Colors in Data Visualization: 200+ Years Ago and Today
Playfair’s charts, from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century utilized single-color hand-engraved copperplate printing with the following hand-staining … Read More
Category: Data Visualization
IBCS: how standardization streamlines understanding
💁♂️Question: I have found that many struggle to completely understand the meaning of an IBCS visual with so much “busy-ness” with labels and arrows It’s … Read More
How am I discovering new Power BI data visualization possibilities?
➡ I experiment and play with Power BI.➡ I follow people who experiment and play with Power BI.➡ When I see an interesting know-how I … Read More
Understanding IBCS
Many people are excited to see my IBCS-styled Power BI data visualizations. They look cool! However, not everyone understands why some columns are solid black, … Read More
Why is storytelling (not) essential for effective data visualization?
There are explanatory and exploratory data visualizations. One tells a story and therefore needs a story, while the other helps to find a story or … Read More
Which Chart Type is Better? A Dangerous DataViz Pitfall.
I’ve just (almost) fallen into a dangerous data visualization pitfall. It was a usual LinkedIn discussion of a data visualization experiment. I realize that the … Read More
IBCS and data labeling in interactive Power BI reports
International Business Communication Standards (https://www.ibcs.com/ibcs-standards-1-2/) recommends: “Numbers with more than three digits in charts and four digits in tables are hard to read; moreover, such … Read More
“Business identity” vs Business Intelligence
🛑Coca-Cola reports = red in the reports🛑Starbucks reports = green-bluish in the reports. No! BI <> BI. In business intelligence, “business identity” is the last … Read More
Use interactivity and animation to guide report users
While explanatory reports should be intuitively easy to understand without any legends and tutorials, tools for data exploration may benefit from some complexity and therefore … Read More
Power BI data modeling/data visualization tip: When you need a ‘chimera’, create it!
➡ Do not hesitate to append (do not merge) data with different granularity/different facts into a single table. You’ll need a column that identifies what … Read More