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Finding a label for items that don't fit into categories
I'm maintaining a reporting application. When displaying data, there is an option of displaying a certain number of items explicitly and lumping together other items into a single category. For ...
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Interaction model for hierarchical selection
For a line chart, I would like the user to be able to drill-down and look at how specific groups are fairing over time. First, there is the selection of dimension and then groups within that ...
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Representing large numbers
I'm developing a charting application. There could be a situation where I would have to display large numbers on the chart. The problem is that they number labels have to fit inside the chart columns, ...
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How to visualize data with extreme value differences?
I am working on some routines for a client application to visualize data in a 3d bar chart style. The data consists mostly of smaller values with only a few large values. For example:
6,942,535,341
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3answers
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Information visualization - display 6 related ranges on a single chart
I sell apples and oranges.
I know how many items of each kind I expect to sell today and I know how many I've actually sold so far. I need to design a chart displaying this data in real time. What's ...
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1answer
118 views
Charts or Tables
I have been working on a dashboard where a chart and a table are requested. However, both would contain the same data.
For instance, it is required that a country map is shown, with the values of ...
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1answer
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How would you design a two stage bar chart drill down?
A common design pattern I've used is using a horizontal bar chart to visualize numeric data about a series, and a click through drilldown that discloses a pane with more detailed information about the ...
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2answers
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How can I handle long text displayed inside a bar in a bar-chart?
I'm working on a project where one of the reports I'm displaying on screen is a type of Gantt Chart. The customer wants some information about the activity the bar represents displayed inside of the ...
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3answers
124 views
How to let the user know that we have not enough data to render chart?
...in various charts like line, pie and column charts.
What a message to show?
In what place?
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1answer
131 views
Can this chart axis labelling be improved? (Showing zero in histogram)
I have a chart like the one pictured, with the following "tick intervals":
0, 1-10000,10001-20000,20000-30000 and 30000+
What is a consistent way of labeling the x-axis? I am not pleased with how ...
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5answers
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Tool for making attractive Org Charts and similar diagrams [closed]
I'm a professor who is looking for a diagramming tool that will make "org chart" type and flowchart diagrams that look really slick and attractive. There are many mindmap tools out there, but I'm ...
