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In most cases, you probably sort bar charts by taking the largest value and sticking that in the prime spot (the leftmost slot in a column chart or the top bar in a horizontal bar chart.) Then, the rest of the bars follow in descending order. You could also just as easily sort in ascending order, with the smallest value in the prime spot. When you 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. When that isn’t the case, you can unintentionally confuse an audience by sorting your charts in a way that feels unnatural. When deciding how to organize your #dataviz, always consider your underlying data and the message you are trying to communicate.

  • There are 2 column charts showing attendees at a family reunion by different age groups. The first orders from biggest bar to smallest bar and the second chart preserves the order of the age groups from 0-18 years to 70+.
Paul Gerber

Environmental Solutions Advisor/AMSS MidCon Manager @ Cimarron | BI Expert, Power BI

1mo

Hello. I have a short video coming up this evening on this.

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Satyabrata Majhi

Works at Dish Network | SNOWFLAKE squad member | Featured in Tableau Next Cohort 24 | Leading Bhubaneswar TUG | Data Visualisation Expert | Snowflake | Tableau | SAS

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Histogram sorted

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