Visualizing compositions in your data
Sometimes, you want to analyze the various elements that compose your feature; for example, the percentage of sales per region or percentage of queries per channel. In both examples, we are not considering any time dimension; instead, we are just looking at the data as a whole. For these types of compositions, where you don't have the time dimension, you could show your data using pie charts, stacked 100% bar charts, and treemaps.
The following is a pie chart showing the number of queries per customer channel, for a given company, during a pre-defined period of time:
If you want to show compositions while considering a time dimension, then your most common options would be a stacked area chart, a stacked 100% area chart, a stacked column chart, or a stacked 100% column chart. For reference, take a look at the following chart, which shows the sales per region...