AndrewK on 29 Jul 2017 03:35:00
for scatter plots, conditional formatting, and line plots, enable data viz to have a legend that is a color scale gradient
for example,
1) in scatter plot using saturation, we should have a legend that indicates what the darker and lighter colors represent
2) same goes for conditional formatting in tables and matrices
3) line charts without a field in the "legend" bucket (i.e. line charts represented by a single line) should be eligible for a line graph that has its color change according to a gradient as the value increases or decreases (e.g. a line graph that plots a growth rate could have green as positive growth and red as negative growth)
What's key here is that the legend shows the gradient, which means the max, min, and perhaps a few other points (e.g. middle) would be called out with their numeric value in the legend.
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RE: color scale legend
The gradient scale for the color legend will also help remove/decrease the limitation of the number of categories plotted on a line chart for example. I have a need to view all lines (within the line chart) of the selected data to surface the most common trend/s.
RE: color scale legend
It is a must for shape maps
RE: color scale legend
Definetely agree for a scale legend for shape maps. it would be essential !
RE: color scale legend
'+1. I'm using shape maps. A color scale legend is essential for presentation.
RE: color scale legend
A great example of this, using date as the colour gradient, can be seen here: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tech/tech-pulse/coding-for-accountants-training-a-machine-learning-algorithm