I am aiming to compare two categories (both in percentage), one of which can and does have negative values for particular locations, and then grouped into regions. There is also a 75% threshold that I would like to show – the 75% is relevant only for the blue category.

What I hope to show is the relationship between the blue (% variance to budget) and orange (% variance FTEs) categories. For example, when the % variance to budget values exceed the 75% threshold–which is good–is that because the %FTEs are positive percentages (i.e., they used more staff than budgeted)? Or does the % variance to budget exceed 75% (again, the good result) when fewer staff are budgeted (negative % FTE)? While the current graph has the two bars side by side is there a better way to show the relationship? Any other general observations would also be appreciated as I don’t know how to avoid having some location labels overlapping the negative bars.

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Thanks,
Jon

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In other words, the issue is that when the Actual data is equal to, or greater than the Target, I want only the Target (blue) and one of the two Actual (green or red) columns to show.  As you can see, I can get all three, but not just the two I’m looking for. Also, there is too much space between the columns which are correct, i.e., January.

Any insight you can offer will be greatly appreciated.

The Excel file containing the data and the image can be found here.

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I’ve got an issue that might have a hopefully simple solution, but if so, I can’t see it and couldn’t find an answer to it.

I have bar charts showing a time-series per x-axis category (across 12 weeks).

I would now like to show a second set of data organised in the same way (time-series across 12 weeks showing per x-axis category), however as a line-graph.

I’m not sure this is possible in the same chart, and I’m happy with this being in a second chart that I can overlay. Still, as I’m unsure as to how to go about this I guess my question is:

How do I organise a line-chart within each x-axis category? I appreciate that D3 can solve this elegantly, but unfortunately this needs to be in Excel for now.

Any other suggestions for better ways to visualize the data are certainly welcome.

(Excel data file)

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1. Scales: When you switch categories (sex, for example), the scale changes to accommodate the new range. We put a lock icon to the left of the y-axis, but this only allows locking across years. Is there a good way to design scale schemas such that people don’t misinterpret updates when both data and scales change? Perhaps transition the data on the current scale, then change the scale.

2. Uncertainty: There is notable uncertainty around some of the estimates—in fact, I worked on another visual designed specifically to represent the uncertainty in the estimates. Any thoughts on a good way to represent uncertainty in a stacked bar chart?

3. Simplicity versus flexibility: We wanted users to be able to view the data however they wanted—to choose the metric, unit, sex, location, and year. Unfortunately, I think the number of controls can overwhelm users and there is nothing that simply states what the user is actually viewing (space was limited). What approaches have people used to offer simplicity to a broad audience while providing flexibility to advanced/interested users?

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