Archive for January, 2009
Nifty Utility to Create Clustered and Stacked Column Charts
If you’re trying to cram a 3-dimensional set of comparative data points into a single chart, you should consider a clustered and stacked column chart.  For example, if you want to compare sales across 3 regions, 2 groups, and 4 quarters, that’s a 3-dimensional comparison that requires a chart that looks like this: For Excel users, this is not [...]
January 26, 2009
Tags: Charts, Excel, stacked column Posted in: Charts 
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Bad Bar Charts
Plain bar charts have been a staple of choice among data-visualization experts.  Many presenters or marketers tend to make fancy variants of bar charts in an attempt to “wow” their audiences. The results can make presentation professionals recoil in horror. Jon Peltier wrote this informative and amusing blog post on one such bad bar chart. [...]
January 25, 2009
Tags: bad bar chart, clown chart, condom chart, dashboard, Excel, KPI Posted in: Charts Comments Closed