyond what was intended at the […]
ADF DVT Speed Date: Adding Drag & Drop to the Resource Schedule Gantt Chart to create a live presentation scheduler
In a recent meeting of the AMIS ADF SIG we organized a speed date with six different DVT components (note: DVT == Data Visualization Tags, the library of rich data presentation component part of ADF). One of these components, the one that I represented during this speed date, is the […]
ADF DVT Speed Date: Present Metrics per Year, Quarter and Month using a zoom-enabled ADF DVT Resource Utilization Gantt and ADF BC
The challenge I will address in this article is the following: I would like to provide a nice presentation of data aggregated by time period. For example: an overview of the number of employees that was hired in each year in each department (example is drawn from table EMP). The […]
ADF DVT Speed Date: Meeting the Gantt Charts
Recently the ADF Special Interest Group at AMIS organized an ADF DVT Speed Date. During this speed date, six ADF specialists from our team presented their favorite Data Visualization Component from the DVT library. In a series of blog posts we share the information with a broader audience. In this […]
Dear Java/JEE developer – why should you care about ADF?
Whether you are deciding on the framework to use for your next Java web or mobile project or whether you are contemplating your next career step as a Java EE developer, ADF should be on your short list for consideration. With a new free version, deployment on many application servers […]
ADF DVT: Visualizing valid periods using Project and Scheduling Gantt Charts
In a recent article – Advanced SQL to find valid periods – juggling with outer joins, running totals and analytical functions – I discussed how to use Analytical Functions in SQL to cleverly (!) derive the valid periods from a database table that contains periods of inclusion and exclusion. A […]
Kom kennismaken met AMIS en doe mee met uitdagende projecten
Hierbij nodigen we je uit om met ons kennis te komen maken. Ben jij een (junior) Oracle consultant die een stap verder wil maken? Wil je verder groeien en ontwikkelen tot principal consultant? AMIS geeft je de kans om die stap te zetten. Bij ons krijg je de ruimte om […]
OOW 2012: Data Visualizations with ADF DVT – continuous evolution demonstrated
One of my favorite areas of ADF is Data Visualization. The rich, interactive and (un)usually attractive components that allow me to spice up an ADF application in a very easy straightforward way have a special appeal. We all know that pictures speak volumes. And that a plain table presents data […]
ADF DVT Hierarchy Viewer on demand – made to order multi table hierachy view
This morning, I noticed the following email sitting in my Inbox: “Hello, Lucas. I found Hierarchy Viewer demo from https://technology.amis.nl/blog/5786/adf-11gr1-new-hierarchical-viewer-for-visually-pleasing-representation-of-data-structures. But i need to implement some kind of solution. I attached my expected mockup and table structure. Is it possible? If possible, please suggest me how to do that and […]
Tour de France 2011 – Analysis using ADF DVT Graphs – Part 4 – Spark Charts
The final episode in a series on ADF DVT applied to the Tour de France 2011 results. In this series, I have used many of the ADF DVT Graph components. In this article, I will use the Spark Chart component to integrate condensed data visualizations inside a table with ‘regular’ […]
Tour de France 2011 – Analysis using ADF DVT Graphs – Part 3 – Distance, Speed and Withdrawals with Pareto, Combination, Stock Chart (High/Low) and Bubble Chart
Another article on analyzing and visualizing the results from the Tour de France 2011 using the ADF DVT components. This article uses the same set of data already discussed in several previous articles – including the standings per stage as well as the overall standings after each stage. This article […]
Creating an ADF Faces Dynamic Table with multi-faceted Head-to-Head comparison between records
This article shows how to create a widget in an ADF Faces application that looks like this: This table shows a comparison between records – Departments in this case – on a number of different aspects. The table compares four departments on characteristics like their name and location, the number […]
Suggestion for new type of ADF DVT (Data Visualization): the Delta Graph – to visualize relative changes integrated in a table layout
I may have bored you before with stories about Data Visualization. It is one of my favorite topics. We deal in data. And visualization of data can help to increase the value of the data tremendously. Proper visualization provides quicker insight and reveals the true meaning of the numbers in […]
Using the ADF DVT Radar Graph for comparing series – further analyzing ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2011 Session Schedule
I have always had a fascination for the Data Visualization capabilities of all the tools and technologies I have worked with. For example: I worked with Oracle Graphics 2.0, back in 1994, and liked it! Fast forwarding through the years – I am now wetting my appetite with ADF’s Data […]
Using ADF 11gR2 DVT component Pivot Table for an on-line analysis of the ODTUG Kaleidoscope session catalog
ADF comes with a rich collection of component that allow us to visualize and analyze data in ways that previously were only available in fancy OLAP and other BI tools. Now, our own custom developed ADF applications can offer those same fancy capabilities using ADF DVT. Note that Oracle’s BI […]
ADF 11gR1 – new Hierarchical Viewer for visually pleasing representation of data structures
One of the data visualization tags required by the teams working on the Oracle Fusion Application Module for Human Resource Management, was a component capable of rendering organization charts. Hierarchical structures from CEO all the way down to the youngest trainee. In a pleasing, graphically interesting, somewhat animated fashion. […]