A bullet graph displays a single measure, such as actual profit, along with one or more comparative measures, such as budgeted profit, within the context of qualitative ranges such as good, satisfactory, and bad, in a way that can be perceived at a glance. Unlike most dashboard gauges and meters, which take up a lot of space and say very little, bullet graphs were specifically designed for rapid monitoring when screen space and time are limited and information must be understood immediately.
Learn when and how to use Tableau's version of bullet graphs, not only for monitoring dashboards, but for an entirely new and unintended purpose: for rapid data analysis.
Speaker: Stephen Few is on a mission to help people squeeze real value from the mounds of data that surround and threaten to bury them. Through the consultancy, Perceptual Edge, Stephen teaches simple, clear, and practical data visualization techniques for analyzing and presenting quantitative information. He speaks internationally, teaches in the MBA program at the University of California in Berkeley, and writes the Visual Business Intelligence Newsletter. He is also the author of three popular books: Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten, Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data, and, soon to be released, Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis.
