: How to graphically represent click data I have a data which contains the number times users visits a page and the time of day the visit occurs. I would like to display this data visually

@Speyer780

The first chart type I thought of was a bubble chart.

You could put time as the x-axis and the page link as y-axis and then use the bubbles to represent the number of clicks at that time.

Here is an example of said chart type:


Source (raphaeljs) (Thanks user568458)

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@Harper654

It all depends on the actual use; who uses it to what aim. There are a million alternatives, and what you must bear in mind is what data is ok to be approximately right and what parts need to be exactly right. You could call this the granularity of the data.

How the data is fed is of course also a consideration. But mainly: what needs to be how detailed to whom at what point? how many levels "down" do you need to accomodate?

The bigger part of your question is extremely complex; it is about visualising data. Being a little practical, I would suggest take a look at Google Charts I and Google charts II and get some inspiration. You can also get far more elaborate and complex ones, for example HighCharts.


EDIT

BTW: Finally, I have a reason to name Sparklines! They are the best: they are tiny inline, live charts. They can convey a massive amount of information in ordinary text height. Can you tel I am a big fan? Here is how the defaults look:

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