chartisan
chartisan GmbH is a specialist consultancy and implementation partner working in the field of controlling and reporting. Our expertise lies in the areas of report automation and data visualization. For our customers, who comprise corporations active on the global stage, medium-sized businesses and administrative bodies, we combine comprehensive cross-sector theoretical and practical experience from the areas of controlling, management/organisation and IT.
Book tip: Big Data, Big Dupe
Innovations @en, Knowledge @enThe whole title: Big Data, Big Dupe – A little book about a big bunch of nonsense It was and is much written, talked about big data in recent years. For high hopes and vague opportunities even more money flows. Here comes this little book – published in February 2018 – by Stephen Few just […]
Are local reporting solutions useful?
Innovations @en, Inside @en, Projects @enManagement accounting analyzes, plans and informs. This requires a reliable database, but also flexibility in designing reports, presentations and dashboards. These requirements often can´t be combined in a software system. The discussion about the authorization of local reporting solutions, that complement central standard systems, is currently up-to-date. The article reports from practice and conveys the […]
“Book” tip: Interactive Dataviz lexicon
Innovations @en, Knowledge @en, Projects @enData visualization in general means to bring abstract data and relationships into a visually comprehensible form. So far so good. But what are the unfamiliar forms of representation? When do I apply this? When are other forms more meaningful? I would like to introduce the project of Severino Ribecca to all those who ask these questions more […]
Small Multiples Are Quick and Easy
Knowledge @enOne of our previous posts discussed small multiples, i.e. a series of charts consisting of several small charts of the same type. It also describes conceptual considerations on typical application scenarios involving small multiples. This post introduces an alternative method which you can use to create small multiples for simpler application scenarios at the blink […]
Clever Data Labels
Knowledge @enLabelling data points in charts is generally more reader-friendly than using a vertical axis. The axis is automatically displayed in Excel, and therefore it is often found in reports and presentations. However, it forces the chart reader to move their eyes back and forth between the data points and the axis. If data points are […]
Small Multiples in Excel – Small But Good
Knowledge @en“Small multiples” are charts that display a range of data in several smaller charts of the same type. This is often easier to read than mixing the same data in a single, more complex chart. The informational value and overview are the result of the aggregate charts in this case. The specific application scenario determines […]
Illustrate variations
Knowledge @enIt´s mostly about variations when presenting data to decision makers, such as planned, target or empirical values. Only these variations allow us to reasonably evaluate the actual numbers. Variations should play a major role during the visualisation as well. Today´s trick shows us that this is feasible within Excel only with a few clicks in […]
Direct captioning of diagrams
Knowledge @enData captions and legends are important to understand the content of diagrams. Unfortunately the provided alternatives to caption are partially not legible. For example, sums on top of piled columns are not provided. You search in vain for standard functions such as legends which support the viewer not to look back and forth as they are […]