Briefle words · Data & charts
Gauge
A dial or arc that shows a single value like a speedometer; it reads intuitively but uses a lot of space and compares poorly across several metrics.
Say it to an AI
Target tracker for three Q4 sales metrics. Use a bullet chart per metric rather than a gauge: a track with qualitative bands at 60% and 85% of target, a thin dark bar for the actual and a contrasting tick at the target, with actual, target and percentage to the right.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Sales target tracker”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →Target widget in the revenue dashboard of a B2B sales-enablement tool.
Why: B draws each of the three metrics as a 120px semicircle with a dark arc filled to 74%, 82% and 90%.
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