2022/Week 17 - Use Annotations Effectively

back2vizbasics·January 23, 2025

Description

For Week 17, we would like you to focus on using annotations effectively.

Summary


The United Nations observes World Humanitarian day this Friday, August 19th. From the UN’s website: “Each year, WHD focuses on a theme, bringing together partners from across the humanitarian system to advocate for the survival, well-being and dignity of people affected by crises, and for the safety and security of aid workers.” https://www.un.org/en/observances/humanitarian-day #WorldHumanitarianDay

The data source we are using this week is from the Aid Worker Security Database https://aidworkersecurity.org/: “The Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD) records major incidents of violence against aid workers, with incident reports from 1997 through the present. Initiated in 2005, to date the AWSD remains the sole comprehensive global source of this data, providing the evidence base for analysis of the changing security environment for civilian aid operations.” If you’re looking for inspiration, https://aidworkersecurity.org/incidents/report has basic charts and maps created from this data.

For this week’s challenge, we would like you to focus on using annotations effectively. Use any chart type(s) you like, but be sure to interpret your results via annotations to call out key insights. The data set contains the following fields:

  • Incident ID - a unique id
  • Day of DateClean - the exact date of the incident, if known. If month is not known then it is listed as January. If the day is not known it is listed as the 1st.
  • Details - a 1-2 sentence description of the incident
  • Country Code - a two letter standardized country abbreviation
  • Country - the full name of the country
  • Region - region of the incident (inc. nulls)
  • City - city where the incident took place (inc. nulls)
  • Actor Type - general nature of attacker, eg “non-state armed group”
  • Attack Context - type of attack, eg raid, ambush, cross-fire, etc.
  • Means of Attack - eg shooting, kidnapping, etc.
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Total affected - total # of aid workers impacted by the attack

Additional numeric fields are also included detailing the following characteristics of those affected:

  • National vs International aid workers
  • Kidnapped, killed, or wounded
  • Male, Female or Unknown

For those newer to Tableau, try to consider using color effectively and purposefully in your chart. Play with formatting to see how it affects your chart. Make sure your chart has an appropriate description, title, and labels. Keep things simple and try not to over-complicate the chart. For those more experienced users, get creative. However, don't compromise quality if trying something new.

Take your time over the next week to create your chart, but remember that World Humanitarian Day is on Friday! Share your visualization on Tableau Public, Twitter, and/or LinkedIn. Use the hashtags #B2VB and #WorldHumanitarianDay tag us (@ReadySetData and @ItsElisaDavis on Twitter). Finally, fill out the submission form on the Back 2 Viz Basic's website.

Good luck!

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2022/Week 17 - Use Annotations Effectively

back2vizbasics·January 23, 2025

Description

For Week 17, we would like you to focus on using annotations effectively.

Summary


The United Nations observes World Humanitarian day this Friday, August 19th. From the UN’s website: “Each year, WHD focuses on a theme, bringing together partners from across the humanitarian system to advocate for the survival, well-being and dignity of people affected by crises, and for the safety and security of aid workers.” https://www.un.org/en/observances/humanitarian-day #WorldHumanitarianDay

The data source we are using this week is from the Aid Worker Security Database https://aidworkersecurity.org/: “The Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD) records major incidents of violence against aid workers, with incident reports from 1997 through the present. Initiated in 2005, to date the AWSD remains the sole comprehensive global source of this data, providing the evidence base for analysis of the changing security environment for civilian aid operations.” If you’re looking for inspiration, https://aidworkersecurity.org/incidents/report has basic charts and maps created from this data.

For this week’s challenge, we would like you to focus on using annotations effectively. Use any chart type(s) you like, but be sure to interpret your results via annotations to call out key insights. The data set contains the following fields:

  • Incident ID - a unique id
  • Day of DateClean - the exact date of the incident, if known. If month is not known then it is listed as January. If the day is not known it is listed as the 1st.
  • Details - a 1-2 sentence description of the incident
  • Country Code - a two letter standardized country abbreviation
  • Country - the full name of the country
  • Region - region of the incident (inc. nulls)
  • City - city where the incident took place (inc. nulls)
  • Actor Type - general nature of attacker, eg “non-state armed group”
  • Attack Context - type of attack, eg raid, ambush, cross-fire, etc.
  • Means of Attack - eg shooting, kidnapping, etc.
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Total affected - total # of aid workers impacted by the attack

Additional numeric fields are also included detailing the following characteristics of those affected:

  • National vs International aid workers
  • Kidnapped, killed, or wounded
  • Male, Female or Unknown

For those newer to Tableau, try to consider using color effectively and purposefully in your chart. Play with formatting to see how it affects your chart. Make sure your chart has an appropriate description, title, and labels. Keep things simple and try not to over-complicate the chart. For those more experienced users, get creative. However, don't compromise quality if trying something new.

Take your time over the next week to create your chart, but remember that World Humanitarian Day is on Friday! Share your visualization on Tableau Public, Twitter, and/or LinkedIn. Use the hashtags #B2VB and #WorldHumanitarianDay tag us (@ReadySetData and @ItsElisaDavis on Twitter). Finally, fill out the submission form on the Back 2 Viz Basic's website.

Good luck!

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