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Introducing BigPicture
Diagramming, Mind Mapping, and Data Exploration for Excel
Palisade is pleased to introduceBigPicture,
the diagramming and data mapping software add-in for Microsoft Excel. With
BigPicture, you can createmind
mapsto organize thoughts and
ideas, createdynamic
data mapsfrom any type of
spreadsheet data, or explore your options with strategic maps. You can even
createautomatic
organizational chartsfrom
your personnel data.
For 30 years, Palisade software tools have been helping decision-makers gain
powerful insights in their spreadsheets; now, BigPicture adds a new, visual
diagramming platform to your decision-making toolbox. BigPicture is available
stand-alone, but is also integrated with Palisade'sDecisionTools
Suiteto visually enhance
decision analyses.
BigPicture Benefits
Brainstorm complex problems using mind
mapping techniques
Present and explore large amounts of data with eye-catching
topical maps
Integrate with PrecisionTree in the DecisionTools Suite to
clarify decision processes
Automatically generate
organizational charts from source personnel data
Link any map to underlying data sets for live updating
BigPicture will enable all Excel users – whether HR professionals or strategic
planners, students or project managers, financial planners or marketers – to
quickly create dynamic maps to organize ideas either from scratch or from data.
Based in Excel, all BigPicture maps can be live-linked to update when underlying
data changes. In addition, BigPicture utilizes of all of Microsoft Excel’s
customization capabilities – such as color and shape options – so your diagrams
can be as creative as you need them to be.
Just a few common applications of BigPicture include:
Strategic Planning–
Create maps of ideas and options to summarize a complex situation.
Organizational Charts–
Illustrate hierarchy, expand and collapse branches and departments, and generate
HR reports.
Data Maps–
View any type of data as an easy-to-read, dynamic map.
A BigPicturestrategic
planningmap, detailing the different possibilities of a crucial
business decision.
A BigPicture flexibleorg
chartillustrates the structure of an organization, with
detailed info on employees.
Adata
mapbuilt with
BigPicture, illustrating the connections between categories with clear,
detailed visuals.