ComparisonSample
Bar chart
Horizontal bars compare a measure across categories, with room for long category names.
The plain read: one measure, one colour, one baseline.
Sample data
Use it when
- Comparing magnitudes across a handful of named categories
- Category labels are long and would collide on a column chart
Avoid it when
- The categories are periods of time: use a line or column chart
Display modes
- Default
- The plain read: one measure, one colour, one baseline.
- Annotated
- Singles out one category against the average so the outlier is seen first.
- Comparative
- Places two periods side by side to show which categories moved, not just which are large.
- Ranked
- Sorts by value so the order itself becomes the message.
