Category Archives: Visualization

Data Visualization – a real world example

Posted on March 2, 2010 by XLCubedBlog

In the following example we work through a real world example of a data visualization. We’ve chosen an example that involves Operations data – this is fairly non-domain specific so hopefully it can demonstrate some important points. The first, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Analytics, BI, Case Studies, Charts, Dashboard, Reporting, Sparklines, Visualization | 3 Comments

(de)Faults in Excel Charting

Posted on September 27, 2008 by XLCubedBlog

I recently spoke at SQLBitsIII, and an aspect which went down well was a simple overview on how to make the most important aspect of a graph, namely the underlying data, the prime focus and clear and easy to read. … Continue reading →

Posted in Charts, Visualization | 2 Comments

Scott MacCloud Pesents Google Chrome

Posted on September 5, 2008 by XLCubedBlog

Scott MacCloud comic writer and expert in visual communication created a set of wonderful, information dense comic pages for Google’s new web browser Google Chrome. He presents on 38 pages the technical concepts behind Google Chrome so that even a … Continue reading →

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More Information per Pixel!

Posted on July 16, 2008 by XLCubedBlog

In my last post I suggested some chart selection rules as an alternative to Godin’s Silly Rules for Great Graphs. Jerome commented: [...] on a slide, you want to convey one message. your graph must NOT carry any information that … Continue reading →

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