visualisation – XLCubed Blog ../../../ XLCubed Blog Mon, 05 Oct 2020 09:20:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.21 ../../../wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-logo_512_512-150x150.png visualisation – XLCubed Blog ../../../ 32 32 Lessons from IBCS – Scenario Handling ../../../2020/10/lessons-from-ibcs-scenario-handling/ ../../../2020/10/lessons-from-ibcs-scenario-handling/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2020 09:20:19 +0000 https://blog.xlcubed.com/?p=6218 In the previous blog, we looked at how consistency is important throughout a set of reports and dashboards. It helps users to understand the reports quickly and easily. Another important aspect to maintain is scenario handling; this forms the UNIFY part of IBCS’ SUCCESS formula. Scenarios are used to represent different types of business data […]

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]]> ../../../2020/10/lessons-from-ibcs-scenario-handling/feed/ 0 Lessons from IBCS – Maintaining Visual Integrity ../../../2020/08/maintaining-visual-integrity/ ../../../2020/08/maintaining-visual-integrity/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2020 07:46:24 +0000 https://blog.xlcubed.com/?p=6187 When reading reports and dashboards, we often find ourselves spending more time than we’d expect analysing the charts and tables tying to comprehend the data. In many cases that’s due to inconsistencies in the presentation, or poor design. Ideally a report should convey the message clearly and quickly. One of the underlying rules of IBCS […]

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]]> ../../../2020/08/maintaining-visual-integrity/feed/ 0 Lessons from IBCS – Eliminating Chart Clutter ../../../2020/08/eliminating-chart-clutter/ ../../../2020/08/eliminating-chart-clutter/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2020 08:11:39 +0000 https://blog.xlcubed.com/?p=6133 The core job of a chart is to convey information to the viewer as clearly, concisely, and quickly as possible. One thing that can detract from this is chart clutter – distracting or unnecessary additional elements which can mask the overall message. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” Leonardo da Vinci Edward Tufte coined the term […]

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]]> ../../../2020/08/eliminating-chart-clutter/feed/ 0 XLCubed and IBCS ../../../2020/07/xlcubed-and-ibcs/ ../../../2020/07/xlcubed-and-ibcs/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2020 07:40:02 +0000 https://blog.xlcubed.com/?p=6034 In the last few months we have significantly extended the charting elements within XLCubed. We wanted to get the product formally certified by IBCS, and I’m delighted to say we achieved that in early June. We’ve been aware of IBCS for several years now through some of our customers and partners, but it was really […]

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