Quick start - search, visualise and analyse data
Explore Fusion Registry's statistical data warehouse, visualise and analyse the data, and extract data into other tools for further analysis.
Contents
Overview
Applicability:
- Fusion Registry Data Essentials
- Fusion Registry Enterprise Edition
Fusion Registry Built-In Administrative Data Browser
Fusion Registry's built-in data browser is designed for administrations, data providers and content managers to explore the catalogue of data, examine datasets and series, and retrieve data for management purposes.
Click the Browse Data link on the Fusion Registry home page.
Fusion Data Browser for Data Consumers
Fusion Data Browser is a powerful standalone web application aimed at end-user data consumer for data search, visualisation and analysis.
It’s main use cases are for organisations with internal analytics teams who need a tool to access their Fusion Registry Statistical Data Warehouse, and for use on public dissemination web portals where casual data consumers may want to browse and explore the data catalogue.
Fusion Data Browser has to be installed on a web server, but has few other pre-requisites. For simple installations or testing purposes, it can be deployed to the same web application server as used for your Fusion Registry installation (Apache Tomcat, for example).
Refer to Fusion Data Browser installation for installation and configuration guidance, and Fusion Data Browser for more on features and functionality.
Tableau® Web Data Connector
Connect Tableau directly to a Fusion Registry data source.
Start Tableau, choose Web Data Connector and enter the URL of the Fusion Registry service you want to connect to.
Examples URLs:
http://localhost:8080/FusionRegistry/tableau/explorer.html
https://api.mydomain.org/tableau/explorer.html
http://demo.metadatatechnology.com/FusionRegistry/tableau/explorer.html
The Fusion Registry query builder allows you to explore the catalogue of datasets, select those of interest and create filters to retrieve just the series you need. Tableau retrieves the data directly from Fusion Registry allowing you to perform analysis, build charts and create dashboards as normal.
