Cloudica: Application Usage Visualization

Application Usage Visualization

The Computer Activity’s Application Usage is the visual presentation of the applications and websites you used. It is in the form of a treemap. It is found in the upper section of the module’s dashboard.

Parts of the Application Usage

Heat map This is the legend of the Treemap. It has a color gradient to indicate the user’s frequency of interaction with an app or site. The colors help identify the number of times the window was opened in the Treemap Tiles. The greater the value, the darker the color blue is.
Treemap This consists of tiles representing the apps visited.

The Treemap shows the following information:

Size of the tile This indicates the hours spent on the app. The bigger the tiles are, the longer the users interacted with them. The smaller the tile, the lesser time is spent.
Color of the tile The darker blue color means the application is often opened, and the gray color means it is seldom opened.
Applications Treemap tilesDisplay the most frequently used applications.

The Treemap Tile

On each tile of the Treemap you can find:

Treemap Menu Gives information about the Application and helps you navigate to the Application Gallery and Feeds.
Application name The name of the application or website used.
Time The total time duration you spent on the application or site.
Frequency Indicates the total number of times you opened the app.

Read more about the Application Gallery.

Using the Application Usage and Application Timeline Together

You’ll notice that when you hover over the Treemap Tiles, the tile color changes, and the same-colored bars in the Application Timeline get highlighted.

You can use the Application Usage and Application Timeline together. Though the two parts are visually distinct, their functions are similar. Both graphical displays deal with the apps and websites you utilized.

Hovering over a Treemap Tile

Changes the tile color The tile color matches the application bar color from the Application Timeline.
Highlights the Application bar Identifies the exact times and for long the application was used.

Hovering over the Application Timeline

Changes the tile colors All the Treemap Tile colors change to match the Application Timeline bars.

Hovering over an Application Bar

Changes the tile colors All the Treemap Tile colors change to match the Application Timeline bars.
Highlights the Treemap Tile The corresponding application tile in the Treemap gets highlighted and helps in identifying the name of the app, the time spent on the app, and the total times it was opened.

How to view the data of a specific application

If you only want to see the Computer Activity data of a specific application, do the following:

Click the Treemap Tile of the application you want to view.
Click the Treemap Tile.
Select “Application Usage” from the menu options.

This will filter the display to the available data about your selected application.

To go back to the main Application Usage, click the back button located on the right side of the application header.