20 imperatives of information design — BioVis 2012
6 . what is this?
The Circos table viewer uses the Circos application to turn data tables like this
into circularly composited visualizations like this
Through the settings panel You can control the manner in which your tabular data is parsed, filtered and displayed.
If you are interested in this approach, read Visualizing Tabular Data - Introduction. If you are interested in the details proceed to Visualizing Tabular Data - How to Use Circos to Visualize Tables.
7 . panel
Many people have used Circos to generate visual representations of tables. Below is a panel of 15,129 visualized tables. Download very hires hires.
0 . read slogan badges
1 . check data format
Before uploading a data file, check the samples gallery to make sure that your data format is compatible.
- Your file must be plain text.
- Your data values must be non-negative integers.
- Column and row values must begin with a letter (e.g. 'A', 'A0', 'A-0')
- Data must be space-separated (one or more tab or space).
- Maximum row + column total is 150 — if exceeded, rows and columns are limited to 75.
- No two rows or columns may have the same name.
2a . upload your file
If you are using the size, order or color options below, make sure your input file has the appropriate content (see samples 5-9).
2b . try random data
Don't have a data file? No problem, try our random data generator. Adjust the settings to change the figure.
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3 . wait 5-10 seconds
Current load is 0/5. System is available.
4 . privacy
Do not use this tool on confidential, sensitive or otherwise expensive, inflammatory or incriminating information (use the offline tableviewer which has a tutorial).
5 . updates
7.sep.12 Updated to use Circos 0.63. Batch file in batch/ now uses relative paths.
12.mar.12 Updated sample images.
7.mar.12 Fixed cookie bugs. Added image features: segment radius/spacing and segment/tick label color.
14.feb.12 Fixed bugs caused by Mac and DOS line ends.
8.feb.12 Fixed bugs caused by stale cookies.
3.jan.12 More image settings.
6.aug.10 Added colored ribbon caps to indicate identity of distant segment.
28.apr.10 Added quartile ribbon transparency and color options.
27.apr.10 Added ratio layout and verbose option reports.
23.apr.10 Archive added. Site layout updated.
22.apr.10 You can specify row/col color. See Sample 9.
25.mar.10 Ribbons now have transparency. Images are anti-aliased. Web tool now doesn't crash as often.
diagnostics
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