7%. This means that 106% of the total gross profit
is above the line and -5.7% is below the line. The numbers don??™t exactly get back
to 100% because so many of the points cut the line that it??™s hard to make it exact.
However, if the user begins dragging this slider upwards, the 106% value starts
to dwindle rapidly. As the slider climbs, fewer dots appear above it, representing
those products that had a higher gross profit. Likewise, moving the top slider to
the right narrows down the products that contribute to the gross profit margin. The
ideal scenario would be to have as many products as possible in the upper righthand
corner of the perspective, but this is rarely the case. Figure 6-48 shows that
the products with the highest gross profit margins tend to have smaller gross profits,
which means they simply don??™t generate as much revenue as items with lower
margin. For example, some of the highest margin items include bike stands and
tire tubes, which do not generate anywhere near the same gross profits as a very
expensive mountain bike.
Many of the dots tend to cluster together, forming a jumbled mess. If the user
wants to see a cluttered area of the chart better, she can right-click in that area and
then choose Zoom to zoom in on it. Right-clicking after zooming in will now present
a Zoom Out option. In addition, a user can click and drag on the background to
draw a rubber band around a certain area. Then, upon releasing the mouse, a menu
will pop up with two options: Zoom and Show Only.
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