{"id":269,"date":"2019-08-08T13:15:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T17:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arriablog22.wpengine.com\/how-nlg-is-making-dashboards-more-valuable-today\/"},"modified":"2022-03-24T17:01:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T21:01:04","slug":"how-nlg-is-making-dashboards-more-valuable-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arria.com\/blog\/how-nlg-is-making-dashboards-more-valuable-today\/","title":{"rendered":"How NLG is making dashboards more valuable today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Really interesting article in CIO Dive yesterday, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciodive.com\/news\/3-trends-shaping-the-business-intelligence-market\/560081\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3 trends shaping the business intelligence market<\/a>,\u201d in which author Roberto Torres explores the rapidly evolving expectations for BI. Reading through it, we notice several scenarios where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arria.com\/studio-for-bi\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arria NLG Studio for BI<\/a> is already helping enterprises meet those expectations.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For example, Torres writes that \u201cthe future of BI will depend on vendors\u2019 ability to present differentiated BI tools to the enterprise in a format that resonates with them, and can equip all parts of an organization with data analytics capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a pretty sure bet that no format will resonate more strongly with an enterprise\u2019s employees, or will make BI as accessible to even the least technically oriented among them, than the natural language that they use to communicate with their fellow humans every day. <\/p>\n<p>Torres also shines a light on the problem of masses of unexamined data. \u201cData is part of [a company\u2019s] process, but isn\u2019t yet helping to describe or predict their outcomes.\u201d As the velocity of data production continues to increase, in many cases there is more data than even a company\u2019s few specialized data scientists can analyze and explain. Here again, dynamic NLG helps uncover and distribute insights in plain words, or in narrative-augmented visuals. <\/p>\n<p>The commoditization of BI has led Forrester to cover only differentiating characteristics of the competing platforms. Torres writes, \u201cOne way vendors can make their case is through the way insights are presented, not only to analysts, but to employees across an organization.\u201d At the risk of sounding like a broken record, dynamic NLG is the accessibility ticket for widespread BI literacy within an enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>The article closes with another softball pitch, perfect for an NLG homer. Torres quotes Looker\u2019s Chief Product Officer Nick Caldwell: \u201cInstead of having a dashboard, it&#8217;s about pulling the data out of the platform and putting it into something people are more familiar with.&#8221; Nothing is more familiar than natural human language.<\/p>\n<p>Nice work from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciodive.com\/editors\/rtorres\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Torres<\/a>. 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