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CONFIDENTIAL ©2017 Energy Services Group

Data Visualization:

Unlock the Power of Data

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Buzzwords galore…

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Time to Gain Insight

BIG DATALarge amounts of data – both structured

and unstructured – that inundates business on a day to day basis

DATA VISUALIZATIONTechnology to display large amounts of data in visual context to identify patterns, trends

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCETechnology driven process - analyzes

data and presents in an actionable format - optimizes business decisions

VISUAL ANALYTICSThe science of analytical reasoning via interactive visual interfaces to explore all relevant data for business insights


Evolution of Data Visualization

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Lotus, Excel

Access, xBase

Oracle, SQL Server, DB2

Essbase, SAS

Power Pivot, Vertica

Tableau, Power BI, Qlik

Time to Insight

Competitive Advantage


Information Analysis

Geospatial Analysis

Statistical Analysis

Knowledge DiscoveryInteraction

Perceptual & Cognitive

Science

Visual Analytics

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Data Visualization

Interaction

Information Analysis

Knowledge Discovery

ActionableInsights

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“ The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to

notice what we never expected to

see.”- John W. Tukey

What Does This Mean for our Industry?

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Time to Gain Insight

Retailers challenged to predict the future

Solar & Wind


We’re inundated with data….

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…that needs to be extracted, cleansed, organized, interpreted, analyzed, presented to gain insight


How many of us are guilty of this?

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“The temptation to form premature theories upon

insufficient data is the bane

of our profession.” – Sherlock Holmes


But what if we had this?

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Power& GasGas & Power

XYZ SolutionsXYZ EnergyABC Power

ABC Gas

Power& GasGas & Power

XYZ Solutions

Power & GasGas & Power

XYZ SolutionsXYZ EnergyXYZ ElectricABC Power

ABC GasABC EnergyABC Electric


Data visualization gives us insight….

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Visual cues and rapid discovery

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Real Life Example….

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Power & Gas

Gas & Power

XYZ Solutions

XYZ Energy

ABC Power


Drill down to gain insight

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Power & GasGas & Power

XYZ SolutionsXYZ EnergyABC Power


Knowledge and understanding

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Benefits of using visual analytics

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• Unleash our innate ability to recognize visual patterns

• See the questions we don’t even know to ask

• Rapidly gain valuable insights

• Optimize business opportunities and unlock new ones

• Identify issues with actionable results

Future of Visualization



Experts predict by 2020-2021:

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Source Prediction

Gartner

• Companies using smart data discovery will grow at twice the rate of thosethat don’t use it

• 90% of platforms will have Natural-language (NLP) and artificial intelligence• 50% of analytic queries will be auto-generated or via search or NLP• Hadoop/Spark, search and visual-based capabilities converge into single set

of next-generation data discovery capabilities

Info Management• Cloud deployments prevail as data continues to grow exponentially• Self service access to data & analytics key in ways not yet imagined

Harvard Business School

• Hottest growing field for PhD students in North America today – trend will continue

Bureau LaborStatistics

• # of roles with this skill set to grow by 30% over next 7 years

19ESG– Confidential

Questions ?


"Data is the sword of the 21st century, those who wield it well, the Samurai."

-Jonathan Rosenberg, former SVP of products at Google

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