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An overview of Edward Tufte’s “slopegraphs”; their history; good and bad examples; when to use slopegraphs; slopegraph best practices. (from Charlie Park)

These sales graphs will help you quantify and keep track of the different parts of your sales funnel, so as to upgrade your sales processes.

When we wrote the first installment of "Data Storytelling: The Ultimate Collection of Resources" the world was a different place. It was 2013 and we were all busy celebrating a new royal baby, adding the words "twerk" and "selfie" to our vocabularies, asking ourse

Pixar is the gold-standard in storytelling. With their 17 feature films, they’ve redefined how to create animated worlds and compelling characters. What if you could know the secrets of Pixar’s storytelling success? Now you can. Pixar announced recently that they would team up with Khan Acade

Asking the right business intelligence questions is a must-do for a successful BI strategy. Read here what to ask for actionable insights!

Horizon graphs are an intriguing but initially confusing way of looking at time series. Once you get familiar with the layout, you can simply think of it as a more space-efficient way of rendering …

Frank Coleman explains how to get results from data visualization and the infrastructure, skills, and tools necessary to create value.

Hello Everybody!   Let me introduce you today the Ultimate Waterfall Chart, a Custom Visual by Dataviz.boutique, soon available in the gallery. Let’s have a more detailed look on my first example I have prepared. Its not a final dashboard, it just has the charts or features on it I want to explain. ...

Welcome to the website for the 'Improving data visualisation for the public sector' project.

Informed decision making is a must in the digital world. Check out our BI dashboard best practices and start making better decisions today!

Visualizing your data needs some strategic thinking. Learn more about the most common data visualization types and when to use them or not.

Colors are important to making things look good, whether it's the clothes you wear or the presentation you give at work. But not everyone instinctively knows that orange and blue is a perfect combination. If you can't trust your own judgement, understand and rely on the basics of color theory to always pick the right colors.

This post is part of a series about specifications, requirements, work items and test-cases in the field of Business Intelligence solutions. First part is about why I hate and I’d not recomme…

In this article, you will learn about the secret of creating good reports.

Following data visualization design principles is key to making your dashboard easily consumable.

Identifying and removing chart clutter reduces visual “noise”, allowing the audience to focus on the information.

How do you make sense of a mass of data, to gain insights and inspire people to change? Learn how story techniques can help the data analysis process.

Learn to select best Excel Charts for Data Analysis, Presentation and Reporting within 15 minutes. Learn about the various excel charts types.

3 common reasons why data visualization dashboards fail, and 7 best practices to make sure they don’t

The importance of color theory is a well-explored topic in art and design. But what about when it comes to information design?

When you design reports in PowerBI using the online designer and not the Power BI Desktop designer you will notice that you cannot insert a picture via the interface. With the development speed of …

A list of reviews on books about Data Visualization and Information Design that are essential for every (self-taught) visualization designer

It started during a presentation of Cathy Dumas at the latest SQLBits where she compared the different charting capabilities of Excel, Power View, PerformancePoint and Reporting Service. One of tho…

Data science students often focus on machine learning algorithms, overlooking some of the more routine but important skills of the profession. I’ve lost count of the number of times I have advised…