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Welcome to Forsta Visualizations!
Forsta Visualizations seamlessly integrates data sources to create actionable, visual, and dynamic stories with your data through online dashboards, editable PPT decks, or custom cross tables.
This Quick Start Guide will take you through the full process of creating a project, managing your data and eventually bringing your data to life through an interactive report. You will be on your way to gaining actionable insights in no time!
Additional exercises and more in-depth walkthroughs can be found on our Training Page.
Project Creation
The tutorial below showcases the first steps in getting started with Forsta Visualizations. Upon logging in, you choose to access your projects as a report user or an administrative user. Then, you will learn to navigate the platform and create a new project.
Data Import
In Forsta Visualizations, importing data is a quick and easy process. In this tutorial, we will learn of the various ways to import data whether it is on a one time basis, or a scheduled interval. Data can be imported from a variety of sources as seen in this video.
Data Administration
The data management module in Forsta Visualizations allows administrative users to perform a variety of data driven tasks. These can be conducted before, during, or after building reports. This includes functions such as data cleaning and recoding, creating variables or weighting schemes, and applying filters.
Watch the video below to learn more!
Portal Tabs
Learn how to add the different report types to your project - StoryTeller, StoryCreator, and Cross Tables. Also, learn how to make your different reports live to end users.
StoryTeller
StoryTeller is the basis for our powerful online dashboard design. Dashboards can contain any number of slides, charts, images, tables or media that suit your project requirements. Watch the video below to learn more!
StoryCreator
StoryCreator is Forsta’s online PowerPoint tool. This allows both administrative and report users to slice and dice their data and visualize the results in charts or tables. Users can share and collaborate on decks with others and export into a variety of formats. Watch the video below to learn more!
Cross Table
Forsta Visualizations offers a powerful Cross table module where any user can analyze and create their own relationships in the data through a simple drag and drop interface. Workbooks can be created and shared among users with the ability to export in a variety of formats. Watch the video below to learn more!