ComparisonSample
Lollipop chart
A line and a dot per category: the same length encoding as a bar with much less ink.
Response time per service, in catalogue order.
Sample data
Use it when
- Many categories with similar values, where heavy bars would feel cluttered
- Values that all sit far from zero
Avoid it when
- Only a few categories: a bar chart reads just as fast
Display modes
- Default
- Response time per service, in catalogue order.
- Annotated
- Singles out the slowest service against the average.
- Ranked
- Sorts services slowest first so the queue for fixes is obvious.
More in Comparison
Bar chart
Horizontal bars compare a measure across categories, with room for long category names.
Column chart
Vertical bars compare a measure across a few categories or periods from a shared baseline.
Grouped bar chart
Clusters of bars compare several series within each category, side by side on one baseline.