How do you Visualize Product Sales Data

Visualization Challenge from Chandoo.org

Product Name
PM Templates for Excel [both]
PM Templates for Excel [2003]
Excel Formula e-book
Excel School - Online Membership
Dashboard Tutorial #1
PM Templates for Excel [2007]
Excel School - Download Membership
Excel School - Dashboards Membership
Total
sa

Sum of
Jan
20
15
16
12
29
72
42
121
327

Quantity
Feb
Mar
14
14
22
16
15
62
10
7
35
34
106
96
25
13
42
50
269
292

Apr
14
12
24
2
57
114
10
32
265

How would you visual

1) Make one chart (you can make panel charts too, but not a dashboard or multiple charts) to visua
What is the overall composition of revenue, how it is changing over time?
Which products bring in more $s?
Trend of sales from Jan to May

2) You are free to make charts that answer additional questions. Just think like a owner of a compan

Product Name
Excel Formula e-book
Dashboard Tutorial #1
PM Templates
Excel School
Total

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May
17
18
15
2
25
115
11
35
238

Per Unit Revenue

Jan
Feb
Mar
45
45
44
30
30
30
10
10
10
65
60
66
37
35
37
30
30
29
88
92
94
177
186
188

Apr
45
30
10
67
36
29
97
191

May
45
30
10
67
45
29
94
192

Per Unit Revenue

Jan
Feb
900
630
450
660
160
150
774
602
1,073
1,221
2,130
3,151
3,703
2,303
21,422
7,795
30,612
16,512
0
0

Mar
615
480
620
462
1,258
2,791
1,217
9,415
16,858
0

uld you visualize above data?

iple charts) to visualize the product sales breakup in our data. Your chart should help answer any of these quest

a owner of a company that sells these products (think like me, because these are the sales of some of our produ

Revenue
Jan
0.2
1.1
3.5
25.9
30.6

Feb
0.2
1.2
4.4
10.7
16.5

Mar
0.6
1.3
3.9
11.1
16.9

Jan
0.2
1.1
0.9
0.5
2.1

Feb
0.2
1.2
0.6
0.7
3.2

Mar
0.6
1.3
0.6
0.5
2.8

Formula
Dashboa
PM Temp
PM Temp
PM Temp

School
School
School

0.8
3.7
21.4

0.6
2.3
7.8

0.5
1.2
9.4

Apr
630
360
230
134
2,028
3,360
970
6,121
13,833
0

May
765
540
150
134
1,128
3,390
1,038
6,719
13,864
0

total order
3,540
285
2,490
300
1,310
470
2,106
640
6,708
955
14,823
1,260
9,230
2,733
51,472
15,301
-

wer any of these questions:

s of some of our products) and try to make sense of the data.

Apr
0.2
2.0
4.4
7.2
13.8

May
0.2
1.1
4.7
7.9
13.9

total order
1,310
470
6,708
955
20,853
1,215
62,808
18,674
-

Apr
0.2
2.0
0.6
0.4
3.4

May
0.2
1.1
0.8
0.5
3.4

total
1,310
6,708
3,540
2,490
14,823

0.1
1.0
6.1

0.1
1.0
6.7

2,106
9,230
51,472

1. chart & table

thousands $

35.0
30.0

25.0
20.0

15.0

25.9
30.6

10.7
16.5

11.1
16.9

3.5

4.4

3.9

4.4

1.1

1.2

1.3

2.0

10.0

5.0
0.0
monthly
School - Dashboards
School - Download
School - Online
PM Templates [2007]
PM Templates [2003]
PM Templates [both]
Dashboard Tutorial
Formula e-book
Total

Jan
$
%
21.4
3.7
0.8
2.1
0.5
0.9
1.1
0.2
30.6
-

$
7.8
2.3
0.6
3.2
0.7
0.6
1.2
0.2
16.5

Feb
%
-64%
-38%
-22%
48%
47%
-30%
14%
-6%
-46%

$
9.4
1.2
0.5
2.8
0.5
0.6
1.3
0.6
16.9

Mar
%
21%
-47%

-23%
-11%
-27%

-2%

3%
313%

2%

7.2
13.8

$
6.1
1.0
0.1
3.4
0.4
0.6
2.0
0.2
13.8

Apr
%
-35%
-20%
-71%
20%
-25%

2%
61%
-63%
-18%

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thousands $

35.0

7.2
13.8

7.9
13.9

4.4

30.0

25.0

20.0
25.9
30.6

4.7

2.0

1.1

Apr
$
6.7
1.0
0.1
3.4
0.5
0.8
1.1
0.2
13.9

May
%
10%

7%

1%
50%
21%
-44%
-35%

0%

15.0
10.7
16.5

11.1
16.9

4.4

3.9

1.1

1.2

1.3

Jan

Feb

Mar

10.0

5.0
3.5
0.0

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Row 35
Row 34
Row 33
Row 37
School - Dashboards
School - Download
School - Online
PM Templates [2007]
PM Templates [2003]

11.1
16.9

3.9

7.2

7.9

13.8

13.9

4.4

4.7

1.3

2.0

1.1

Mar

Apr

May