#TweakThursday 22: Ordering By Narrative

[A sequel to this post: Boosting Stacked Area Chart]

I wrote a post called Ordering By Context before. In a recent Viz of The Day on 11/29/2016, I found that, a conspicuous narrative at the top of the chart, is labeled as "Bottom 90%".

It's like, the narrative says something at right, but the object is placed at left.

Placing the "Bottom 90%" at the top is not consistent with the narrative. So, I decided to move it to the bottom, which is one of the tweaks of the day.

Another tweak is that I added a bar chart in the tooltips.

Note that stacked area chart is always a visual feast. However, its insufficiency, is that, it's hard to compare vertically. Or it is vertically challenged. Having a bar chart in tooltips can help mend it up.

The part I really like is the highlight of the "Bottom 90%" in a different color, in the same manner as one approach I mentioned before.

While researching on this viz, I found that this viz is built on top of a viz created by Andy Cotgreave, which is part of the #MakeoverMonday Week 48 project. (Andy is one of the duos that are behind the #MakeoverMonday movement. What an amazing project! ) I just hope that Andy Cotgreave's credit is acknowledged in some way.

The interactive workbook can be accessed here.