Monday, August 20, 2012

Conditional Columns

One of the big issues we deal with is the lack of space in our dashboards. We tend to busy-up things by squeezing too much into a limited space. Stop it! there's a better way.  It's like magic.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Trellis Charts



Don’t make a chart like this! I dare you to try to make sense of it. You can’t. I’m not even going to try to list its faults. But its biggest fault is that it makes me angry. You wouldn’t like when I’m angry.

We can fix it.

Friday, August 3, 2012

$ Sign on your Axis

I don’t know how many times I’ve been asked how to put a $ sign next to the figures on the y-axis. My answer has always been the same: you can only label the axis, not the values.



My rule of thumb: Never mess with a Sicilian when death is on the line. My other rule of thumb, probably more appropriate in this situation: ‘No’ most likely means ‘Not yet’.