Word Cloud Plugin

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Download: WordCloud

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Introduction

This article explains how to import a Word Cloud Chart from D3 as a plugin in Sisense. There have been improvements in the rendering and added functionality for rotation of words.

Word Clouds are a common way to show how frequently words or phrases were used.  While the typical use case for this to view trending content, it could be used to show any dimension on a scale.

Note: When using the Word Cloud for open ended survey questions you should also use the Sentence Cloud plugin. 

Instructions

Download the plugin from the provided link (unzip it) and place it in the plugins folder.

C:\Program Files\Sisense\PrismWeb\plugins

If you are using version 7.2 and higher unzip the contents into your C:\Program Files\Sisense\app\plugins\ folder. 

On your dashboard, click the Create Widget button and select Advanced Configuration. Next, select the Word Cloud from the widget menu. Pick a dimension to use as categories, and a metric to use to determine the size of each word.  

 

 

Formatting Options

  • Shape - The cloud can be formed in the shape of an oval cloud or a rectangle.
  • Font - This font face to use.
  • Font Scaling Algorithm - The sizing Algorithm. 
  • Font Size(New)  - A factor to tune the scaling of the font sizes. Reduce the scale if you notice that the top occurring words are missing.
  • Word Rotation (New) - Determines how to Rotate the Words.

Reference

  • UPDATED May 27, 2017 - Fixed for version 6.6.1
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    Todd Nash

    Attempting to download file but I am being directed to a Google Drive.  Is there a direct download link available or could you please grant permission to GDrive?

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    Iris Maessen

    This is a great visualisation.

    The colours the widget takes are taken randomly from the full palette and color gradations defined for the dashboard. In our palette, that includes some very light greys, meaning those words disappear against the background. Is there a way to prevent certain colours in the palette from being used?

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    Jay Dastur

    Hi Iris

    Your best bet is to create a custom palette of your own. You can do this quite easily via the rest API - See Link Create Custom Palette

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    Iris Maessen

    I'm getting an error when I try to export a dashboard containing this widget in 6.7.1 (no text, just a blank dialog box - but the dashboard fails to export). Is an update for this widget available?

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    Iris Maessen

    export to PDF, I mean.

     

    Iris

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    Nick Bernini

    This plugin is not working for 7.1  The issue is export to PDF (ticket 61043)  Can we please get an updated plugin?

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    Iris Maessen

    I also noted in 7.1 that the font selection 'Abel Regular' doesn't display; Times New Roman is used instead. And we also notice the PDF export error in 7.1.

    An update would be highly appreciated.

    Iris

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    Iris Maessen

    As an update from my end: I edited the widget script myself to replace abel regular with a different font. The blank error message and failing PDF export seems related to an interaction between this script and a slightly older version of the Aggregated Table plugin -- if I update that to the most recent version, the PDF export works -- although I still get an error message if I export a dashboard with a Word Cloud plugin on it.

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    Chaitanya Ramineni

    what are the parameters to tinker with to improve the semantic quality of the phrases and readability? I am trying to use this widget to show key themes in comments category of survey data. thank you.

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    Alberto Navas

    Hi Jay

    Thank you for this great plugin . Just an issue, when there is no result, the plugin shows an error called Error Querying Elasticube ! We raised a ticket to the support team of Sisense and they asked us to ask you about the plugin itself ! 

    Ps : We are using 7.1 as Sisense version .

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    Alina Lotman

    Hi,

    Joining Todd's request - can you please grant permissions to the GDrive?

    Thanks,

    Alina

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    Inbal

    Alina & Todd, 

    I have updated the link with open permissions.

    Apologies for the inconvenience.

    Inbal

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    Ganesan Kanavathy

    Hi Jay,

    I have tried this plug-in on 7.2

    Its not displaying as shown above.

    I am testing this with list of countries. All country names are in equal font size. Whereas in the image above, the font sizes are different for each name (word / phrase)

    Attached is the screenshot for your reference.

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