Charts that fit your data
A chart that says nothing on your data is replaced with a clearer one, or a plain sentence, and remembered.
LiveWhat does Self-Tuning Charts do? Dashboards stay meaningful for your business, instead of generic templates that look fine and say nothing.
How it works
After a report runs, Kinnow scores each chart against your company's actual data. A 'Top 10 customers' bar where 'Other' holds 78% is flagged as unhelpful; if it keeps scoring poorly, Kinnow remembers a better chart for your company and uses it next time, so nothing flickers.
Example: a top-10 bar beside 'Other (3,412)' at 78% is recognised as showing no concentration, and replaced.
Step by step
Take a company with 3,412 customers whose report shows Top 10 customers by outstanding. The ten bars are small, and the bar called Other holds 78%.
- A report runs as usual. Before it adds up the numbers, Kinnow checks what it has already learned about each chart for your company.
- Each chart is scored. After the numbers are in, Kinnow tests every chart against your actual data. A top 10 beside an Other bar at 78% tells you nothing, so it scores low.
- One low score is not enough. Kinnow waits for the same result to repeat before it learns anything, so one odd month does not change your charts.
- It looks for a better grouping first. It tries a coarser grouping the report already has, such as customer segment instead of individual customer. This is found by one bounded check, at most once for each company, report and chart.
- If none works, it says so. When there is no better grouping, the chart is replaced by a sentence stating what the data shows, for example that your book has no concentration. The figures stay, in a table.
- It remembers. The next time, the better form is simply the one that is calculated, so the chart does not flicker as your numbers move.
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What you see on screen
You do not configure anything. These are the signs that it is working.
- A replaced chart: a segment chart instead of a long tail of single customers, with the figures in the table below.
- A withheld chart: a note reading This chart doesn't inform for your data, the table below has the figures.
- Useful?: a prompt with Mark this chart helpful and Mark this chart unhelpful. Anyone reading can vote, and the answer is thanked with Thanks, noted.
- Table view: every report still has its table, so nothing is hidden.
Who uses it
| Who | When | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| Finance head or owner | Reading monthly reports | Sees a chart that says something, and votes if it still does not. |
| Analyst | Building reports | Does not have to tune charts by hand for each company. |
Related
- Know: reports, dashboards and Ask Kinnow.
- One agreed definition for every business number: the numbers behind the charts.
- Narrated financials: reading a report in words.
- Never a confident wrong number: how doubtful results are shown.
Questions
What is Self-Tuning Charts in Kinnow?
A chart that says nothing on your data is replaced with a clearer one, or a plain sentence, and remembered.
What changes for the business?
Dashboards stay meaningful for your business, instead of generic templates that look fine and say nothing.
Is it available today?
Yes, it is live.
Will my charts keep changing?
No. Kinnow waits for a low score to repeat before it learns, and then it keeps the better chart. It decides the form before it adds up the numbers, so a chart does not flip as your data moves.
Can I tell Kinnow a chart is not useful?
Yes. Every chart has a Useful? prompt where any reader can mark it helpful or unhelpful. That vote is one of the signals Kinnow learns from.
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