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When should I pick Apache ECharts dashboards?
When the story is: ops dashboards, quarterly packs, live KPI walls.
When should I avoid Apache ECharts dashboards?
Skip it in cases like: a single static bar in a PDF would answer the question.
Who invented or popularised it?
Baidu ECharts became Apache ECharts as a top GitHub visualization project
What does it encode?
JSON options mapping datasets to Cartesian, polar and graph views
Is it OK in ads?
Yes if one claim is visible at a glance in Meta, Google and retail print; otherwise link to a full figure.
Will a teacher accept it?
Yes for lab reports and poster boards if axes, units and a source line are present.
Apache ECharts dashboards encodes values as JSON options mapping datasets to Cartesian, polar and graph views. Baidu ECharts became Apache ECharts as a top GitHub visualization project.
In reports, ads and assignments it fits ops dashboards, quarterly packs, live KPI walls. Skip it when a single static bar in a PDF would answer the question.
Mistakes
- Failure modes 1 — a single static bar in a PDF would answer the question
- Failure modes 2 — 3-D pies and perspective bars
- Failure modes 3 — Dual axes that fake a correlation
- Failure modes 4 — Truncated axes that shout a small delta
- Failure modes 5 — Legend only, no direct labels
- Failure modes 6 — Missing source, unit or period
Fixes
- Fixes 1 — Return to ops dashboards, quarterly packs, live KPI walls.
- Fixes 2 — Flat, one axis, direct labels.
- Fixes 3 — Color-blind-safe palette plus pattern.
- Fixes 4 — Rewrite the title as a claim and add a source line.
Apache ECharts dashboards: honour JSON options mapping datasets to Cartesian, polar and graph views, and switch when a single static bar in a PDF would answer the question.