Improve the performance of your reporting dashboards by making them consumable for your audience. This presentation will walk you through quick tips to enhance your graphs and make them more presentable. Minimize the friction in your design.

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The basics of
REPORT BEAUTIFICATION
Finding Zen in Graph
Visualization

2. Know Thy Data
Know Thy Audience
Communicate
Keep it Simple

3. Remove Backgrounds
The Basics

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Flibbery Widgets
Dracula's Mickety Micks
Wicketies
Shabble Shutts
Rankity Stickles
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6. Remove Redundant Labels
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9. Remove Borders and Unnecessary
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12. Reduce Colors
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15. Remove Visual Effects
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19. Change Font
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22. Lighten Labels or Remove Lines
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26. Direct Label
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29. Highlight
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31. Try a Different View
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33. Sort
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35. Remember

36. Remember
Know who is reading your report.

37. Remember
Know who is reading your report.
Understand what they will do with it.

38. Remember
Know who is reading your report.
Understand what they will do with it.
Visualize in a way that reflects the
meaning of the data.

39. Remember
Know who is reading your report.
Understand what they will do with it.
Visualize in a way that reflects the
meaning of the data.
Keep it simple and easy to read.

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