Learning to Data

Using geometric shapes as an encoding can provide another dimension to your charts.

Heatmaps quickly translate data tables into a visual form, making them a great tool to explore a new dataset.

Put multiple time series lines on the same plot, and you quickly end up with a mess. Here are practical ways to clean it up.

Show current evolution against expected historical variability and add one or more series that could account for the difference.

Using a spiral might not be the best way to encode data. But here’s how to do it anyway. Just in case.