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Flash XML Pie Charts
Pie charts are used to illustrate the contribution of a given element to an entire series, in terms of magnitude, frequencies or percentages. This graph is useful when you want to emphasize a specific element that has been outperforming other elements in the series.
One of the major innovations that bring MicroStrategy’s Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards to life is the incorporation of Adobe® Flash®. Adobe® Flash® enables eye-catching graphs and data visualizations, including many different types of graphs, among which you will find highly interactive pie charts.
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| Flash-based ring pie charts are one of many graph and chart types available in MicroStrategy to create useful and engaging data visualizations. |
Deliver Flash XML Pie Charts containing key BI Data to business users and executives
MicroStrategy’s Flash charts are extremely portable given that they are populated with XML data generated by MicroStrategy’s platform. Flash XML pie charts, together with other graph types, provide disconnected analysis capabilities while offering significantly more vibrant and interactive output, rich in transitions and animated visual effects.
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| Digital dashboards combine interactive selectors, Charts, and Graphs (such as this Flash XML pie chart) with other data visualizations to provide highly visual representations of enterprise performance in a single graphical display. |
As Flash is a contained application, and as the dashboard’s reporting data is stored in XML, MicroStrategy can also save interactive dashboards for offline use. MicroStrategy Narrowcast Server and Office further leverage the Flash XML technology by embedding dashboards into emails, or attaching them to emails for distribution to business users, executives, partners, and customers.