Chart or Graph from

Business Data
Presented by : Jero SL. Lara
 Objectives :
1. enumerate examples of business data;

2. determine the ways a set of business data can be

presented; and

3. identify the type of chart/graph to be used based

on a set of data.
A set of business data pertains to information about the
business, its transactions, its employees, stakeholders, and
its income and expenses. These Information, of course,
must be gathered and presented with accuracy, and must be
kept for future purposes.
The following are examples of business data according

to
➢ list of potential customers of the business HubSpot:
➢ customer details

➢ records of commercial transactions

➢ records of stakeholder interactions

➢ data collected from social media source

➢ product catalog

➢ inventory of employee information

➢ knowledge accumulated by and from the employees and partners

From our previous lesson, we defined chart or graph as a visual
representation of data which is considered brief and comprehensive.
Now, it is very important that we choose appropriately the chart or
graph that we are going to utilize to present a set of busines data
because it contributes to the relevance,presentability, and
comprehensiveness of the business data itself.
 How do you choose what chart or graph to use for a set of business
data?

Some business data are qualitative (i.e. expressed as non-quanitifiable qualities such
as name, gender, educational attainment, position, etc.). But for quantitative data, the
most effective way of determining what type of chart to use is by purpose. Meaning,
you are going to ask yourself: What do I want to do with the set of business data?
Now, in this discussion, we have three options, though there are some variations of
these three as mentioned in the previous lesson
✓ If your purpose is to show continuity of data, use line chart. Line chart is

best for showing trends or progression of a series of data, usually across a

timeline.

✓ If your purpose is to show data as components of a whole, use pie chart.

Using pie chart allows you to see what percentage a data is as part of the whole. As
extension, you get to see which among data contributes the most
or the least.

✓ If your purpose is to compare data, use bar graph. Aside from this, bar
Example :