topic Re: Packed Bubble Chart Equivalent in QlikView

Packed Bubble Chart Equivalent

datagrrl — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:34:34 GMT

I am trying to create something that looks like this for my customer:

I really only have one dimension and one expression though, so a bubble in Qlik isn't going to work for me.

Any suggestions how I can work around this?

Otherwise do you have suggestions for a better way to visualize this.

Re: Packed Bubble Chart Equivalent

Gysbert_Wassenaar — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:07:29 GMT

I suggest a bar chart. It's far superior to the dysfunctional packed bubble chart. You can read what one of the foremost experts in information visualization has to say about packed bubble charts in this blog post: Visual Business Intelligence – Tableau Veers from the Path

Re: Packed Bubble Chart Equivalent

datagrrl — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:14:33 GMT

Thanks, that was helpful. I have read a lot of Stephen Few's stuff, but sometimes I feel like I still can't wrap my head around good/bad visualizations. Due to number of dimensions I actually suggested a tree map. I feel like the article backs me up on that suggestion.