
Technical, Report Server, Reporting
Mastering Versioned Stand-Alone Reports
In the world of data reporting, versioned stand-alone reports occupy a special niche. They are a...
Food For Thought
Halloween: run for your life?
It’s that time of the year again when you shouldn’t be surprised if you bump into...
Technical, Report Server, Reporting
Building an automated reporting solution with Datylon Report Server
Closing the gap between engaging report designs and automated delivery of personalized information...
Report Server, Reporting
Why embedded reporting is a game changer for SaaS companies
In the rapidly evolving landscape of Software as a Service (SaaS) businesses, the currency isn't...
Product News
What's new in Release 55
With this small release, we have focused our efforts on refining your experience, ensuring...
Dataviz Resources
The best data visualization tools (2023)
What do you need data visualization tools for? Whether you’re a data scientist, data visualization...
DataViz Best Practices
A deep dive into... stream graphs
As a design enthusiast, stream graphs truly speak to my mind. With their elegant and captivating...
10 dos and don’ts in report design
During my Neurobiology studies, I've read many research reports and scientific papers. These...
Product News
What's new in Release 54
We're excited to announce the revitalization of our Datylon online platform, with the newly named...
Food For Thought
Datylon for Illustrator vs. Adobe Illustrator Graph tool
We enjoy working in Illustrator. This is the industry-standard design tool that can do A LOT in...
Dataviz Resources
To click or not to click: static vs. interactive charts
So, you've decided that your presentation, article, or thesis needs some data visualization. And...
Product News
What's new in Release 53
Just saying hello with a small, yet significant update that you should definitely know about....
Dataviz Resources
Do you speak dataviz?
Are you a newcomer to the data visualization world? Or are you struggling with some terms in data...
Product News
What's new in Release 52
Happy New Year! 🎉 We hope this year is full of great health and happiness. Until then, cheers to...
Product News, Food For Thought
Datylon unwrapped: the best albums of 2022!
And that's a wrap! 2022 is coming to an end, and what a year it was, huh? From large global events...
DataViz Best Practices
11 tips for designing accessible charts for visually impaired readers
Recently we’ve published an article about how to choose and refine a chart for colorblind viewers....
DataViz Best Practices
5 actionable ways to create engaging and impactful data visualization
The world today is a data-driven economy. Businesses of all sizes rely on data to make informed...
Dataviz Resources
Do you speak data?
Are you interested in telling data stories with data visualizations? But your data language can...
Product News
What's new in Release 51
Today we released yet another Datylon version packed with improvements and new features on...
Illustrator Chalk Talk
How to make a scatter plot in Illustrator with Datylon
Recently, electric cars are becoming an alternative to cars with internal combustion engines...
DataViz Best Practices
A deep dive into... scatter plots
When I think about scatter plots, my mind takes me back to the years when I studied and worked as...
Reporting
The journey towards repertoire diversity in U.S. orchestras
Margaret Bonds was a fascinating and truly talented woman. Born in Chicago in 1913, she was only...
DataViz Best Practices
Master the rules - then break them
Rules are everywhere. In modern society, you can not go anywhere without rules to follow. Imagine...
DataViz Best Practices
A guide to effective data visualization
The total amount of data in the world is increasing extremely fast. It is forecasted that the...
Product News
What's new in Release 50
Our main work was more ”under the hood” in the last months. It means that with the release R50, we...
Dataviz Resources
5 inspiring data visualization galleries
If designed with care and preparation, data visualization can immensely improve viewers’...
Dataviz Resources
80 types of charts & graphs for data visualization (with examples)
Ask any dataviz expert and they will tell you there aren’t many things as annoying as the wrong...
Dataviz Resources
The survival rates of chess pieces in a divergent visualization
Recently I wrote a ‘deep dive’ blog post about bar charts. The bar chart is used often because of...
Illustrator Chalk Talk
How to make a bar chart in Illustrator with Datylon
English breakfast is a widely known traditional meal. Its history dates back to the 14-century’s...
DataViz Best Practices
A deep dive into... bar charts
Bar charts and pencils: what do they have in common? When writing this blog, I really don’t know...
DataViz Best Practices
The best charts for color blind viewers
How do we see the world in colors? It all starts with the light. The light can come from the Sun,...
Dataviz Resources
9 types of data visualization
When somebody asks me about my profession and I tell them that I’m a data visualization designer,...
Illustrator Chalk Talk
Data visualization within Adobe Illustrator
With a goal to dive deeper into the growing need for smarter dataviz solutions within Illustrator,...
Product News
What's new in Release 49
So a designer walks into a bar...
Okay, we're not that good at telling "bar" jokes. We'd much...
Illustrator Chalk Talk
How to make a pie chart in Illustrator with Datylon
In this tutorial, we will make a multi-level (or multi-layered) pie chart that shows the chemical...
DataViz Best Practices
Mind your data visualization
If I am to believe my mom, I was already pasting stickers next to each other in a neat pattern...
Food For Thought
ReVIZiting the humble supermarket receipt
A while ago, Sussie Li (@DataToViz) shared on Twitter a prototype for a reconditioned supermarket...
DataViz Best Practices
A deep dive into... treemaps
“Your disk is almost full. Save space by optimizing storage”. Does this sound familiar? Well, for...
Illustrator Chalk Talk
How to make a treemap chart in Illustrator with Datylon
Climate change is one of the most heated (no pun intended) topic conversations today. This is not...
Food For Thought
Our take on data storytelling
Increasingly organizations are turning to their data to measure, track, report, and ultimately...
DataViz Best Practices, Food For Thought
The birth of a new chart
Creating effective and beautiful visualizations is a process. Very rarely (along with many things...
Product News
Happy New Year 2022!
The end of 2021 is almost here. And what a year it was. Surely, we all hoped for some things to go...
Product News
What's new in Release 48
The end of the year is approaching very soon. Although some of us at Datylon are still busy...
Illustrator Chalk Talk
How to make a line chart in Illustrator with Datylon
As of the end of the 2021 Men’s tennis season, Novak Djokovic is holding 1st place in the world...
DataViz Best Practices
A deep dive into... line charts
Am I right if I say that you have been bombarded with the ‘flatten the curve’ line chart the past...
Press & Reviews
What have we learned with Datylon reviews on Capterra
Not long ago, Datylon decided to join the software reviews platform Capterra. There are many...
Product News
What's new in Release 47
At Datylon, we strive to make it easier for our users to create and share data visualizations. And...
Illustrator Chalk Talk
How to make a bubble chart in Illustrator with Datylon
Would a $10,000 yearly income increase make you happy? And what about $100,000? I guess you’re...
DataViz Best Practices
A deep dive into... bubble charts
It is believed that the bar chart is the king of all charts. It’s easy to read and most people are...
Illustrator Chalk Talk
How to make a dot plot in Illustrator with Datylon
A dot plot is a chart type that packs a lot of information in a small space. Recently, we had a...
Illustrator Chalk Talk
How to make a heatmap in Illustrator with Datylon
Lately, we’ve been writing a lot on heatmaps: how they work, how you should use them, and what to...
DataViz Best Practices
A deep dive into... dot plots
First things first: let’s start by clearing up some terminology. Chart naming always triggers a...
Product News
What's new in Release 46
This month’s release is focused on keeping Datylon for Illustrator future-proof. With R46, we...
Reporting
How to best tell the story behind confronting data
When you find the time and have the skills, setting up your own data visualization project is one...
Product News
What's new in Release 45
You asked, we listened! If you design charts and reports, sometimes you surely need to change the...
DataViz Best Practices
A deep dive into... heatmaps
Chart types can sometimes be summarized into one iconic example. Think about the global warming...
Product News
What's new in Release 44
Another couple of weeks have passed and here we are with yet a new version (R44) of our Datylon...
DataViz Best Practices
A deep dive into... pie charts
I have often said that pie charts are the Comic Sans of data communication, but over the last few...
Product News
What's new in Release 43
First of all, we wish you a healthy and inspiring 2021! Let's hope that we can soon go back to our...
Product News
What's new in Release 42
Here at Datylon, we are working flat-out to make our chart maker the perfect home for your chart...
DataViz Best Practices
Bar Charts 101 - Tips and suggestions for your next bar chart.
Simple on the surface, the faithful bar chart is often one of the first introductions we get to...
Product News
What's new in Release 41
Although we are in the middle of a hot summer at this side of the globe, we keep on working hard to...
Product News
What's new in Release 40
We are happy to announce once again a new release of Datylon. With very good news for those users...
Food For Thought
G-E-N-D-E-R I-N-E-Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y, find out what it means to me
To recap: Sarah Leo, Visual Data Journalist at The Economist, wrote a great article on how even...
Press & Reviews
How reviews from users make Datylon successful
Since the launch we’ve spent a lot of time talking to users. Priorities in our product roadmap are...
Product News
What's new in Release 39
It's time again for some new improvements and additions to our charting platform. We invested in...
Product News
What's new in Release 38
We are happy to announce once again a new release of Datylon! This time we added the bullet chart...
Product News
What's new in Release 37
It's time for some nice additional color features in our platform to give you even more choice and...
DataViz Best Practices
Other ways to present bar charts
We all love readingAndy’s blog postshere at Datylon. In thelatest one, we even felt a bit...
Technical
Line charts & sampling time series data sets
When venturing in dataviz space one quickly runs into the task of visualizing a time series...