As an example, we will create a bullet graph to show last month’s revenue, where the actual revenue will be plotted against the target revenue.
A horizontal bullet graph to plot the actual revenue and the target revenue looks like this:
To create a bullet graph, you will need to:
Define the upper and lower limits (also known as the maximum and minimum values) for the chart.
Divide the specified limits into the qualitative ranges of performance - poor, satisfactory, and good and define the data for the graph. For our example, we will use the data shown in the table below:
| Range | What it means? | Color |
|---|---|---|
| 0-50k | Poor | Light Red |
| 50k-75k | Moderate | Light Yellow |
| 75k-100k | Good | Light Green |
- Define the actual and target value. For our example, we will set the actual value to $82K and the target value to $90K.
The data structure needed to create the bullet graph to plot the actual revenue against the target revenue is given below:
To render the above chart as a vertical bullet graph, change the value of the type attribute to vBullet.
There! You have now seen how you can create a simple bullet graph.