Getting started with the canvas

In count, every analysis starts with a canvas. It's a flexible space to explore data, collaborate, and share insights. Sometimes you'll start with a clear goal in mind, like breaking down a North Star metric in a metric tree or putting a traditional dashboard together. But not every canvas needs to start with a final output in mind. You can just begin with a question, an idea, or a problem to explore. From this point, you can then use SQL, Python, and visualization cells to dig into your data. It's built for thinking things through together, so you can tag teammates to comment with their ideas and add to your work. Frames help you group your work. Use them to group your thinking by topic, stage of analysis, or just to stay tidy. They can even be hidden if you like. And if you decide your exploratory work has resulted in insights you would like to share, you can turn any part of the canvas into a polished output. You can group your visuals, text, screenshots, and even video if you like to tell your story in its own frame. To present this frame, just click present, and now this view can be locked and shared to a wide audience away from the canvas if you prefer. But crucially, they can still interact with the live data. So whether you plan to use your next canvas to start exploring or with a view to formally presenting some work, you have the space to do both.