Data Exploration

Explore your data with Qiagram

The lifespan of data starts with data generation and ends with achieving concrete insights. There is a step in the middle, however, that is often overlooked: data exploration - the stage of hypothesis generation and decision-making during which the researcher takes a high-level, exploratory view of the available data.

Data Acquisition → Data Exploration → Data Analysis

The Data Exploration stage is often used to determine the availability of "interesting data" that can be used in further analysis. An example exploratory question could be:

How many patients are there in the various data sources in my enterprise that have been diagnosed with a given type of cancer, on a certain medication and had a certain therapy and outcome? From these patients, how many primary and metastatic tumor samples do we have? Do we have any matching primary and metastatic samples? Of these samples, what gene expression and genotyping data are available?

How do you answer questions like these with your current query tool? Do questions get "thrown over the wall" to database experts? How long does it take to get the answer? If your questions change, does the whole process restart from square one?

With Qiagram, you can explore your data:

• Easily - There is no need to understand database concepts. Without knowing how data is organized, or even what data is available, you begin by simply asking a question. Qiagram will guide you through an exploratory process to get to the answers.

• Intuitively - Qiagram understands how researchers think. Constructing a query is as easy as drawing on a canvas. The format is familiar, similar to that of a pathway diagram. There are many "business intelligence" tools out there, which are just that, business tools designed for business people. Qiagram provides scientific intelligence designed for researchers.

• Independently - Due to its intuitive nature, Qiagram allows you to explore your data on your own, without relying on expert IT support. Researchers at all levels of the enterprise (most of whom are software averse) tell us that "This is so easy, even I can use it".

• Holistically - Qiagram allows you to query across multiple domains using a single, secure interface. You determine what data will be shared and with whom. You no longer have to go to one application for clinical data, another for gene expression, yet another for genotyping, and so on. Everything is at your fingertips, pre-integrated.

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