Harvey ball charts in Google Slides

What is a harvey balls?

Harvey balls are a qualitative comparison matrix: each cell holds a circle filled from empty to full (typically 0–4) instead of a number, so a grid of criteria against options reads at a glance. It's a consulting staple for feature or vendor comparisons — and Google Slides has no way to draw one natively; people fake it with a table of manually inserted shapes.

When to use it

• Feature or vendor comparisons: criteria down the side, options across the top.
• Any scorecard where a filled-circle rating reads faster than a number.
• Replacing a table of hand-placed circle shapes that breaks the moment a row is added.

How to make a harvey balls in Google Slides

1. No Harvey balls in native Slides
   The built-in chart tool has no rating or matrix chart — the usual workaround is a table with manually drawn or pasted circles.
2. Insert a ChartKit Harvey ball
   Pick Harvey Ball from the chart menu; each cell renders as a circle filled to its rating on a 0–4 scale.
3. Set the ratings and style it
   Type a rating per cell in the grid; fill colour and stroke apply from your palette, and the whole matrix stays editable on the slide.

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