BAR MEKKO PLOT

The bar mekko plot is a variable width bar chart. A bar mekko chart is an alternative to a bar chart, for instance to show product profitability, with gross margin as the bar height and sales as the bar width.

PLOT DETAIL

The plot is run twice,...

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...once for each period.

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SAVING THE PLOT

To save the plot as a PNG file, click on the small camera icon on the top right corner of the plot.

OTHER OPTIONS

Open the expander under the 📊 Plot type drop down menu by clicking on the ➕ sign.

Additional options are available for selection.

You can choose the dimension you want to plot, and which metrics to plot on the X and on the Y axes.

By default, the four top items in terms of total value are plotted on each axes, while the other items are aggregated together.

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You can change the number of top items to plot, and you can choose to plot or not to plot the value of the other aggregated items.

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NEGATIVE VALUES

Negative values on the Y axis will be plotted as shown in the example below.

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Since negative values on the X axis cannot be plotted in a mekko plot, the negative values will be dropped and an error message will be shown.

CHOICE OF COLOR PALETTE

You can choose one of the nine available color palettes. Six are inspired by Mekko Graphics, the other are default Tableau and PowerBi palettes, and a palette inspired from the IBCS examples.