Charts
Which chart answers which question, each drawn with the store’s own figures
Line
A figure over time: sales by day
Area
Over time, with the amount under it
Column
Comparing a few things over time
Bar
Ranking things with long names
Mixed
Two measures on one time line
Pie
Parts of a whole, a few of them
Donut
Parts of a whole, with the total inside
Polar area
Parts compared by their size
Radial bar
Progress of a few things to their target
Radar
Several measures for a few things
Gauge
One figure against its target
Heatmap
Two dimensions at once: day by hour
Treemap
Parts of a whole, many of them
Bubble
Three measures for each thing
Scatter
Whether two measures move together
Funnel
How many get from one step to the next
Timeline
When things start and end
Sparklines
A trend beside a figure
Candlestick
Open, high, low and close for each day