Radar Chart - A Complete Guide - FusionCharts

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A radar chart is a visual interpretation of data bearing multiple dimensions, the radial grid-like structure, the chart displays different categories of ... ProductsFusionChartsSuiteXTFusionTimeFusionExportFusionGridDeveloperDevCenter(Docs)IntegrationsDashboards DataStories ContactSales PricingDownload Support BacktoChartPrimers Radar(Spider)ChartWhatisRadar(Spider/Web/PolarBar)Chart? Supposeyouwereaskedtorankyourfavoritebeeron8aspects(Sourness,Bitterness,Sweetness,Saltiness,Yeast,Hop,MaltandSpecialGrain)andthenshowthemgraphically,youmightuseaColumnChartforit. Butwhentherearealargenumberofvariables(8inthiscase),theColumnChartmightlookcluttered.Insuchscenarios,trytheRadarChartinstead! ARadarChart,alsocalledasSpiderChart,RadialChartorWebChart,isagraphicalmethodofdisplayingmultivariatedataintheformofatwo-dimensionalchartofthreeormorequantitativevariablesrepresentedonaxesstartingfromthesamepoint. (Source:Wikipedia) Eachofthe8aspectsofourbeerexampleformindividualaxeswhichhavebeenarrangedradiallyaroundapoint.Thevalueofeachaspectisdepictedbythenode(anchor)onthespoke(axis).Alineisdrawnconnectingthedatavaluesforeachspoke.AndthusyougetyourRadarChartshowingallyourdatavaluesatonego! Somuchforonebeer—youmaywonder!Nowimagineyouhave2beerstocompare. The2beersarerankedoneachofthe8parameters.Thecolorcodingforeachbeerhelpstovisuallycorrelateandcontrastthebeersoveritsdiverseaspects.Ifyoulikeyourbeerbitter,thechartgivesyouanindicationthatmaybeit'stimeyouswitchedtoBeerB(asBeerBhasahigherrankinbitternesstoBeerA). CheckoutliveexamplesofRadarChartinourchartsgallery. WherecanRadar(Spider)chartsbeused? NowthatyouhavegotahangoftheRadarchart(sometimesalsoreferredtoastheSpiderWebDiagram),let’skeepourbeermugsasideforawhileandseesomeoftheusesofradarchartsandtheirbusinessapplications SkillAnalysisofEmployees: ARadarchartcancomeinhandyduringtheappraisalandreviewprocess. HRmanagerscanvisualizeemployeeperformancedata,basedonrankingsgivenbytheirrespectiveseniors,onasinglechart.Thischart(commonlyknowastheEmployeeChart)canalsobeusedtoplanemployeetrainingbygroupingemployeeswholackaparticularskillset(lowinrank)andthendesigningsuitableremedialproceduresforthegroup. AdvantagesofSpiderChart Showsdataoutliersandcommonalitystrikingly DisadvantagesofSpiderChart Theyareill-suitedformakingtrade-offdecisions Itishardtocomparelengthsofdifferentspokes,becauseradialdistancesarehardtojudgevisually. ProductComparison: ComparebetweentwoormoreproductsoverarangeofcharacteristicsusingaSpiderDiagram. Let'ssayyouwanttocomparebetween2mobilephonesoverfeatureslikeBattery,Camera,Display,MemoryandBrand.Gettoknowwhichmobileisbetterwhenitcomestoyourmostdesiredfeature.Competitiveradarchartshavemultipleusecases.Competitoranalysisusingradarchartsletsyoufinduniqueopportunitiestoclosethegapwiththecompetition. CheckoutmoreRadarChartstemplatesandexamples. LearningResources LearnhowtomakeRadar/SpiderChartsonJavaScript LearnhowtomakeRadar/SpiderChartsonExcel LearnhowtomakeRadar/SpiderChartsonPowerPoint LearnhowtomakeRadar/SpiderChartsonGoogleSheets SharewithyourcolleaguesALLCHARTPRIMERSTreemapChartZoomChartsAreaChartPieandDoughnutChartHeatMapChartBubbleChartRadar(Spider)ChartCandlestickChartWaterfallChartFunnelChartSparkChartsMulti-levelPieChartMarimekkoChartBoxandWhiskerChartBulletGraphSankeyDiagramSunburstchartChorddiagram



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