My issue with graphs is that they take too much space and carry little signal. Most accounting packages have some sort of “Dashboard” which looks good on marketing materials and screenshots but it’s mostly useless to look at day-by-day.
I’m big fan of Edward Tufte’s work. He is serious about presenting data as efficiently as possible.
That’s executive dashboard for fictitious airline company. Notice how he is using micro-charts to show trend for various figures. Or how he is using black horizontal bar to show whether targets are met.
You can expect some of these elements and ideas to be used in Manager in upcoming months.