What Is a Heat Map?

A heat map is a graphical representation of data where values are expressed as colors.

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Heat maps provide an effective, visual summary of information because they synthesize data and then they present it in pictorial form. A heat map’s main advantage as a presentation tool over a spreadsheet is that it allows for a large volume of data to be communicated almost instantly.

Once you hover to any section of the heat map, you will be able to view a quick chart as well as the percentage move an asset has made throughout the day. You can get a lot of information from heat maps extremely quickly.

The interesting part about heat maps is the fact that they originated as 2D displays of the values within a data matrix, where the larger values were represented by a dark gray or black square and smaller values had a lighter square.