Effective data visualization
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The first half of a presentation I gave to the Indianapolis Tableau User Group, about the overarching principles one should use in designing dashboards
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- 1. Managed IT Solutions Managed IT Solutions Effective Visualization
- 2. Managed IT Solutions Visual Analysis
- 3. Managed IT Solutions Visual Analysis
- 4. Managed IT Solutions Visual Analysis Position Color Size/Area Shape (and text)
- 5. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Be clear, not interesting
- 6. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Some charts rarely work well: There’s nothing you can say with a pie chart… That you can’t say better with a bar chart
- 7. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Some charts rarely work well: Especially when your dimension has lots of values:
- 8. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Other charts to avoid:
- 9. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices If it doesn’t add, it subtracts
- 10. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Use text sparingly, and be conscious of its size
- 11. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Use color to differentiate, but only when you need to
- 12. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Use color to differentiate, but only when you need to
- 13. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Use color to differentiate, but only when you need to
- 14. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Don’t display data redundantly
- 15. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Certain charts work well for certain kinds of analysis: Comparing the value of a measure across one or several dimensions:
- 16. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Certain charts work well for certain kinds of analysis: Comparing the value of multiple measures across one dimension:
- 17. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Certain charts work well for certain kinds of analysis: Comparing change over time of one or several measures
- 18. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Certain charts work well for certain kinds of analysis: Comparing change over time of one measure, with a small dimension Comparing change over time of one measure, with a large dimension
- 19. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Certain charts work well for certain kinds of analysis: Percent change, plus current value
- 20. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Certain charts work well for certain kinds of analysis: Variance with even data: Variance with uneven data:
- 21. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Certain charts work well for certain kinds of analysis: Variance with uneven data: “Progress” with uneven data:
- 22. Managed IT Solutions Dashboard Best Practices Be clear, not interesting