1
0–1 min
Three fields
Category (the boxes), Value (the measure) and Detail (rows) (the ID of each row).
- Start page lists the three steps
- Hierarchy in Category: drilldown
- Tooltips and report page tooltips
- The measure's own number format
2
1–2 min
Read the box
Median line, box from Q1 to Q3, whiskers to the last value within 1.5 × IQR, dots beyond them.
IQR = Q3 − Q1 | whiskers ≤ 1.5 × IQR (Tukey)
- n under every box
- Method named in the tooltip
3
2–4 min · Pro
Compare groups
Group puts boxes side by side with a legend; Small multiples repeats the chart on one shared scale.
Category = Plant · Group = Shift · Small multiples = Year
5
numbers in one box
Templates
6
incl. IBCS style
Quartile methods
3
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Desktop rows
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Languages
12
format pane and texts
4
4–6 min · Pro
See every value
All points with jitter, the mean, notches and a violin behind each box.
- Colour by quartile
- Sort by median, mean, IQR, n
- Two reference lines
- Statistics table per box
5
6–8 min
Style it in one click
Templates Clean, Classic, Minimal, Contrast, Compact, IBCS style — then adjust anything; your settings win.
- fx on box colour
- Vertical or horizontal
- Axis fonts, bold, range
- Format on the canvas
6
8–10 min
Avoid common mistakes
- No Detail: one flat line per box
- Reading a box of n = 8 as solid
- Comparing panels with own scales
- One ID per row in Detail (rows)
- Watch the warning icon: it says when rows were left out