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4 years ago
This is fantastic, thank you!
For what it's worth I disagree with the example used given that you can't now really compare the results of the graph with one being split and not the others. A better example I believe is where you have very high values and small changes between the different entities - thus having a zero on the Y axis and splitting it at, say 100 then starting again at 10,000. It makes it very clear to the audience that the y axis is not complete and thus to notice the fact it does not start at zero (something lots of people simply don't notice).
I have slightly refined the deviance in the vertical line so there is a negative value and a positive value to achieve a zigzag rather than a, for want of a better expression, greater than symbol >.
Additionally users may find that applying a gradient colour to the 'break series' might be effective - i.e. top and bottom colour as per the bars and the central colour white (or background if different) so the bar fades out and back in again at the split - thus further highlighting the 'gap'.
For what it's worth I disagree with the example used given that you can't now really compare the results of the graph with one being split and not the others. A better example I believe is where you have very high values and small changes between the different entities - thus having a zero on the Y axis and splitting it at, say 100 then starting again at 10,000. It makes it very clear to the audience that the y axis is not complete and thus to notice the fact it does not start at zero (something lots of people simply don't notice).
I have slightly refined the deviance in the vertical line so there is a negative value and a positive value to achieve a zigzag rather than a, for want of a better expression, greater than symbol >.
Additionally users may find that applying a gradient colour to the 'break series' might be effective - i.e. top and bottom colour as per the bars and the central colour white (or background if different) so the bar fades out and back in again at the split - thus further highlighting the 'gap'.