Comments on: How to present changes in Market Share using Charts?

By: Visualization Challenge - Budget vs. Actual Performance | Charts & Graphs | Pointy Haired Dilbert - Chandoo.org

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:32:06 +0000

[...] For inspiration and ideas visit: Stacked Bar chart techniques, 14 ways to visualize last year vs. this year performance [...]

By: WinGraver

WinGraver — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:22:39 +0000

Having come across this interesting article… I’d agree with the majority that Nixnut’s charts are best for ease of interpretation by most end users. The use of both absolute and change values helps provide greater clarity of the values being presented.

By: How to Make Better Pie Charts [Reader Poll] | Pointy Haired Dilbert - Chandoo.org

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:50:31 +0000

[...] Also, whenever possible, try Using data labels, using color and if nothing works, try using other types of charts for comparison. After all, we are not selling pie charts, we are selling our [...]

By: Excel Pie Chart - Beautiful Alternatives to them | Pointy Haired Dilbert - Chandoo.org

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:33:28 +0000

[...] Also check out, 14 different ways to present same data [...]

By: Chandoo

Chandoo — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:39:15 +0000

@Sumeet: You can get tag cloud generator VBA code from this post

http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/04/22/create-cool-tag-clouds-in-excel-using-vba/

For the above chart (#13) I have manually scaled the fonts. It is probably easier to use manual scaling for smaller set of values.

By: Sumeet K A

Sumeet K A — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:15:46 +0000

Do you have template for #13. I have seen/used a few of Tag Clouds but this one was really neat and organized and a lot better than all those. Keep up the Good Work..

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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:28:49 +0000

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By: jenmoocat

jenmoocat — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:29:57 +0000

Hi, all.
Jennifer here.
It is really cool to see all of these examples that evolved from a simple issue that I was having at work. When I originally wrote to Chandoo, I focussed mainly on my graphing problem: what are other ways to show market share changes. I was unhappy with the stacked bar chart because it was difficult for the viewer to quickly determine what was increasing and what was decreasing. The bump chart I went with shows that really well.

But it might have been better to share a more detailed explanation of the problem right at the beginning: How to show how an intervention (something that occured between time1 and time2) changed competitor 1’s relative position in the competitive landscape — did competitor 1 become the market leader? And at the expense of whom? Which is why the bump charts are so appropriate. You can see the “movement” and can see what happened to the competitors as well.

Thanks again, Chandoo for a great site!
And thanks to this whole community.
You all are wonderful resources.

By: Fabrice

Fabrice — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:18:59 +0000

I would go for Nixnut’s solution too, as the variance is clearly measured.

G’d job !

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:05:00 +0000

Chandoo -

Nice summary. Though I followed the discussions, I hadn’t seen all of these.