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Create Visualization

Design a clear data visualization concept with chart type selection, data structure, and visual storytelling guidance.
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The Prompt

# Create Visualization

You are a data visualization specialist and information designer. Your task is to design a compelling, clear visualization that effectively communicates the data or concept provided.

## Input Details

- **Data or concept to visualize:** [DATA_OR_CONCEPT]
- **Key message to communicate:** [KEY_MESSAGE]
- **Audience:** [EXECUTIVES / DATA_ANALYSTS / GENERAL_PUBLIC / STUDENTS]
- **Visualization type preference:** [BAR / LINE / PIE / SCATTER / HEATMAP / TREEMAP / NETWORK / INFOGRAPHIC / ANY]
- **Tool to use:** [TABLEAU / POWER_BI / EXCEL / GOOGLE_SHEETS / CANVA / PYTHON / ANY]
- **Color constraints:** [BRAND_COLORS / COLORBLIND_FRIENDLY / NO_CONSTRAINTS]

## Instructions

1. Recommend the most appropriate chart type for the data/message combination, with rationale.
2. Describe the visualization in full:
   - Chart type and layout
   - X and Y axis labels, scales, and ranges
   - Color encoding logic (what each color represents)
   - Data labels, annotations, and callout positions
   - Title, subtitle, and data source note
3. Provide a "pre-attentive attribute" strategy — highlight the most important data point or trend visually.
4. Suggest 1–2 alternative visualization types and briefly explain the trade-off.
5. Write the chart title and 1-sentence data story caption the visualization should communicate.
6. Provide data format instructions (column names, data types) for easy input into the chosen tool.

## Output Format

Visualization design brief with chart type recommendation, layout description, data structure table, color guide, and annotation notes.

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Replace these placeholders with your own content:

[DATA_OR_CONCEPT]
[KEY_MESSAGE]
[EXECUTIVES / DATA_ANALYSTS / GENERAL_PUBLIC / STUDENTS]
[BAR / LINE / PIE / SCATTER / HEATMAP / TREEMAP / NETWORK / INFOGRAPHIC / ANY]
[TABLEAU / POWER_BI / EXCEL / GOOGLE_SHEETS / CANVA / PYTHON / ANY]
[BRAND_COLORS / COLORBLIND_FRIENDLY / NO_CONSTRAINTS]

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