"Empty" Datasets
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 16:49
Many of the datasets are "empty" when I drill down into the objects from the macro view. This is annoying. I'd suggest that you either remove the "incomplete" datasets for the time being or give a message saying that "this object is empty", before I attempt to drill down.
I agree. I've always been torn between "partial tiling of incomplete information" to suggest the full dimensions of the problem and "overwhelming incompleteness" where the problem is revealed to be too big. I've faulted toward the latter. We would greatly appreciate it if you stuck a few notes like "under construction" in the space name whenever you don't find something.
Also, the situation is aggravated by the fact that many spaces lost their settings in the transitions between versions. (You'll see the spaces are mapped on the bottom lens settings but no graph/model is shown besides the objects.) In these cases if you press the "one variable time chart" (if just Y is mapped) or the "three variable scatter plot" (if x, y, & z are mapped), you should see something.