Perspective is a columnar data analytics library and streaming data visualization engine. It provides an interactive data grid component and notebook analytics widgets designed for processing high-volume data and rendering interactive charts and grids.
The system utilizes a high-performance query engine to enable real-time data analysis and streaming dataset visualization. It supports the creation of customizable dashboards and reports that update automatically as new data arrives without requiring full dataset reloads.
The project covers large-scale dataset analytics through a schema-driven data model and columnar memory storage. It includes capabilities for virtualized grid rendering and integration with notebook environments for exploratory data analysis.
The engine includes a pluggable interface for querying external data sources and utilizes WebAssembly for executing queries in the browser.
