Question

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I’ve got a situation where a chart of the dollar-o-gram format would look great.

What is the simplest way to develop this chart ?

I have knowledge of the following:

• Excel VBA
• Reporting Services 2008 R2
• C# (limited)

Answer 1

I think what you’re looking for is a treemap (or hybrid thereof). Microsoft Research has a tool that purports to give you treemap capabilities:

• http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/3f3ed95e-26d8-4616-a06c-b609df29756f/default.aspx

And there’s a popular Excel web site that has a limited trial you can download and then purchase for $15 if it works for you. I won’t list the site here, but a web search for “Excel Tree Map” will point you in the right direction.

Even better would be make your tool web publishable using D3 or a similar Javascript library:

• http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ex/treemap.html