Finding the visualization you need for your data isn’t always easy. It’s sometimes tough to know whether a Benchmark or Top Authors is best, especially for novice users.

That’s why we’ve rebuilt our Component Picker with a number of new handy features.

• Smart search lets you quickly find the components suited to your needs. Say you’re looking for components optimized for Instagram, simply type ‘Instagram’ into the search and the relevant visualizations will appear.
• Info boxes reveal key information about each component, including what the main use cases are, which views are available and a short description of what it does.
• Favorites lets you star the components you care most about, adding them to a bespoke list to access at any time.
• New categories group components in smart ways, making it easy to find the visualization you need.

Scroll through the gallery below to see the new features:

The goal behind all of these changes was to make Brandwatch more intuitive for the casual user.

That’s why we’ve deprecated some of our least valuable/used components like the old Topics Cloud and Summary component, and added more meaningful components like:

• Sentiment over time
• Volume over time
• Page Type over time
• Unique Authors over time

Just one of many

The Component Picker isn’t the only UI change made in recent months. In fact, the Product Design team have been hard at work weaving smart design into every new feature in Brandwatch Analytics. This includes:

• Context menu available in Benchmark and Word Cloud visualizations that makes configuring your visualization simple
• Smart pop-ups providing richer information about your data with just a click.
• Full screen mode in the new Word Cloud for distraction free analysis
• Explore which can add smart, pre-built combinations of filters to your data to help you quickly spot an insight
• Benchmark a whole new visualization which automatically adds context to your data

Scroll through the gallery below to see the new features: