The paired column chart compares the performance of your cattle with others on specific measures.  More than one variable may be represented on a chart.  The top of the column represents the mean value or total value, as appropriate.  Different color columns represent your cattle versus others. 

Box and Whiskers

Sire comparisons often are best illustrated in a box and whisker plot.  This plot is more complex, but very informative when you understand it.  Each box and whiskers represents the data range for a sire (you can put up to six on one chart).  The bottom of the box is the 25th percentile, the line across the box is the 50th percentile, and the top of the box is the 75 percentile.  The dot is the mean.  The top and bottom whiskers are the top and bottom quartile of the data.     

Proportions of categories, making up a whole, are best illustrated with a pie chart.  With calf history, for example, you can easily see the proportion of calf losses relative to live calves.

We use the histogram to display calving distribution as a count of birth dates over time.  Time is on the horizontal axis, with the count of births per day on the vertical axis.  When the chart page first displays it will show all data over time.  Use a query to narrow the date range to a specific production cycle.