numberGo is a multi-dimensional data viewing program written and distributed by numberGo for use with Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

. It makes extensive use of pivot table

Pivot table

In data processing, a pivot table is a data summarization tool found in data visualization programs such as spreadsheets or business intelligence software. Among other functions, pivot-table tools can automatically sort, count, total or give the average of the data stored in one table or spreadsheet...

s to give depth to flat data. Using the same source data, multiple Layouts can be created to allow the user to see the data from different perspectives. The product also includes extensive charting capabilities.

Imported data and finished Layouts created within the numberGo Publisher can be saved to a .pcf (Portable Chart Format) file that allows anyone with the numberGo Reader to view it. This enables users to share the information they create using the numberGo Publisher.

numberGo Publisher

numberGo Publisher is the version that allows users to import data, create Layouts and Charts, and save data to a .pcf file. Currently supported import formats are Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is a proprietary commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications...

, csv files

Comma-separated values

A comma-separated values file stores tabular data in plain-text form. As a result, such a file is easily human-readable ....

, XML

XML

Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....

, Microsoft SQL

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database server, developed by Microsoft: It is a software product whose primary function is to store and retrieve data as requested by other software applications, be it those on the same computer or those running on another computer across a network...

, Oracle

Oracle database

The Oracle Database is an object-relational database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation....

, and ODBC. The .pcf file can be sent to anyone with the numberGo Publisher or the numberGo Reader to be viewed.

A plugin interface has been implemented to allow developers to create custom importers.

numberGo Reader

numberGo Reader is the version that allows users to open an existing .pcf file to view its contents. With the Reader, the user still has the ability to create customized Layouts and Charts, but does not have the ability to create new .pcf files.