Section Overview
Open a Signal alert to explore its analysis in detail. (You can access this page via the Signal alert in your Timeline, or through the Signal list screen.) The main Signal is represented as an annotation in the time series chart. (See here for further info on this.) This section covers how to interact with a Signal’s detail page.
Below is an example of an outlier detection signal. Note that the main Signal chart and some other details will differ according to the different types of Signals.
Number | Signals function |
1 | The auto generated narrative describes the nature of the Signal, along with the time window in which it occurred. For instance, the referenced example clearly mentions a spike of 67% occurred on 28/10/2015. |
2 | This is the Signal time-series chart that shows the history of the specific metric - dimension combination. It displays the main Signal annotation (visibly more prominent in blue), along with other related Signals that have occurred during that time line (the grey-colored annotations). You can use the annotations to learn about each of these Signals, and even explore the previous ones. (These time series charts will differ depending on the type of analysis.) Click here for more information. |
3 | The time slider that lets your expand or reduce the time window of the time-series chart. |
4 | This right side Explore panel offers options to display or hide components on the time-series chart. This gives you flexibility into how much detail you want to see and data you want to compare. Click here to learn about each of these. |
5 | The Discussion tab lets you leave comments and collaborate with other users on this Signal. |
6 | The Relevance chart depicts the importance of the Signals data in relation to all other data that the user has access to. |
7 | The Explanation tab provides automatically-generated visualizations and narratives about possible underlying causes. Yellowfin Assisted Insights functionality is utilized here to perform additional analysis on the Signal to explain why a signal has occurred. |
8 | You can write a Story to give a human context or perspective on the Signal, by yourself or invite another user to write one. Signal users will be able to read a published Story in this tab. Stories is a Yellowfin product ideal for data collaboration. To learn more about it, click here. |
9 | The +Chart to Story button takes a screenshot of the time series chart (in its current state) and adds it the story. Note that it doesn’t take you into the Story Builder. |
10 | Lets you watch/unwatch the Signal. This adds the Signal to your watch list, and sends alerts when other users interact with this user. |
11 | Rate the importance of the Signal. |
12 | Exit the Signals detail page. |
Signals time series chart
Main Signal annotation
Hover over the main Signal annotation (it appears darker than other annotations); this will bring up a tooltip that displays information on the Signal
Other Signals annotation
Other previously generated Signals are also visible as annotations on the time series chart (colored as grey). These are Signals that occur in the same time window, for the same dimension granularity. You can view the detail of that signal by hovering over the signal annotation. You can click on the Explore button to open the Signal page for that Signal.
Explore panel
This panel displays toggles to show or hide the main time-series chart lines. Below is an explanation of these settings.
- You can hide this panel by clicking on the icon on its top-left corner.
- And bring it up again, by clicking on the expand icon.
Feature | Description |
Signal | Display or hide all the Signal annotations from the time series chart. |
Confidence interval | Use this toggle to show or hide the confidence interval. Specific to outlier detection analysis. |
Moving average | Use this toggle to show or hide the moving average of the time series chart. Specific to outlier detection analysis. |
Target period | Display or hide the target period line from the chart. Specific to period comparison analysis. |
Target period average | Display or hide the target period average line. Specific to period comparison analysis. |
Compare period | Display or hide the compare period line. Specific to period comparison analysis. |
Compare period average | Display or hide the line showcasing the average of the compare period. Specific to period comparison analysis. |
Related | Time-series line charts for other metrics from the same data View. Click to display or hide these charts to compare with the main time-series chart. |
Relevance
Click on the Relevance tab to understand the relevance and importance of this Signal in relation to all your other data. A visual representation of this Signal’s importance is provided.
Explanation
The Yellowfin Assisted Insights provides automated analysis of your data through visualizations and natural language narratives. It is used here to suggest the cause of a signal, and provide underlying reasons for why it occurred.
A Story on Signals
Create a Story on this Signal to provide a full picture on why this insight occurred. Note: If another user has already started a Story for this Signal, then you will not be able to contribute to this story, unless they invite you.
- If you want to embed the Signal content into your Story, click on the +Chart to Story button on the top-right corner.
- When you’re ready to write a Story on your Signal, expand the Story tab, and click on Start Story.
- You will be taken in to the Story builder, to work on your story. To learn more about Yellowfin Stories and how to create one, click here.
Note: if you have already started the Story and haven’t published it yet, then this button will be labelled as Contribute to Story. - When a story is published, it will appear in its entirety in this panel.
- To edit this story, you will have to locate it outside of this Signals page. The changes will need to be published before they can appear on the Signals page.
- If the Story is deleted, it will no longer appear on the Signals page. You can however, create a new Story for this Signal.