Explore is an environment to create reports, visualizations, and dashboards using any of the data ISO provides. Your Explore page contains a list of fields in the left-hand panel. You can mix, match, and filter on these fields to create any type of visualization or report.

To create a report, you’ll typically select a quantity field (known as a “measure”), and a qualitative field (known as a “dimension”). Quantity fields are usually values that can be aggregated. They are represented in orange. ISO offers quantitative fields for all of the KPIs you use to evaluate carriers. Qualitative fields are usually categories, such as carrier name, customer name, etc.. These fields are represented in black.

Once you’ve selected your dimensions and measures, you can add any filters. Any field can be used as a filter. Filters allow you to limit the results of a query to only certain values. For example, you can filter by “region” if you only want to see data for the southwest region. To filter using a specific field, select the filter icon when hovering over a field.

For example, if you want to filter total shipments down to a specific region, you can select the “total shipments” field, then filter on the “region” field. After all your fields and filters are in place, click the “Run” button in the top right to pull the data. Don’t worry if it takes a while to run, we’re processing a lot of data and that can take up to a few minutes sometimes. The more fields you add, typically the slower the report. ISO is constantly working to make our Explore page faster, so you should constantly expect to see improvements over time.

Once you’re happy with the data you’ve pulled, you can create a visualization. ISOs Analytics Tool provides a range of visualization options, from bar charts, pie charts, area charts, line graphs, scatterplots, maps, and more. To access and build visualizations, select the Visualization dropdown. You’ll see edit options on the right-hand side of the page. For full detail on the configuration options, check out these docs.

To add your visualization to a new dashboard please review our Adding a New Dashboard Article