Alternatives to the Bar Graph and When to Use Them

by | Jul 13, 2015 | Business Intelligence (BI), Data Management, General BI and Data Management, Software

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Who is tired of bar graphs? Everyone! They are so common, it is as if there weren’t other options for displaying business data.  The fact remains, people choose bar graphs because they are safe and can display a wide range of data sets in a useful way.  With guidance, we can add variety to our BI reports and display data in a visually optimized way.

Check out this cool post from FindAccountingSoftware.com, 7 Alternatives to The Bar Graph and When to Use them in BI Reporting.  It discusses other visualization strategies and suggests which types of data to use for each one.

Read the article here