Build The Next Generation Of Data Apps With Luzmo Flex

Building a data product is no easy feat. As a developer, you’re torn between two choices.

1. Should I build analytics in-house, using chart libraries?
2. Or should I buy a low-code embedded analytics tool to speed up my sprint?

What if you no longer had to choose? Imagine you could combine the flexibility of code-first analytics with the speed of an embedded analytics platform. You’d be able to build advanced data products like this…

… all in a matter of days! (For reference, building the app above took less than two days)

With Luzmo Flex, a brand-new code-first analytics software development kit (SDK), it’s no longer a distant dream. Learn how developers can build powerful data products, tailored to their users, and break free from the conventional dashboard canvas.

But first…

Why is it so difficult to build tailored data products?

Many developers choose to develop analytics in-house because it gives them full control over building tailored data products. By using chart libraries, you can add reporting and data visualizations to your apps exactly the way you want. However, it can take months to code everything from scratch, and even longer to maintain it all.

Modern embedded BI solutions, on the other hand, have made it much easier for software developers to add data analytics to their customer-facing apps. What used to take months, can now be done in hours. However, developers who want to build extremely customized charts may run into certain limits with a low-code interface.

Have you ever run into one of the following challenges while building analytics?

• You’re confined to the limits of a traditional “dashboard” with fixed visualizations, generic design, limited interactivity,... which limits the user experience
• You need to pre-build all your visualizations, and it’s time-consuming to maintain them
• It’s difficult to blend new charts with other existing components in your product
• You need a way to dynamically change which insights are displayed, based on user input
• It’s time-consuming to personalize customer-facing charts at scale, e.g. setting up access rights, dashboards in multiple languages, responsiveness for mobile, etc.

Whatever your critical requirement - small or large - if your current toolkit doesn’t allow it, you’re presented with the only other alternative: coding everything from scratch. And at a fast-growing software company, there’s simply no time to build it all. You need to respond quickly to your product users’ changing needs, or they will go and look elsewhere.

Speeding up development with Luzmo Flex

With Luzmo Flex, you can deploy next-generation data products at the same speed as you would with an off-the-shelf tool, but with the same coding flexibility that chart libraries offer.

What is Luzmo Flex?

Luzmo Flex is a unique data visualization SDK for developers. It takes a code-first approach to building data products, but with all the added advantages of low-code embedded analytics. 

With Luzmo Flex, you can:

• Build custom web reports on the fly
• Enhance your user experience by mixing Luzmo charts with your own visualizations
• Deliver a seamless data journey with web component integration
• Control access to visualizations with Luzmo's robust access control
• Use our advanced Query Engine for powerful data retrieval and manipulation

Our SDK uses reusable web components, giving you all the tools you need to build the exact data product you want, in days instead of months.

Why use Luzmo Flex?

With Luzmo Flex, you can build a truly native, immersive analytics experience, just the way your product users like it. For your dev team, our SDK means no more head-scratching while trying to maintain their complex codebase of home-grown charts.

• Superior customization. With charts created programmatically and on the fly, you can surpass the limits of front-end chart libraries. Build dynamic, interactive visualizations that are tailored to each of your end-users’ individual needs. 
• Fast go-to-market. Use the powerhouse features of Luzmo’s core application to speed up development. No need to build complex data connections, query optimization, or data access control from scratch. Set it up with a few lines of code. 
• Easy to maintain. No need to build and maintain charts in a low-code editor. Build and customize your visualizations to your liking programmatically, and render them on the fly in your customer-facing apps.

Eliminate the massive overhead that comes with building analytics features from scratch. Instead, leverage building blocks that allow you to build ANY data product, as crazy as you can imagine.

Need some inspiration to spark your crazy brain? Have a look at these 9 products we built in less than a week's time.

Build your next data app with Luzmo Flex

Getting started with code-first analytics is easier than you think! With these four simple steps, you can code your first chart:

1. Install the SDK to make use of Luzmo’s reusable visualization component
2. Pick your favorite visualization type, and use our chart docs to change the data and styling to your liking.
3. Build out advanced interactivity like filtering, displaying data based on the context, triggering events, etc.
4. Add the code to your application, and you’re done!

In no time, you’ll be able to build any advanced data product with the power of Flex!

Curious to learn how you can leverage Luzmo Flex to build the data products your customers dream of? Talk to our team, we’re here to help you along the way!