Data Visualization Best-Practices For Fact-Sheet Performance

This data visualization provides a clear vision on the performance details split by a given analytical axis (Revenue by Country in this example)

Data visualization best-practices

Display bar chart
- Display horizontal bars for each item performance
- Sort by item performance descending
- Use color coding to illustrate performance versus selected reference
- Use line or symbol to draw the reference value (Budget, Forecast, Previous Year…)
- Next to item name, display the item performance
Allow the user to dynamically select the KPI he wants to analyze (for instance moving from a Revenue analysis to a Gross Margin analysis)
Allow the user to select the analytical axis by which he wants to split the performance
Allow the user to dynamically select the reference (Budget, Forecast, Previous Year…) against which to compare the actual KPI performance
Allow the user to select point of view on data: Month-To-Date, Quarter-To-Date, Year-to-Date or Moving-Annual-Total