Data Studio Application

Features

bulletOne button deliverable generates numerous deliverable types in parallel
bulletRapid design of templates to support different job types with numerous deliverable types
bulletThe Full Deliverable is displayed at all times in a what-you-see-is-what-you-get presentation
bulletFully integrated context sensitive help that instantly displays a description of the current selection
bulletBidirectional help not only shows how to do something, but can also do the function for the user
bulletBuilt upon the Virtual Data Model (VDM) to support multiple data types and graphical output types
bulletSelf describing tables which allow application to rapidly adjust to schema changes
bulletSingle Integrated Application replaces legacy applications that I wrote in the past: Log Viewer, Log Manager, Plot Manager, Log Heading, Forms Editor, Dashboard, and Exchange
bulletDrag-and-drop editing
bulletFully customizable user interface that allows tool bars to be defined by the user and docking windows customized to the user's preferences
bulletMessaging Window provide constant status updates
bulletTabular data editor that can rapidly scroll through millions of data records with thousands of columns
bulletUser customizable presentation wizard
bulletRapid switching between measured depth, date/time and true vertical depth indices
bulletIntegrated Help Panel
bulletMultiple Versions of the same telemetry data

Additional Information

bulletScreen Shot of the Data Studio application.
bulletExample of the printed output.

Video

This video illustrates how Data Studio via VDM handles different versions of the same telemetry data and how it automates the splicing of the data for presentations and for creating customer deliverable data.

Another feature of VDM is its sophisticated data dictionary component which has non-standard information like short cuts to help information for the columns of tables and the tables themselves. On the video, watch how the help panel updates when different items are selected on the application. VDM supports hit testing which tells the application what table, table column, and table row was hit. Knowing this information, a request can be made to the data dictionary to find the help document and the short cut within the document to provide the user help about the current selection.

It was part of my work ethic to write the help for any new feature in the application. I did this because it was my way of recording the requirements as I understood them. When it was time to test the new feature, the help I wrote would allow me to easily verify the application behaved as I recorded it in the help.

 

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