Get Started with Analytics

Dive into the fundamental building blocks to start exploring your data and creating visualizations in Visier People.

The Solution Experience

The solution experience makes analytics easy for everyone—even the non-analyst! This is where you can analyze and showcase your organization’s data through visualizations and analyses.

Navigation
Get acquainted with the user interface and learn how to navigate the solution experience.
Home
View a default analysis when you first sign in to Visier.
Search
Search the solution to find metrics, analyses, employees, and plans faster.
Analyses
Shape your data into a well-crafted story that will engage and persuade key stakeholders.

Build Visualizations

From the Explore room to the analysis context, the fundamental building blocks needed to create a visual and explore your data in Visier.

Explore
View and build visuals in the Explore room and full screen.
The Visual Title
Describes and controls the data that is displayed in the visual.
Select a Metric
Use the Metric picker in the visual title to change the selected metric.
Group By
Select the attribute that is used to organize the data in your visualization.
The Analysis Context
Change the analysis context to select the population and time period for analysis.
The Time Context
Filter data to a specific point in time or time range.
Filters
Apply filters to view data for a specific analysis population.
How to Create Comparisons
Learn about the different types of comparison visuals you can create.
Visual Actions Menu
A list of the actions you can perform when building your visuals.
Captures
Save charts to revisit historical insights.

Add Details to Visualizations

Highlight important insights and outliers in the data by adding annotations and traffic lighting to your visuals.

Traffic Lighting
Highlight metric performance by applying traffic colors to your visual.
Add an Annotation
Add annotations to your visualization to provide additional context to the data.
Range Sets
Define custom Range Sets to change how numeric attribute values are distributed.
Attribute Sets
A customizable list of attributes for a subject or event.

Conduct Advanced Analysis

Dig deeper into your data using advanced techniques such as cohort and What-if analysis.

Compare
View detailed data for employees, candidates, requisitions, and more.
Cohorts
Conduct cohort analysis to see how a specific population changes over time.
What-if Analysis
Conduct a What-if analysis to find out what will happen if a certain action is taken or change is made.

View Data

From the Info panel to chart display settings, learn more about the tools and actions you can use to explore, view, and present your data.

The Info Panel
Shows contextual information about selected metrics and data points.
Drill Down and Up in a Visual
Drill through different levels of your hierarchical data to reveal additional details.
Explore a Visual Item
Explore items in a visualization to delve deeper into the data.
Add Focus
The focus workflow allows you to show or hide specific visual items.
Chart Display Settings
Change display settings to customize your visualization.
Groups and Key Groups
Use groups and key groups to quickly focus on the analysis population that's most important to you.