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tyGraph Pulse - Product Guide

Overview


tyGraph Pulse provides insights into the major collaborative workloads in Microsoft 365 like Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, and Yammer. Value is added by providing HR and organizational information to the data with additional context provide through geography and time scale data points. Pulse is where you should start your analytics journey into M365 adoption and usage.


Below is a summary of all help tips on the latest tyGraph Pulse report. Help tips are brief descriptions of the visual, explanations on how to use the visual, or details about the calculation, limited to 250 characters. They can be found at the top of any visual by hovering over them.



TABLE OF CONTENTS


Additional Content

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tyGraph Pulse YouTube playlist

Gain deeper product insights by watching our tyGraph Pulse YouTube playlist.

tyGraph Pulse Dev Blog

Stay up to date with the latest updates by visiting the tyGraph Pulse Dev Blog. Learn about the latest features, updates, and how to get the most out of your tyGraph solutions.




Report Layout

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  1. Our Logo will redirect you to our website: https://tygraph.com and will indicate which product or group of products this report will be about. For example below is the report of an overview of Microsoft 365 product adoption and usage, so it's cleverly named 'Pulse'.

           


  1. This is the title of the page and will be the descriptive of the type of data being presented.
  2. Box Icon: Hover over this to see the version of the report and database information. Click on this button to go to the tyGraph Dev Blog, where you can learn about changes/additions to the report.
  3. Information Icon: Looking for more information? Click here for detailed articles and terms on our website! This will redirect you to our support site: https://support.tygraph.com/
  4. Date Slider: This is a rolling filter that is enabled by default. Use this to select a rolling range of recent dates. You can erase this slicer to select specific dates (below) outside the rolling range. You can glance to the “Report Period" element at any time to see the overall filter.
  5. Harvest Date: This is the most recent datapoint collected by tyGraph. If the date is behind what you expect, check if the dataset has refreshed. If you are in tyGraph Online, please contact support or your Admin immediately.



Microsoft 365 Adoption Overview

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  1. Time Intelligence Comparison this slicer contains the time period comparisons that get projected into the fields located directly below each Microsoft product card. Want to see the month over month trend of your digital transformation scores? Simply select it in the drop down and you will see the percentage change along with the corresponding trend icon up or down for each product. These fields are represented by the following numbers below: 4, 6, 8, 10, and12.
  2. This Data Slicer is a new feature that contains groups of measurements, allowing one to configure the below line graph and matrix by the preferred measurement category. For the Microsoft Adoption page it is populated with % of adopted users, % of user activities, sum of adopted users, and sum of total user activity. Combining these two slicers is a powerful feature allowing for 39 different configurations of the matrix and 18 different data views of the line graph.
  3. Exchange Active Users Card are the total unique active users in Exchange for the reporting period. An active user has sent, received, or read email content. You can click the icon to the left to navigate to the specific Email activity Page.
  4. Exchange Active Users Trend is a time period comparison field which will show the percentage change along with a trend indicator depending on which time intelligence comparison has been selected in the "Comparison" slicer located in the header. For example you can select "Month over Month" to see what the percentage change is from this month over the last month.
  5. SharePoint Active Users Card displays the total unique active users in SharePoint for the reporting period. An active user has either Edited / Viewed Files, Synced, Shared Files, or Viewed Pages. You can click the icon to the left to navigate to a specific activity report.
  6. SharePoint Active Users Trend is a time period comparison field which will show the percentage change along with a trend indicator depending on which time intelligence comparison has been selected in the "Comparison" slicer located in the header. For example you can select "Month over Month" to see what the percentage change is from this month over the last month.
  7. OneDrive Active Users are the total unique active users in OneDrive for the reporting period. An active user has either Edited/Viewed Files, Synced Files, or Shared Files. You can click the icon to the left to navigate to a specific activity report.
  8. OneDrive Active Users Trend is a time period comparison field which will show the percentage change along with a trend indicator depending on which time intelligence comparison has been selected in the "Comparison" slicer located in the header. For example you can select "Month over Month" to see what the percentage change is from this month over the last month.
  9. Teams Active Users are the total unique active users in Teams for the reporting period. An active user has either had chat messages, channel messages, voice calls, or meetings. You can click the icon to the left to navigate to a specific activity report.
  10. Teams Active Users Trend is a time period comparison field which will show the percentage change along with a trend indicator depending on which time intelligence comparison has been selected in the "Comparison" slicer located in the header. For example you can select "Month over Month" to see what the percentage change is from this month over the last month.
  11. Yammer Active Users are the total unique active users in Yammer for the reporting period. An active user has either posted, read, or liked a message in Yammer. You can click the icon to the left to navigate to a specific activity report.
  12. Yammer Active Users Trend is a time period comparison field which will show the percentage change along with a trend indicator depending on which time intelligence comparison has been selected in the "Comparison" slicer located in the header. For example you can select "Month over Month" to see what the percentage change is from this month over the last month.
  13. Adopted Users by M365 Platforms allows you to easily spot which platforms are most popular. This is best cross filtered by an organizational unit on the left to see patterns within the business. You can also select the dots of products to focus on their trend over time in the chart below.
  14. Adopted Users Detail provides a dynamic hierarchy (arrows to the left of your cursor) to navigate within your Active Directory Org Structure. The order is Domain, Organization, Business Unit, Division, Department, Building, Job Title, Manager Email, User Email, User Name, User Continent, User Country, and other User attributes.
  15. Date Slicer rather than using the up and down arrows (left of your cursor) to change the hierarchy order of the x-axis. Use the easy to locate date x-axis slicer embedded within the line graph to navigate to your desired date period.
  16. Adopted Users Overview are the total unique users with activity in the given product over time displayed in line graph form. You can use the embedded x-axis date slicer to change the aggregation of the x-axis rather then the traditional drill down arrows native to Power BI. The hierarchy order is Year, Quarter Year, Month Year, Week, Date, Day of Week.



Digital Transformation – Adoption and Usage

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This page gives an overview of how your tenant is performing across M365 workloads.


A screenshot of multiple Microsoft 365 applications: Email, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, and Yammer.



  1. Time Intelligence Comparison this slicer contains the time period comparisons that get projected into the fields embedded in the top left corner of each visual on this page. Want to see the month over month trend of your digital transformation scores? Simply select it in the drop down.
  2. Date X-Axis Slicer this slicer contains common date periods for the x-axis on all of the visuals present on this page.
  3. Time Intelligence Indicator Field tells your digital transformation story. This is a weighted score that awards points based on user activity across Microsoft 365 Platforms. See our web documentation for details.
  4. tyGraph Digital Transformation Score (DTS) tells your digital transformation story. This is a weighted score that awards points based on user activity across Microsoft 365 Platforms. See our web documentation for details.
  5. Teams DTS scores Teams activity for users for the time frame and selection. Each day a user chats, has a meeting, posts a channel message, or has a voice call they get five points. This should be going up as you adopt Teams.
  6. Email DTS scores email activity for users for the time frame and selection. Each day a user sends or reads an email they get one point. For most companies, this slowly levels off, and then sometimes declines for companies with high Teams and Yammer usage.
  7. OneDrive DTS scores OneDrive activity for users for the time frame and selection. Each day a user has file activity in OneDrive for Business, they get three points.
  8. SharePoint DTS scores SharePoint activity for users for the time frame and selection. Each day a user has Viewed, Edited, Synced, Shared Files, or Visited a Page, they get three points.
  9. Yammer DTS scores Yammer activity for users for the time frame and selection. Each day a user has Posted, Read, or Liked a message, they get five points. 



Digital Transformation Detail

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This allows you to understand the usage persona of various areas of the business.

  1. Digital Transformation Stacked Area Graph shows each product's digital transformation score stacked on top of one another. This demonstrates visually the past trend of your digital adoption and transformation over the time period selected, it's easy to see over time which direction you're going in for each product and compare different time periods without additional selections.
  2. User Attributes Slicer is loaded from the 'Users' table and contains commons user fields that are useful for a business to filter by such as job title, division, and city to name a few. These fields reflect what is populated in your Azure active directory. This slicer is used to configure row categories in the below matrix. For detailed information on "User attributes" please refer to this article User Attribute Selections : Support (tygraph.com) 
  3. User Department Slicer contains data from the Users department column in the 'Users' table which reflects what is present in your Azure active directory. Combine all three slicers for very targeted filtering of your data and advanced data exploration.
  4. User Country Slicer contains data from the Users country column in the 'Users' table which reflects what is present in your Azure active directory. Combine all three slicers for very targeted filtering of your data.
  5. Digital Transformation Score Matrix shows exact totals for organizational insights and usage details including Digital Transformation Score (DTS), and summed activities for the following products: Email, OneDrive, SharePoint, Skype, Yammer, and Teams. This matrix is configurable by the "User attributes" slicer User Attribute Selections : Support (tygraph.com) as well as more granular filters 'User Deptartment' and 'User Country'.
  6. Collaborative Activity (DTS) is the average collaborative adoption level of users. Users are categorized each day into five stages of collaborative adoption where 1 is joining a tool and 5 is highly collaborative actions such as using SharePoint documents with other users.
  7. External Communication External communication represents the percentage of external sharing for a specific selected org unit such as department or country as compared to the entire organization. If you select a specific unit it will cross filter that visual to show how externally collaborative it is compared to whole organization.
  8. Mobility Overall is the propensity for a user or collection of users to have mobile usage. Calculated as the average of desktop and mobile usage. This is intended to show the balance of someone’s days spent in each fashion.
  9. Days on Desktop shows the percentage of days that users had desktop usage.
  10. Days on Mobile is the percentage of days that users had Mobile usage.
  11. Teams Meetings shows the average number of meetings per day for the selection of users. We assumed 16 meetings as the reasonable maximum. (8-hour workday with 30-minute meetings ~16 possible per day).
  12. DTS by Product TreeMap this shows a visual representation proportionally of tyGraphs Digital Transformation Score by each product. The larger the square the larger the DTS score on the respective product. DTS scores are determined using days of activity multiplied by the respective weighted application score. This is a weighted score that awards points for user activity across Microsoft 365 products.



Your Pulse

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  1. Active Email Users is the ratio of Active email users to all email users which is expressed as a percentage. For a user to be considered as “active”, they must have read, received, or sent an email message.
  2. Compares Active email users to all email usersFor a user to be considered as “active”, they must have read, received, or sent an email message.
  3. Sent/Received Ratio shows the ratio of emails Sent to Received which is expressed as a percentage.
  4. Compares the total number of emails Sent to Received.
  5. Read/Received Ratio is the ratio of emails Read to Received which is expressed as a percentage.
  6. Compares the total number of emails Read to Received.
  7. Storage Used (GB) shows the ratio of email storage used to the email storage Limit which is expressed as a percentage.
  8. Compares the total Used email storage to the email storage Limit. This is expressed in gigabytes (GB).
  9. Chat Messages are the total Teams Chat/Channel messages for all teams.
  10. Private Messages shows the Total user to user(s) Teams messages for the reporting period.
  11. Meetings are total Teams meetings for the reporting period.
  12. Calls show the total Teams voice calls for the reporting period.
  13. Active Teams Users is the ratio of Active Teams users to All licensed users within the tenant. This is expressed as a percentage. For a user to be considered as “active”, they must have received a Chat Message, a Private Chat Messages, or participated in a Call or Meeting.
  14. Active Teams Users compares Active Teams users to all licensed users within the tenant. For a user to be considered as “active”, they must have received a Chat Message, a Private Chat Messages, or participated in a Call or Meeting.
  15. Active SharePoint Sites is the ratio of Active sites to the total number of sites. This is expressed as a percentage. For a site to be considered as “active”, there must be file activity (saved, synced, modified, or shared) or page views within the site.
  16. Compares Active sites to the total number of sites. For a site to be considered as “active”, there must be file activity (saved, synced, modified, or shared) or page views within the site.
  17. Active SharePoint Files shows the ratio of Active files to All files which is expressed as a percentage. For a file to be considered as “active”, it must have been saved, synced, modified, or shared.
  18. Compares active files to the total number of files across all sites. For a file to be considered as “active”, it must have been saved, synced, modified, or shared.
  19. Storage % Quota is the ratio of Consumed to Total storage allocated which is expressed as a percentage.
  20. Compares the storage Consumed to the Total storage allocated. This is expressed in gigabytes (GB).
  21. Active SharePoint Users shows the ratio of Active users to All licensed users within the tenant. This is expressed as a percentage. User activity includes pages visited, files synced, file views/edits, files shared externally, and files shared internally.
  22. Compares Active users to All licensed users within the tenant. User activity includes pages visited, files synced, file views/edits, files shared externally, and files shared internally.
  23. Reads is the total number of Yammer Reads for the reporting period.
  24. Posts are the total number of Yammer Posts for the reporting period.
  25. Likes are the total number of Yammer Likes for the reporting period.
  26. Avg Daily Activity shows the average number of daily Yammer activities for the reporting period. Yammer activities include reads, likes, and posts.
  27. Active Yammer Users is the ratio of active Yammer users to all tenant users. This is expressed as a percentage. For a user to be considered as “active”, they must read, like, or post.
  28. Active Yammer Users compares active Yammer users to all tenant users. For a user to be considered as “active”, they must read, like, or post.
  29. Active OneDrive Drives show the ratio of active One Drives to the total number of One Drives. This is expressed as a percentage. Any OneDrive on which users viewed, modified, uploaded, downloaded, shared, or synced files is considered as “active”.
  30. Compares active One Drives to the total number of One Drives. Any OneDrive on which users viewed, modified, uploaded, downloaded, shared, or synced files is considered “active”.
  31. Active OneDrive Files is the ratio of active One Drive files to the total number of One Drive files across all users. This is expressed as a percentage. A file is considered as “active” if it has been saved, synced, modified, or shared.
  32. Compares active OneDrive files to the total number of OneDrive files across all. A file is considered as “active” if it has been saved, synced, modified, or shared.
  33. Storage % Quota shows the ratio of consumed One Drive storage to the total amount of storage allocated for the reporting period. This is expressed as a percentage.
  34. Compares the total amount of storage consumed by all users in One Drive to the total amount of storage allocated for the reporting period. This is expressed in gigabytes (GB).
  35. Active OneDrive Users is the ratio of active One Drive users to all tenant users which is expressed as a percentage. Any One Drive on which users viewed, modified, uploaded, downloaded, shared, or synced files is considered as “active”.
  36. Compares active One Drive users to the total number of One Drive users. Any One Drive on which users viewed, modified, uploaded, downloaded, shared, or synced files is considered as “active”.



Predicting Teams Adoption

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a screenshot of a tooltip showing information about Low Probability, Medium Probability, High Probability, Already Adopted, and Highly Adopted (Champions)

  1. Time Intelligence Comparison as seen previously on other pages this slicer contains all of the same time intelligence period comparisons such as month over month period over period, first over last full month, and year over year. This is displayed in the field at the bottom of each card, numbered below as 7, 9, 11, and 13, as a percentage change along with a trend arrow indicating up or down.
  2. Team Adoption Profile this is a drop-down slicer containing all the different categories of Teams Adoption Probabilities such as high probability and low probability. You can filter relevant visuals to the right by these categories.
  3. License Name Selections check box-based data filter allowing the user to filter relevant visuals to the right of it by selected Microsoft license types.
  4. User Attributes Slicer is a new powerful feature allowing the matrix to be configured by the user attribute desired, such as department or city to name a new.
  5. Active Teams Users Matrix is a sum of All Users versus Teams Active Users by "User Attributes" slicer which contains (Organization, Business Unit, Department, Building, Job Title, Manager, and User). The rows can be configured by the user attributes slicer.
  6. Active E-mail Users Card indicates the summed amount of e-mail users for the date period selected in the top right hand corner date slicer. This can also be filtered by the license type check box filter on the left-hand side.
  7. Active E-mail Users Trend indicates if e-mail users are higher or lower compared to the previous report period that is selected in the time intelligence comparison slicer at the top center of the page.
  8. E-mails Sent Card indicates the summed amount of e-mail sent for the date period selected in the top right hand corner date slicer. This can also be filtered by the license type check box filter on the left-hand side.
  9. E-mails Sent Trend indicates if e-mail sent are higher or lower compared to the previous report period that is selected in the time intelligence comparison slicer at the top center of the page.
  10. Active Teams Users Card shows the summed total of active teams' users for the date period selected in the top right corner date slicer. This can also be filtered by license type check box in the left-hand side
  11. Active Teams Users Trend shows the percentage change in unique users with Teams activity compared to the previous period. For a user to be considered as “active”, they must have posted a Chat Message, a Private Chat Message, or participated in a Call or Meeting.
  12. Teams Activity is the total number of unique Teams users activity. For a user to be considered as “active”, they must have received a Chat Message, a Private Chat Messages, or participated in a Call or Meeting.
  13. Teams Activity Trend shows a trend of teams activity in the reporting period.
  14. Teams Adoption Probability by Profile shows total unique users by their probability to adopt Teams. This is based on the actions they’ve taken in other workloads like SharePoint, OneDrive, or Yammer. For details see the “License Summary and Usage” help tip.
  15. User Attributes Slicer this is the same slicer that is present on multiple visualizations and allows the user to configure the matrix rows by the attributes present in your Azure active directory. If all of your employee's cities are filled in the matrix will display that information in the rows and provide sums by the column types.
  16. License Summary and Usage shows your digital transformation score along with summed user-level usage activity and adoption by application. The rows in this matrix are configurable by the user attributes.
  17. Teams Adoption Probability categorizes users by their probability to adopt Teams.




License Enablement

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  1. Time Intelligence Comparison is the same classic time period comparison slicer that is present throughout this report offering popular time period comparisons to be projected below the KPI cards spread along the row below it. You will see common business changes over time, month over month, and year over year.
  2. Blocked vs. Enabled Slicer this slicer allows the user to filter the relevant visuals by enabled and then blocked users.
  3. License Name Slicer the same slicer that is present on a few other pages; this filters visuals by Microsoft license type.
  4. Unique Licensed Users Card is a sum of the unique number of currently licensed users for your selected products. Click the button to display details on unique licensed users over time in the below bar and line graph visuals.
  5. Unique Licensed Users Trend displays the change of unique licensed users in percentage form depending on the time period comparison selected in the 'Comparison' slicer.
  6. Total Licenses Card are the licenses currently assigned, given your selection of various data filters. Click the button to display details on total licensed users over time in the below bar and line graph visuals.
  7. Total Licenses Trend displays the percentage change in total licenses along with a trend arrow.
  8. New Licenses Assigned Card shows the total new licenses assigned. Click the button to display details on new licensed users over time in the below bar and line graph visuals. 
  9. New Licenses Trend shows the percentage change of total new licenses assigned depending on which time period comparison has been selected in the filter at the top of the page.
  10. Licenses Removed Card is the total number of licenses removed. Click the button to display details on licenses removed over time in the below bar and line graph visuals.
  11. Licenses Removed Trend shows the percentage change of licenses removed depending on which time period comparison has been selected in the filter at the top of the page.
  12. Non Adopted Users Card shows the total unique licensed, not deleted users with no activity in 180 days. These users create a great opportunity to drive engagement or shift their license to those needing it more. Click the button to display details on "Non-Adopted Users" removed over time in the below bar and line graph visuals. 
  13. Non Adopted Users Trend shows the percentage change of "Non-Adopted Users" depending on which period comparison is selected in the filter at the top of the page.
  14. Licenses Used on Blocked Users Card are the total licenses still active on users with blocked credentials. A blocked account in Azure Active Directory cannot be used. These accounts should be re-enabled or the licenses de-provisioned.
  15. Licenses Used on Blocked Users Trend the percentage change in total licenses still active on users with blocked credentials. A blocked account in Azure Active Directory cannot be used. The selection in the time period comparison slicer determines the time period compared.
  16. Unique Licensed Users is a plot of the total unique users assigned a license and users with activity in all of your selected M365 platforms of interest. Try filtering on the M365 platforms attribute in the dropdown to focus on certain platforms.
  17. Select Date Periods filter is a new feature to tyGraph reports that replaces the Power BI drill-down icons that can be hard for users to locate, providing a more pleasant user experience. Use this to configure the line graph its embedded in by common time periods.
  18. Unique Licensed Users by User Attributes is a plot of the total unique users assigned a license and users with activity in all of your selected M365 platforms of interest. Try filtering on the M365 platforms attribute in the dropdown to focus on certain platforms.
  19. Current License Distribution shows the organizational license assignments and consumption by each License. This allows you to see your license limits at a glance and decide on areas that are at or approaching capacity.
  20. User List is a list of user e-mails in a hierarchal form that, when opened, exposes which licenses are assigned to each respective user e-mail showing the assigned date, removal date, and corresponding statuses.



Microsoft 365 Product Adoption

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  1. Adopted Users For Report Period by Platform shows the number of users who have adopted the selected platform (Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, Skype, Teams, and/or Yammer) during the last full month of the reporting period.
  2. Product Data Slicer allows the line graph that it is embedded in to be filtered by whichever products are selected.
  3. Adopted Licenses Users plots the Adopted Users by Platform by time.
  4. Adopted Users Last Month - Configurable by User Attributes use the embedded user attributes slicer to display different groups from the user table who have adopted the selected platform (Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, Skype, Teams, and/or Yammer) during the last full month of the reporting period broken down by user attributes (Domain, Organization, Business Unit, Division, Department, Building, Job Title, Manager and User).
  5. Users Attributes slicer allows the horizontal bar chart that its embedded in to by filtered by useful business attributes. For detailed information on the user attributes filter please refer to this article User Attribute Selections : Support (tygraph.com) 
  6. Service Plans plot the adoption of multiple license plans within the organization over time. 



Microsoft 365 Groups

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  1. Time Period Comparison is a slicer that is used to select popular time period comparisons such as month over month, year over year, and period over period which display the percentage change, along with a trend indicator arrow, in the fields below each card along the row.
  2. Number of Groups Card is the total number of Microsoft 365 groups.  
  3. Number of Groups Trend displays the percentage change in groups along with the trend arrow depending on what is selected in the Comparison time period slicer.
  4. Items Card shows the total sum of e-mail items generated by all of the Microsoft 365 Groups.  
  5. Items Trend this field displays the percentage change in e-mail items and is configured by the time period comparison slicer.
  6. Items Size Card is the total number of megabytes used by the e-mail items created by all Microsoft 365 groups.
  7. Items Size Trend will tell you the percentage change in megabytes used by the e-mail items from the Microsoft 365 groups for the time period selected in the slicer.
  8. Public Groups Gauge shows the number of groups that are public within the total number of groups.
  9. SP Connected Groups compares Groups with an associated SharePoint site to all Groups.
  10. Group Messages show the total received emails across all Groups shown by Date hierarchy.
  11. Item Growth is the total item growth across all Groups by Group type and is shown by the Date hierarchy. Group types include Private and Public Groups.
  12. Group Proliferation shows the total number of Groups by Group Type and shown by Date hierarchy. Group types include Private and Public Groups.
  13. Total Group level activity is the group activity that includes Msg Received, Storage Used (GB), Page Views, Activities, Items, Item Size (MB), Members, and Guests.
  14. SharePoint Storage (GB) displays storage consumed for SharePoint Connected Groups shown by the Date hierarchy.


Email Usage

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  1. Reads Card is the total number of emails read.
  2. Received Card shows the total number of emails received.
  3. Sent Card is the total number of emails sent in the reporting period.
  4. Read/Received Ratio Card is Emails Read divided by Emails Received.
  5. Active Users Gauge compares active email users to all email users. For a user to be considered as “active”, they must have read, received, or sent an email message.
  6. Mail Storage (GB) Gauge compares the used email storage to the email storage limit for all email users. Expressed in gigabytes (GB).
  7. User Attributes Slicer is populated with user attributes from the user table, which reflects the data in your organizations Azure active directory. For detailed information on tyGraphs user attributes slicer please see this article User Attribute Selections : Support (tygraph.com) 
  8. User Department Slicer reflects the data in the user department column and allows for very granular filtering of the below matrix.
  9. User Country Slicer same concept as the above mentioned slicers but is populated with country data from your Azure active directory.
  10. Select Date Periods configures the x-axis on the e-mail activity line chart that it is embedded in. This replaced the classic Power BI drill down arrow icons for an easier user experience. 
  11. Email Activity line graph shows totals for different types of e-mail activity such as reads, received, and sent.
  12. Email Usage is a dynamic matrix that is configurable by the user attributes slicer that will display email usage activity and adoption. 
  13. Email Applications shows totals for different e-mail applications used for the reporting period. E-mail applications include Outlook Windows, Outlook Mobile, Outlook for Mac, Outlook mobile, and Outlook on the web.
  14. Storage Utilization (GB) shows the total storage used by all e-mail activity over time. Expressed in gigabytes (GB). 



Teams Activity

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  1. Time Period Comparison is a slicer that is used to select popular time period comparisons such as month over month, First vs Last full month, period over period, and year over year which display the percentage change, along with a trend indicator arrow, in the fields below each card along the row.
  2. User Attributes is a slicer that will filter some of visuals on this page by whichever user attribute that is selected. This is populated from the data that is present in your organizational active directory. For more information on user attributes see this article User Attribute Selections : Support (tygraph.com) 
  3. User Department a slicer that offers granular level filtering by the department data that is available.
  4. Chat Messages are the total Teams Chat/Channel messages for the reporting period.
  5. Private Messages shows the total user-to-user(s) Teams messages for the reporting period.
  6. Meetings are the total Teams meetings for each user in the reporting period. When cross filtered to a user this is both meetings attended and organized. If three users attend the same meeting it would be counted three times, once for each user.
  7. Calls are the total Teams voice calls for each user in the reporting period. When cross filtered to a user this is both calls made and received. If three users participate in the same call it would be counted three times, once for each user.
  8. Working Out Loud % benchmarks collaboration by calculating the ratio of Chat/Channel Messages for all Teams. This is expressed as a percentage.
  9. Active Users compares active Teams users with all licensed users. For a user to be considered as “active”, they must have received a Chat Message, a Private Chat Messages, or participated in a Call or Meeting.
  10. Top Teams Users shows user-level Teams usage activity and adoption insights.A screenshot of Teams Data Usage highlighting the average across IOS users
  11. Teams Device Usage is the average number of devices with usage for each client type each day. Each person/device/date combination is counted once. Device types include Web, Windows Phone, Android Phone, iPhone, iPad, and Other.
  12. Working Out Loud Score benchmarks collaboration by calculating the ratio of Chat/Channel Messages for all Teams shown by Organizational hierarchy. This can be navigated with the Up and Double Down arrows that appear when you hover over this visual.
  13. Teams User Activity shows the total number of Chat Messages, Private Chat Messages, Voice Calls, and Meetings for all Teams users shown by the Date hierarchy. This can be navigated with the Up and Double Down arrows that appear when you hover over this visual.
  14. Teams Message Volume by geography is the total Teams messages shown by the Geography hierarchy. Teams messages include Chat Messages, Private Messages, and Voice Calls.


Yammer Activity

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  1. Time Period Comparison is a slicer that is used to select popular time period comparisons such month over month, First vs Last full month, period over period, and year over year which display the percentage change, along with a trend indicator arrow up or down, in the fields below each card: Reads, Likes, Posts, and Avg Daily Activity located in the below row. You will see time intelligence comparisons in percentage format.
  2. User Department a granular level filter that is dynamically populated with your organizational department information and allows for very targeted filtering of all of the visuals on the page.
  3. User Country is similar to the user department filter only this contains users countries as populated in your Azure active directory.
  4. Top Yammer Users is the total Yammer activity type shown by the user attributes. Yammer activity types include Reads, Likes, and Posts.
  5. User Attributes slicer is populated with fields from your organizational user table. For more information on user attributes please see this article User Attribute Selections : Support (tygraph.com).
  6. Reads shows the total number of Yammer Reads for the reporting period.
  7. Likes are the total number of Yammer Likes for the reporting period.
  8. Posts are the total number of Yammer Posts for the reporting period.
  9. Avg Daily Activity shows the average number of daily Yammer activities. Yammer activities include Reads, Likes, and Posts.
  10. Active Users compares active Yammer users and licensed users. For a user to be considered as “active”, they must have Read, Liked or Post must occur.
  11. X-Axis Date Slicer that one can use to configure the date z-axis on the line graph it is embedded in. This replaces Power BI's native drill down arrow icons to provide an easier user experience.
  12. Yammer User Activity is the total Yammer activity by type over time. Yammer activity types include Reads, Likes, and Posts.
  13. Yammer Device Usage is the average number of devices with usage for each client type each day. Each person/device/date combination is counted once. Device types include Web, Windows Phone, Android Phone, iPhone, iPad, and Other (works the same as Teams Device Usage shown in the Teams activity).
  14. Yammer User Activity Data Map shows the total Yammer activity by user Location hierarchy. This can be navigated with the Up and Double Down arrows that appear when you hover over this visual.


SharePoint Site Activity

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  1. User Country is similar to the user department filter only this contains users countries as populated in your Azure active directory.
  2. User Department a granular level filter that is dynamically populated with your organizational department information and allows for very targeted filtering of all of the visuals on the page.
  3. Time Period Comparison is a slicer that is used to select popular time period comparisons such month over month, First vs Last full month, period over period, and year over year which display the percentage change, along with a trend indicator arrow up or down. This will display in the fields that are embedded in the following graphs: Total and Active Files, Storage Utilization, Pages, and Total and Active Sites.
  4. Total and Active Files displays active files and the total number of files across all sites shown by the Date hierarchy. For a file to be considered as “active”, it must have been saved, synced, modified, or shared.
  5. Sites with Activity compares active sites to the total number of sites. For a site to be considered as “active”, there must be file activity (saved, synced, modified, or shared) or page views within the site.
  6. Total and Active Sites display active sites and the total number of sites. For a site to be considered as “active”, there must be file activity (saved, synced, modified, or shared) or page views within the site.
  7. Storage Utilizations (GB) shows the total storage consumed by the site template shown by the Date hierarchy.
  8. Site Type a small matrix that displays the category of site type such as "Group" or "Teams Site" and its corresponding activity.
  9. Pages are the number of page views and pages visited across all sites shown by the Date hierarchy.
  10. Sites by Content Activity shows the site details around storage usage and activity, Total files, storage used, and storage quota%.


SharePoint Users Activity

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  1. User Country is similar to the user department filter only this contains users countries as populated in your Azure active directory.
  2. User Department a granular level filter that is dynamically populated with your organizational department information and allows for very targeted filtering of all of the visuals on the page.
  3. SharePoint Users by Job Title displays total SharePoint users by job title over time. You can drill into the date hierarchy by using the common Power BI drill down arrows by hovering your mouse over the visual.
  4. User Attributes this feature allows you to dynamically alter the matrix it is embedded in, enabling multiple configurations of the matrix to suit your business needs. For more information on the user attribute feature please see this article User Attribute Selections : Support (tygraph.com).
  5. SharePoint User File Activities this matrix shows the sum for each file activity type, which are: All user activity, files synced, file views/Edits, Files Shared externally & internally. This matrix can be customized by the user to display totals for each by User Attributes.
  6. User Activity this line chart shows the sum of all SharePoint users activity by file activity type over time. The date hierarchy offers the standard Power BI drill down ability.
  7. Sharing Activity shows the total number of files shared internally and externally shown by the Date hierarchy. A file share is considered “external” if the recipient is someone from outside your Office 365 subscription.



OneDrive Usage

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The following visuals on this page are configurable using the new "User attributes" slicer that allows for custom configuration of each visualization that is embedded into. It is present on the following visuals: Top OneDrives, Top Users by Activity, and Storage Utilization. For more information on the user attributes slicer please refer to this article: User Attribute Selections : Support (tygraph.com) 

  1. User Country is similar to the user department filter only this contains users countries as populated in your Azure active directory.
  2. User Department a granular level filter that is dynamically populated with your organizational department information and allows for very targeted filtering of all of the visuals on the page.
  3. Active One Drives compares active OneDrive users to the total number of OneDrive users. Any OneDrive on which users viewed, modified, uploaded, downloaded, shared, or synced files is considered as “active”.
  4. OneDrive Consumers compares active OneDrive users to licensed users. Any user with the following activities: viewed, modified, uploaded, downloaded, shared, or synced files are considered as “active”.
  5. File Activity compares active OneDrive files to the total number of OneDrive files across all. A file is considered as “active” if it has been saved, synced, modified, or shared.
  6. Storage Usage compares the total amount of storage used by all users in OneDrive to the total amount of storage allocated for the reporting period.
  7. External Sharing compares the total number of externally shared OneDrive files to the total number of internally shared OneDrive files for the reporting period. A file share is considered as “external” if the recipient is someone from outside your Office 365 subscription.
  8. Top OneDrive (Producers) shows user level summary listing of OneDrive information.
  9. OneDrive Activity displays OneDrive edit/view and file sync activity across all OneDrives.
  10. Sharing Activity is the total OneDrive internal and external sharing activity across all OneDrives.
  11. Top Users by Activity shows user level summary of OneDrive activity including files synced, edits/views, internal shares, and external shares by member name.
  12. Storage Utilization (GB) displays total OneDrive storage utilization shown by the Department hierarchy across all OneDrives.



FAQ

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Confused by a visual? 

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Have a question?

Email our support team: support@avepoint.com


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How do I export data?

You can export any visual in Power BI by clicking the visuals ellipsis, then export data. You can export 30,000 rows to a CSV, and up to 150,000 rows to an XLS.


Can I explore deeper into a data point?

Many visuals have drill-through "focus" pages or analytical insights that will explain trend changes. Right-click on a data point of interest and look for "Analyze" or "Drillthrough"


Why is my data blank?

If a visual is not showing what you expect, hover over the visual and a filter icon will appear. Hover over the filter icon and a pop-up will show you all filters currently applied to that visual. If there are no filters check the Harvest Date.