Pivot Viewer using Silverlite

2. “The Silverlight PivotViewer makes it easier to
interact with massive amounts of data on the
web in ways that are powerful,informative, and
valuable.”
PivotViewer Overview

4. • Ships as part of the
SL5 SDK
• Dynamic client-based
collections
• XAML-based visuals
• Customizability
PivotViewer

5. • No need for pre-created visuals
• Data updates automatically as it
changes
• Easily render different trade-
cards at different levels of zoom
• Add any content: imagery, deep
zoom imagery, text, graphs, etc.
XAML Visuals

11. AddingDatatoPivotViewerinXAML

12. Normal Choices Extra ChoicesLess Choices
TreatDataAppropriately

13. Bad:
Changing data in your collection without
notifying the user
Better:
Set a timer indicating when the data will be
refreshed
Best:
Have an indicator that data in the app is stale
Provide a button for refreshing data
Dealwithdynamicdata

15. A tradecard is a visual representation of
one item in a PivotViewer collection
Whatisatradecard?

16. No elements Too many elements
Whatisatradecard?

17. No need for pre-created visuals
Data updates automatically as it changes
Easily render different tradecards at
different levels of zoom
Add any content: imagery, deep zoom
imagery, text, graphs, etc.
XAMLTradeCards

18. CreatingtradecardsWithXAML

20. DesignforFarAway

21. DesignforMediumDistances

23. PivotViewer is optimized for rendering
3,000-5,000 items at one time
LargeDataSets&PivotViewer

24. Have the user pre-sort or pre-filter before
viewing items in PivotViewer
Search
OK
Washington,
Oregon, California
Search for stores in a certain area or
matching a keyword
LargeDataSets&PivotViewer

25. Take advantage of data hierarchy to build
linked collections
LargeDataSets&PivotViewer

26. Consolidate data with similar characteristics
into one PivotViewer item
LargeDataSets&PivotViewer

27. Replace the FilterPane with your own
custom implementation
LargeDataSets&PivotViewer

29. Full color and font customization
InfoPane customization
Turn off the FilterPane
ItemAdorners
New and improved events and properties
API
StylingandCustomization

30. Questions Please ?