Comments on: Animation, Interaction and Dynamic Excel Charts http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/animation-interaction-and-dynamic-excel-charts/ Business Charts, Done Right Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:42:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jerome cukier http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/animation-interaction-and-dynamic-excel-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-1309 jerome cukier Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:36:46 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1270#comment-1309 Hi Jorge, I am less reluctant to recommend interactivity in Excel charts. Of course, it is almost never required or expected. But it can add tremendous value and create hindsight. For instance, it's always better to let user select or highlight series than to display many series on one chart with equal prominence, just because that's how you'd do it in print. I think that when you can do clear dashboards within the constraints of excel, and toss in animation in charts (all with good judgement and proportion of course) then you are fully entitled to bragging rights. and whether it looks better in motion chart... Not in all cases. Hi Jorge,
I am less reluctant to recommend interactivity in Excel charts.
Of course, it is almost never required or expected. But it can add tremendous value and create hindsight. For instance, it’s always better to let user select or highlight series than to display many series on one chart with equal prominence, just because that’s how you’d do it in print.
I think that when you can do clear dashboards within the constraints of excel, and toss in animation in charts (all with good judgement and proportion of course) then you are fully entitled to bragging rights. and whether it looks better in motion chart… Not in all cases.

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/animation-interaction-and-dynamic-excel-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 Jon Peltier Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:29:30 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1270#comment-1308 Jorge - Animation is pretty cool, but it's hard to do right, and its particularly complicated in Excel. However, interactive charts are much easier even in Excel, and as you point out, they can be much more useful. Jorge -

Animation is pretty cool, but it’s hard to do right, and its particularly complicated in Excel.

However, interactive charts are much easier even in Excel, and as you point out, they can be much more useful.

]]> By: dermotb http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/animation-interaction-and-dynamic-excel-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 dermotb Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:09:10 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1270#comment-1307 "After watching this presentation people often ask me: 'Wow! Can we do that in Excel?' Wrong question." Exactly. Our natural reaction is to want more glitz, forgetting that only certain types of data suit animation. Naturally, I've fallen into that trap myself. I would also be careful of over-interpolating, eg trying to create monthly figures from annual figures is probably overdoing it. “After watching this presentation people often ask me: ‘Wow! Can we do that in Excel?’ Wrong question.”

Exactly. Our natural reaction is to want more glitz, forgetting that only certain types of data suit animation. Naturally, I’ve fallen into that trap myself. I would also be careful of over-interpolating, eg trying to create monthly figures from annual figures is probably overdoing it.

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