Top List of Kdb Visualization Tools
kdb+ visualization tools fall into 3 groups:
- kdb+ Purpose built Reporting Tools
- JDBC/ODBC Based Reporting Software
- Language Interoperable Frameworks - e.g. Embed q within python and use python visualization libraries.
Kdb+ Specific Visualization
Commercial
| Software | Type | Price | Web Based | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sqlDashboards | kdb+ Specific | £35 for single user | No - Java GUI | Easy to use drag and drop interface that allows real-time updating charts for kdb. Users can save dashboards to file. Limited chart customization possible from GUI, only data driven. |
| Dashboards for KX (HTML5) | kdb+ Specific | $$$ Expensive | Yes | Easy to use, highly customizable, good performance (as far as reported). |
| First Derivatives Dashboards (Flash) | kdb+ Specific | $$$ Expensive | Yes - but flash based | Easy to use, highly customizable, good performance but now legacy due to technology choice. |
| ChartIQ | kdb+ Specific? | $? | Yes | From it's own website: "..professional grade HTML5 charting library solution that works seamlessly across desktop, web, tablet, and smartphone. ...ChartIQ is a developer-friendly financial visualization engine..." . Unsure how well it supports kdb+ specifically but kx announced integration. |
| Panopticon | kdb+ Specific | $$$ Expensive | No - Java. HTML5 possibly coming. | Easy to use, highly customizable, great performance, finance and time-series specific charting, an excellent product. The main drawback is that it's java based though they are developing an HTML client. |
Open Source
| Software | Type | Price | Web Based | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDB+ Web Components | kdb+ Specific | Free (MIT) | Yes | Raw html web components, a lot of functionality and some beautiful charts with reasonable documentation. Lacks polish in some areas but powerful and could be expanded. |
JDBC/ODBC based kdb+ Reports
There's little value to delving into the full list of JDBC tools available. Some of the popular reporting tools are shown below, those in bold I know have been used with kdb+:
| Open Source - Java based: | BIRT, JasperReports. |
|---|---|
| Commercial | QlikView, tableau (Integrates with ODBC), |
Other Language Visualization Tools
Notebooks
Jupyter notebook has a kdb kernel
Zeppelin notebook supports JDBC connections.
Shiny Server R/q can be embedded and this allows using R shiny. (Only pro/commercial supports security)
kdb Python Visualization
Kdb can integrate well with Python, or even be embedded within python, once you can easily convert kdb tables to python objects, you can use any python visualization libraries you want.
