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Drilling Down with a Stacked Bar Chart

Stacked Bar Drill Down

You often want to drill down to show the detail in a specific chart segment.  Here’s an example from McKinsey that uses horizontal stacked bar charts as a drill down for a simple stacked bar: The left-hand chart shows spending

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Adding Charts to a Table to Make Your Numbers Pop

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Tables are great for comparing companies or divisions along a set of dimensions.  Sometimes you want to highlight significant quantitative differences in the table.  Instead of just putting the numbers in the table, try using a simple bar chart.  Here is

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Our API Showcase Now Includes an Interactive Market Map

Market Map Application

We recently added an API sample application that generates a Market Map of Revenue by Region and Industry from data stored in an enterprise database. The Mekko Graphics API allows users to interact with the Marimekko chart in real time.

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Illustrating MCAS results in Mekko Graphics charts

2012 English Language Arts MCAS data by Population Group/Performance Level

I had the opportunity this week to demonstrate how Mekko Graphics could meet the data analysis needs of today’s educators, who find themselves deluged with information from skills assessments, standardized tests, and other sources. In preparation, I created several charts

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Introducing Our Latest Version!

New Mekko Graphics Features

I’m happy to announce that the latest version of Mekko Graphics is available for download on our web site.  In 2011, we committed to delivering two major versions of Mekko Graphics each year.  This is our Spring 2013 release, which

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Visit us at the MIT Sloan Private Equity Symposium

Mekko Graphics is a sponsor of the MIT Sloan Private Equity Symposium on April 5th in Cambridge.  The event should be extremely informative–Gary Loveman, the CEO at Harrah’s and a former HBS professor and Steve Pagliuca, Managing Director of Bain

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Preview of the New Mekko Graphics

New Mekko Graphics Features

We’re excited about the launch of the next version of Mekko Graphics.  We’re in the final phases of testing.  It should be released in the next few weeks.  Here are some key features: Improved PowerPoint integration–we implemented double-click to launch

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Using a Marimekko Chart to Map the Financial Data Analysis Market

Market Data/Analysis Spend

Here is a great example of using a Marimekko chart to map a market.  Burton-Taylor produces a report on the Market Data/Analysis Spend in 2013.  Here’s a sample chart: The chart gives you a great visual summary of the market:

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Automating Your Charts with the Mekko Graphics API

Mekko Graphics API Integration

Several of our customers have asked us for a way to generate Mekko Graphics charts programmatically.  They want to set some parameters (e.g., region, product line and time period) on a web page or form and Mekko Graphics produce a

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Last Week’s Sales Activity in 3 Marimekko Charts

Deals Won by Product Line

I track three types of sales activity–new opportunities, opportunities won and opportunities lost.  I make a separate Marimekko chart for each.  The first chart contains new opportunities by product line: Each segment represents a new opportunity added last week.  You

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