Justification for upgrading can be boiled down to two reasons: fixes and features. Sometimes reports created with earlier versions of the software, when certain problems were present, may only be fixed by upgrading the report to a later version of the software. Before you upgrade, we highly suggest contacting the Support Team to check that errors [...]
You can control graph elements with code as you output things from R, but sometimes it is easier to do it manually. Inkscape, an Open Source alternative to Adobe Illustrator, might be what you are looking for.
Friday has started out on an amazing high for me. Not only do we have sugar donuts (courtesy of our lovely Sales team) but we have this awesome unsolicited blog post from blogger John Patterson (Blackpool Council). Did you present at the conference? If so, head over there quick! Did you go to the conference? [...]
Background The Corporate Strategy and Improvement Unit at Wolverhampton City Council provides statistics, information, research and intelligence for decision making and is responsible for demographic data held by the council. Debbie Turner, Policy Officer (Research & Information) in the Unit, says the decision to develop a Local information System (LIS) came from a recognition that data wasn’t being used [...]
I started a podcast series — together with Enrico Bertini — named DATA STORIES. Exciting!
Background Cumbria County Council has been using InstantAtlas to develop interactive online reports that have been used to support work around statutory assessments. Rebecca Raw is Research, Information and Intelligence Officer within the Performance & Intelligence Unit at the council. Several years ago the team was asked to put together area profiles that could be [...]
Shan Carter's latest interactive for The New York Times offers four ways to slice Obama's 2013 federal budget proposal.
Background Trafford Council has been an advocate of open data since May 2010 when the council took the decision to create an open data page on its website to allow access to numerous data it collects. This includes: council tax, business rates, location data, such as for schools and leisure centres and election results. However, [...]