IBCS‐inspired
IBCS-inspired means that this package follows most of the IBCS-rules (IBCS is Creative Commons (https://www.ibcs.com/terms-of-use/)). In the provided charts you'll see the following:
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Visualisation of the bars:
- Solid. These are the actual figures. You have a dark grey (almost black) color for the actuals of the reporting year (AC) and a lighter grey for actuals of a previous year (PY).
- Outlined. These are the planned (PL) or budget figures.
- Hatched. These are the forecast (FC) figures. By the way: "Solid, Outlined, Hatched" is a good book about IBCS. The first example underneath is inspired of the chart on page 193.
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Colors:
- Green: Only used to express a good variance from a business perspective
- Red: Only used to express a bad variance from a business perspective.
- Blue: Only used to highlight things in the charts.
