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CMA Intermediate · Financial Management and Business Data Analytics · Data Presentation: Visualisation and Graphical Presentation

A dashboard designer wants to show how a company's total revenue of ₹50 crore is split among four product lines with clear comparison of each line's contribution, while also letting viewers drill down from product line to individual product. Which design choice is most suitable?

A sorted, labelled bar chart or treemap with drill-down is most suitable because it clearly shows each product line's share and comparison and lets users navigate from line to product, whereas cluttered 3D pies, line charts or scatter plots against codes obscure the message.

  1. AA 3D pie chart with twelve thin slices and no labels
  2. BA sorted bar chart or treemap with drill-down enabled and labelled valuesCorrect
  3. CA line chart with product lines on the time axis
  4. DA scatter plot of revenue against product code

Explanation

A sorted bar chart or treemap shows part-to-whole composition and comparison clearly, and drill-down supports hierarchy navigation. Cluttered 3D pies, line charts for non-time categories and scatter plots against codes mislead or obscure.

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