Show HN: Data Formulator – AI-powered data visualization from Microsoft Research

github.com

64 points by chenglong-hn 9 hours ago

Creating data visualizations with AI nowadays often means chat, chat and more chats...and writing long prompts can be annoying while they are also not the most effective way to describe your visualization designs.

Data Formulator blends UI interaction with natural language so that you can create visualizations with AI much more effectively!

You can:

* create rich visualizations beyond initial datasets, where AI helps transforming and visualizing data along the way

* iterate your designs and dive deeper using data threads, a new way to manage your conversation with AI.

Here is a demo video: https://github.com/microsoft/data-formulator/releases/tag/0....

Give it a shot and let us know how it looks like!

marktl an hour ago

Definitely looks like something that could save me, and others, allot of time. Thanks for sharing!

data_ders 3 hours ago

way cool! I hope to take it for a spin tomorrow!

Q: Does your team see potential value in a DSL for succinctly describing visualizations to an LLM as Hex did with their DSL for Vega-lite specs [1]?

[1]: https://hex.tech/blog/making-ai-charts-go-brrrr/

  • chenglong-hn 2 hours ago

    Wow, that's pretty cool! I think there are potential -- current LLMs are not that good on VegaLite when I ask it to edit the script :)