Daisy Applications are many and varied.

A few are listed below, with links to the main Applications section of this Help :-

• Banking is an industry with large amounts of data held in very reliable, but basically quite simple databases.

  Many years ago James Miller worked as a consultant for a major UK Retail Bank and knows that the industry has many applications for Daisy.

  Cashpoints, Product Selling and Mis-Selling, Branch Profiling, Cheque Fraud, Money Laundering etc.  More...

• Cost Control is a nightmare in many businesses, organisations or even at home.

  Take a simple database of all the costs, which might contain fields, such as value, date, what for?, who for?, supplier etc. and analyse, browse and report.

  Spending Patterns, Relationships to Sales, Weekly and Monthly Reports, Waste etc.  More...

• Daily Reports produced by Daisy should be an important part of your reporting system.

  How many organisations, deliver large paper reports every day?

  Surely, some well-constructed charts would be more efficient and less wasteful. Especially, as comparing today's Daisy Chart, with yesterday's and any other previous one is a quick and very visual process.  More...

• As you investigate a database further, you start to recognise characteristic Database Patterns associated with the data.

  Once sufficient data has been accumulated, a characteristic pattern will nearly always be seen, with various histogram peaks and linkages being prominent. This can be associated with the application.

  Product Failures, Accidents, Medical Tests, Phone Calls, Direct Sales etc.  More...

• The measurement of Database Quality is perhaps the simplest application of Daisy.

  Before trying to analyse your database, whether you are using Daisy or not, always check it's quality!  More...

• Daisy can plot all Emergency Responses, by day of the week, hour of the day, area and emergency type, on a single chart, so that underlying mechanisms can be understood.

  Histograms can show averages or maxima, to assess performance against a mandatory or required standard.

  In the United Kingdom, responses in many public services are governed by various Charters. Daisy should be an inherent part of that certification.  More...

• Daisy is ideal for the analysis of Financial Databases.

  A typical database would be one containing details of all cheques issued by a business. It will contain fields, such as date issued, cheque number, amount, invoice number, payee etc. The more fields in fact, the better and the more likely useful information can be deduced.

  Fraud, Strengths, Weaknesses, VAT Reports, Customers, Suppliers etc.  More...

• Much Fraud, Theft and Other Crime is day, time and area related.

  Phone and ATM fraud, burglaries. vehicle offences and thefts, street attacks and other crimes can be drawn, to find the best way to target resources.

  Daisy Charts are easily understandable and especially by those more vulnerable members of society. Properly drawn, they could be a valuable Public Relations tool in the fight against the fear of crime!  More...

• Many databases that will be examined by Daisy, can loosely be described as Incident, Event or Quality Databases.

  Guarantee Returns, Telephone Sales, Phone Calls, Internet Server and Computer System Logs, Red and Yellow Cards etc.  More...

• Daisy is a powerful tool for analysing and profiling the traffic on Internet Web Sites. The new version, Daisy 2000, can read most Web Site Log Files directly.

  Daisy can be used to relate the logfile information together to answer questions about your Web Site, the people who view it, what they are interested in and also about the relative performance of Internet Service Providers and Search Engines.  More...

• Important legal cases are notorious for the amount of Legal Documents that they produce, request and create.

  A simple Daisy application has been developed in conjunction with one of London's top law firms. All of the documents are entered into a database, together with sender, recipient date and a few keywords.  More...

• Daisy can analyse, summarise and display Medical Databases.

  In addition, Daisy will indicate subtle changes in methods and situations, when the same Daisy Charts are drawn regularly on the same database.  More...

• Look at the mapping formats for text fields in Daisy and you will notice many formats specifically geared to Name and Address Databases.

  These include Last Word, Street Name, Post Code, Phone Area, Phone Exchange, Soundex etc.  More...

• Project Management databases are ideal for analysis with Daisy.

  Lateness, Loading, Resources, Float, Slack etc.  More...

• Daisy can plot sales, deliveries or journeys in many ways in many different types of chart, so that manpower and Resource Planning strategies can be developed, tested and refined.

  Men, Machines, Deliveries, Transport etc.  More...

• Server Performance is one of the basic Daisy applications.

  Loading, Users, Disc Space, Log Files, Firewalls, Reliability etc.  More...

• Daisy can assess the Service Response of every organisation from vehicle breakdown companies to gas and other utilities.  More...

• Sporting Results are illustrated by two Daisy Examples, which use the results of just one seasons racing at Newmarket in 1992. The charts show some very interesting links, that have been used by individuals to make their betting a little less chancy.

  It is a good idea to try Daisy on a database of results from your favourite sport, to fully familiarise yourself with the methodology and techniques available.  More...

• Daisy can interface directly to workbooks and spreadsheets to add an extra dimension to your Spreadsheet Graphs.  More...

• Daisy can be used to evaluate the System Performance of plant, processes and individuals in manufacturing, distribution, financial and other systems.

  Reliability, Product Quality, Performance, BS 5750, ISO 9000 etc.  More...

• Daisy can plot Telephone Usage on any communications network by factors, such as call duration, hour of the day and exchange or number called to ascertain problems, strengths or possible improvements, in either your network, people or methods.  More...

• To help with the Vehicle Maagement in the United Kingdom, special mapping formats in Daisy can decode registrations into the year of manufacture.  More...

• Daisy should be an important part of your Weekly and Monthly Reports.  More...