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Can I Make My Gantt Charts Pretty?
In my previous post Level Up Your Gantt Chart I displayed a different way of having a Gantt chart with a Dual Axis. I know of one more trick to these charts, use a Reference Band in between two date lines! The chart example is below! Steps: First I put the Order Date on the Columns shelf. I formatted it as Exact Date. Then I put Order Date on the Filters shelf. I filtered by the last date available (November 30th, 2025 in this data set). I then put Product Name on the Rows sh
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What is Top-Down Design?
Have you ever heard of this term? When creating dashboards, it's a great method to assist with executive reporting. What it means is to start with your simplest metrics at the top of a dashboard and get more granular with your chart selections as you go down. It's a best practice to put KPI or charts that start with high level goals at the top. Then you break your visualizations down to the raw data needs. It will help strategically answer your clients' questions. For guidanc
Aug 202 min read
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