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{{Short description|Software company in Canada}}

'''Dundas Data Visualization, Inc.''' is a commercial software development company with headquarters in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], that produces advanced Data Visualization solutions for Microsoft Technologies.

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Their flagship product is Dundas Chart and Dundas Gauges for .NET although they have recently broadened their product line to include support for other [[Microsoft]] technologies by creating Dundas Chart and Dundas Gauges for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]], Dundas Chart and Dundas Gauges for [[SharePoint]] and most recently the Dundas Chart for .NET - [Olap] Services.

| name ==Pros of Dundas Data Visualization products==Inc.

A free charts builder is also available , the Chart Builder is a way for non-technical users (e.g., senior managers and graphic artists, etc.) to create charts/templates and then pass the results along to their developers.

| type = [[Private company|Private]]

| logo = Logo-Corporate---RGB.jpg

| ___location = Formerly [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]

| industry = Dashboard Software, Data Visualization and Business Intelligence Consulting Services

| products = '''(Current)''' Dundas BI, '''(Previous)''' Dundas Dashboard, Dundas Consulting Professional Services Dundas Chart for [[.NET Framework|.NET]], Dundas Gauge for [[.NET Framework|.NET]], Dundas Map for [[.NET Framework|.NET]], Dundas Chart for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]], Dundas Gauge for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]], Dundas Map for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]], Dundas Calendar for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]], Dundas Chart for [[Microsoft SharePoint]], Dundas Gauge for [[Microsoft SharePoint]]

| homepage = [https://www.dundas.com dundas.com]

}}

'''Dundas Data Visualization, Inc.''' was a software company known for developing Dundas BI, an enterprise-level dashboard and business intelligence platform. In 2022, Dundas was acquired by insightsoftware, and its technology now forms a core part of Logi Symphony, a unified embedded analytics platform launched by insightsoftware in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Logi now InsightSoftware’s unified embedded analytics suite |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchbusinessanalytics/news/366555337/Logi-now-InsightSoftwares-unified-embedded-analytics-suite |website=TechTarget |date=2023-10-11 |access-date=2025-03-28}}</ref>

Dundas’s products include:

== Products ==

* Dundas Chart and/or Gauges for ASP.NET , for Windows Forms , for [SQL Server Reporting Services], for Sharepoint and [[OLAP]] Services extension (for Charts only).

* Dundas Maps for for ASP.NET , for Windows Forms , for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]].

* Dundas Calendar for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]].

Dundas originally developed a suite of .NET-based data visualization components, including Dundas Chart, Dundas Gauge, and Dundas Map, for both ASP.NET and Windows Forms applications. These tools allowed developers to embed advanced charting, gauge, and mapping functionality directly into software. The company later expanded to support SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and was among the first to offer custom visualization components for [[SharePoint]].

Most products comes in 2 editions , the basic edition named "professional" and an advanced fully featured edition named "enterprise".

In 2007, Microsoft acquired several of Dundas’s .NET components, incorporating them into the .NET Framework, SQL Server Reporting Services, and other Microsoft platforms.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chart Controls Released in .NET Framework 3.5 |url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/blog/2008/11/11/chart-controls-released-in-net-framework-3-5/ |website=Microsoft |date=2008-11-11 |access-date=2025-03-28}}</ref> Dundas continued to operate independently and shifted its focus to end-to-end dashboard and BI solutions.

All products are available freely for none time limited fully featured evaluation,

However evaluation products are marked with extremely visible watermarks.

In 2008, the company released '''Dundas Dashboard''', one of the first commercial applications built using [[Microsoft Silverlight]]. It provided a web-based platform for designing, managing, and deploying interactive dashboards and scorecards. Dundas Dashboard was officially retired in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=End of Life Notice for Dundas Dashboard |url=https://www.dundas.com/support/dashboard/docs/1.0/end-of-life |website=Dundas Support |access-date=2025-03-28}}</ref>

==Pros of Dundas Data Visualization products==

* Dundas's products are generally considered elegant, well thought out, and productivity enhancing components.

* Dundas’s products are highly graphical in nature, allowing almost non-technical staff to use these products.

Following the deprecation of Silverlight, Dundas released '''Dundas BI''' in 2014, a browser-based, HTML5 business intelligence platform that provided self-service dashboards, ad hoc reporting, and data analytics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dundas BI |url=https://www.dundas.com/products/dundas-bi |website=Dundas |access-date=2025-03-28}}</ref> Dundas BI was designed as a customizable and extensible platform aimed at both enterprise and embedded analytics use cases.

==Cons of Dunas Data Visualization products==

* The product line has become complex consisting of 52 different products(including renewal options). All products that belong to the "enterprise" edition bear run-time fees (royalties) or "per CPU" fees

In 2022, Dundas was acquired by insightsoftware, and its technology was integrated into '''Logi Symphony''', a unified embedded analytics platform launched in 2023 that also incorporates components from Logi Composer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Logi now insightSoftware’s unified embedded analytics suite |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchbusinessanalytics/news/366555337/Logi-now-InsightSoftwares-unified-embedded-analytics-suite |website=TechTarget |date=2023-10-11 |access-date=2025-03-28}}</ref>

Organizations must carefully understand the costs and benefits of each Dundas product and the role each team member will play in a project.

* Dundas products are highly priced compare to most competitive products, however Organizations perceive the use Dundas products as a statement to their customers that "they can afford it " and as a signature for prestigious and expensive software product.

==See also==

* [[.NET Framework]]

* [[SharepointDundas BI]]

* [[SQL Server Reporting Services]]

* [[OLAP]]

== External products reviews ==

* [http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/showthread.php?p=20453#post20453, VB.NET Forums Reviews]

* [http://aspalliance.com/articleViewer.aspx?aId=209&pId= Review by Steven Smith of ASPAlliance.com]

==External linksReferences==

{{reflist|2}}

* [http://www.dundas.com Dundas Web site]

* [http://www.eswlab.com Engineering Software LAB ,The Israeli reseller for Dundas]

* [http://www.str.fr/ Software Technology Resources ,The French reseller for Dundas]

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