Comparing Categories
Geospatial
Distribution
Exact values
When you want to show the comparison between categories A and B. Category comparison is used when you are comparing nominal data. For example names of people, departments or products. You are looking at only one moment in time.
For example if “you would like to show …“
… the total revenue generated by the members of your sales department over a year, you can use a barchart.
… the outcome of a questionnaire that has answers as ‘like’ and ‘unline’, you can use a diverging stacked barchart.… the year to date value of different KPI’s in relation to their target you can use a bulletgraph.
When you want show the change of category A and B over time.
For example if “you would like to show …“
… the revenue per month generated by the members of your sales department over the last quarter, you can use a linechart.
… the ranking of a sports competition is changed to last year, you can use a slopegraph.
… how a a single KPI’s scores better or worse then its target, for every single month in the last year, you can use a deviation column chart.
When you want show where your data points are located on a map.
For example if “you would like to show …”
… the route between two location you can choose a route map.
… the number of people that live in an region you can choose a chloropeth map.
… the distribution of supermarkets in a region, you can choose a dot map.