End of a Spreadsheet Era
Spreadsheets were the sleeping aids of the 90s.
Wake up with Circos.
Banish Tables
Tables are natural containers for data. Whenever information is presented, chances are excellent that it is communicated by means of a table. In many cases, however, when this information is complex (and the table, therefore, is large) a tabular presentation is difficult to parse visually and patterns in the tabulated data remain opaque.
You can use Circos to visualize tabular data. It's different, reasonably easy, available online, and sure to start a conversation.
It's also quite informative.
Banish Tables
Tables are natural containers for data. Whenever information is presented, chances are excellent that it is communicated by means of a table. In many cases, however, when this information is complex (and the table, therefore, is large) a tabular presentation is difficult to parse visually and patterns in the tabulated data remain opaque.
You can use Circos to visualize tabular data. It's different, reasonably easy, available online, and sure to start a conversation.
It's also quite informative.
Banish Tables
Tables are natural containers for data. Whenever information is presented, chances are excellent that it is communicated by means of a table. In many cases, however, when this information is complex (and the table, therefore, is large) a tabular presentation is difficult to parse visually and patterns in the tabulated data remain opaque.
You can use Circos to visualize tabular data. It's different, reasonably easy, available online, and sure to start a conversation.
It's also quite informative.
Banish Tables
Tables are natural containers for data. Whenever information is presented, chances are excellent that it is communicated by means of a table. In many cases, however, when this information is complex (and the table, therefore, is large) a tabular presentation is difficult to parse visually and patterns in the tabulated data remain opaque.
You can use Circos to visualize tabular data. It's different, reasonably easy, available online, and sure to start a conversation.
It's also quite informative.
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Tabular Visualization
Visualizing Tables
Circos can be used to turn tables into images. Transform boring tables into informative and visually compelling datagraphics! And, do so quickly with the online version of Circos.
In this approach, the table's columns and rows are represented by segments around the circle. Individual cells are shown as ribbons, which connect the corresponding row and column segments (more details).
Online Table Visualizer
If you don't want to install Circos, you can visualize your tabular dta using the online table visualizer. The online version supports most of the functions of the offline tableviewer utility.
The tableviewer utility, is bundled with Circos (in the tools/ directory) and is used to parse a tabular file into input and configuration understood by Circos. Circos is then used to draw the image.
Large tables can be effectively visualized in this way. Below is an example of a 54x14 table from a publication in Genome Research. This example is the first case a paper used Circos to illustrate a table.
User Images
The online tableviewer utility allows users to upload their tabular data and generate online visualizations. Below are mockups of some of these user-created images.
