This post recommends using Trellis plots instead of 3D bar charts for three-dimensional (three variable) data. In Winner of the Bad Graph Contest Announced, I promised to present alternatives to Excel ...

Making any graph 3D in Illustrator is quite easy. You do not have to create the graph in another software and then place it in Illustrator. Illustrator provides the tools to create the graph. You can ...

This example subgroups by department the 3D vertical bar chart of total sales for each site that is shown in Specifying the Sum Statistic in Bar Charts. In addition to subdividing the bars to show the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If you want to sow division among chartmakers, ask them if pie charts are a good idea. If you want to raise a ...

Flex provides a rich, sophisticated set of dynamic charts, but a license fee is required (via purchase of FlexBuilder Professional) to use these Flex charts for most realistic production situations.

assign patterns to the bars; the default bar/block pattern is SOLID. draw a frame around the axis area using the first color in the colors list. You can use statement options to select or order the ...

Two weeks ago I announced a bad graph contest to try to encourage software vendors to improve their offerings. Readers nominated a number of bad graphs for the contest. This post discusses some of the ...

Smart energy meters are great for helping people conceptualise their use of energy in real-time, rather than being faced with a nebulous bill every quarter, but what if rows of numbers leave you ...

A bar chart is a diagram that uses rows of horizontal or vertical bars to show information. The title tells you what the bar chart is about. The vertical and horizontal lines are called axes. The ...