#5 Examining data over time (7 ways with Netflix stock prices)
#4 Bullet charts & enhancements: making Stephen Few's invention even better
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Add Your Comment HereUS Federal Government Debt- Which Presidents have managed it best since 1970?
We just launched a new website to share analysis of this critical topic at http://www.usdeficitstats.com/.
Dashboards podcast for journalists- ideas & examples with Journalytics
Episode Overview: Hosted by Journalytics, we discuss the utilities and pleasantries of Data Visualization and Dashboards. During our conversation we discuss several specific examples of dashboards in the news. Click here to listen on the Journalytics web site.
Tableau Tips: displaying growth rates in maps
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A recent training attendee asked how to show year over year growth in a map. In particular, they wanted to use the Year over Year growth selection from the Quick Table Calculation menu. This simple dashboard
Dashboard tips by example- maps to inform, standard and novel approaches
Dashboards developed for clients frequently incorporate maps. Tableau offers quick, simple yet insightful mapping capabilities out of the box.
I have noticed that many maps used in my client’s dashboards attempt to display continuous measures. Examples include sales in the past quarter, year to date expenses versus budget or number of open sales opportunities. All of these metrics have shared issues in maps- a small range of the metric may be the dominant value in the display, making it difficult to differentiate amongst the values on the map.
In this post, I will review some common and novel approaches to mapping this type of metric.
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Add Your Comment HereSimple Dashboard Design Strategies Presentation and Making Oil Personal Dashboard
The “Simple Business Dashboard Design Strategies” presentation can be downloaded here. I am presenting this presentation today at 4 PM Pacific on Stacey Barr’s Measure and More Webinar.
The dashboard example in this presentation is available below.
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Agriculutural subsidies working against the health of America???
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Inspired by a post at Flowing Data, I present three visuals that demonstrate how the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine could improve the presentation of this vital information. I personally found it shocking that US agricultural subsidies were so small
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