Variance Bar
Variance bars: actual minus baseline, signed and sorted.
Variance Bar Chart subtracts a baseline from each category’s actual and draws the signed difference. Sorted by magnitude or direction, the chart tells the story before you read the labels.
Signed horizontal or vertical bars showing actual-minus-baseline per category, optional sorting, theme-aware colors.
Tables of plan vs actual hide the story; variance bars surface it.
Three ways teams use it.
Actual vs budget per cost center.
Actual vs forecast per region.
Spec vs measured per unit.
Add it in 30 seconds.
Open your Data Studio report and click Add a chart → Community visualizations → Explore more.
Paste the Viz Studio manifest URL or pick this chart from the Viz Studio gallery card.
Bind the dimensions and metrics in the data panel. Done.
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