TODAY’S DATA LENS

Same bars. Better order.

Square soft-grey, black and red Today’s Data Lens card comparing the same five horizontal bars in label order and in descending value order, showing how sorting makes the ranking and gaps easier to see.

Observation

Both charts show exactly the same five values. In the first, the categories are left in label order. In the second, they are ranked from highest to lowest, so the biggest, smallest and gaps between them are easier to see.

Nothing changed except what your eye had to do.