1. A method for abstracting a best visualization point describing a selected visual analytic from an arbitrary two-dimensional dataset, the method being implemented by at least one data processor forming part of at least one computing system and comprising: accessing data from a data source; abstracting the accessed data into a two-dimensional dataset; determining the visualization point from the two-dimensional dataset; formatting the visualization point as metadata; and generating a one-dimensional or two-dimensional visual representation of the two-dimensional dataset based on the metadata.