IBCS Standards 1.2

Visually understanding "an" entire chart without... ?

5.1 shall be followed in Document -> There should be colorful sidebars so that is clear on each page which subsection is actually covered

We usually use triangles to represent a third scenario. This third scenario is generally less important than those displayed using bars. Bars are easier to see, while one has to search for the small triangles. Therefore, it makes sense to use bars for more important scenarios and triangles for the additional one. However, in Figure CH 5.2, we use triangles for AC* and then focus on AC* variations in the variance chart. We have shifted our focus from AC (represented by black bars) to AC* (variations). Additionally, from a perception standpoint, using bars to display the variance between two other bars (their lengths) is more intuitive than using bars to display the variation between bar length and triangle position. I suggest to use solid bars for AC* (currency adjusted) and triangles for AC. Also this will work better for a bar chart with integrated variance. Current version after switching (in a responsive report) from 2-tier to 1-tier (a bar chart with integrated variance) will be messed (we will need to show variance between a bar length and a triangle position.

I'm not sure pie charts (or even bar charts) on a map is the best choice. In my opinion if there are just a few areas on the map then it's not enough to talk about spatial patterns, so why at all we need a map? Normalized bar chart instead of the map will work better showing areas with smaller and larger ratios and it will also make comparison between the areas possible. If there are many areas (example - US states), pie charts will be to small, there will be to many of them, and North East of the US will be totally messed up because of the small state areas. In this case a cartogram will work much better if we're looking for spatial patterns. [Problem is, that while hexagonal cartogram is great for the US, for other regions/countries it's not always easy to build a good cartogram.] I would suggest to change CH 3.3 to mention (at least): 1) sometimes bar chart instead of a map is better than any map 2) for some regions/countries a cartogram is better than a map I understand that there are too many things to include into the future versions of IBCS, but maps is really complex topic. Probably the the best advice for business reporting is to do avoid them whenever is possible. And when not possible (we really need to show spatial patterns) we will need much much more developed recommendations than existing CH 3.3.

Hi! What would be the correct way to label absolute variance in a chart displaying the differences for both incomes and expenses? Do I invert the prefix for expenses so that a increase in expenses is displayed as +100k rather than -100k, even though it refers to a red block with negative impact on the business?

The values on the right chart are not equal to the numbers on the left. Did you mean to add a "k" to the list of numbers on the right chart?

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Thank you for the amazing work. Your standards have helped me communicate my data stories better to my users.

Asia, Europe & Africa are all continents, but what is America? Is it the country the United States of America or the two continents North America and South America? Either way, the granularity isn't a single continent which is what Asia, Europe and Africa each are. I suggest using one or both of North America and South America but listing them separately.

SI 4.1 AVOID SUPERFLUOUS EXTRA WORDS Since superfluous words are definitionally "EXTRA" words the title does not follow its own advice. If the redundancy is intentional, well played. I appreciate the dry humor.

".... every kind of description". (description is not plural)

Where can I download the PDF?

This should probably be a heading too

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Suggestion: the colours should additionally be defined by their RGB values.

I suggest CO 4 should be formatted as bold (like CO 1, CO 2, etc.)

Unfortunately as far as I know there is no option to change patterns in barcharts in modern BI system, e.g Power BI. There is an option in Excel.

Incorrect time range in the report header. It should read "2016..2022".

I love this new illustration of scenarios. What about other reference scenarios like benchmarks and competitors?