Chart Types

Visualize the 80-20 Rule by Making a Pareto Chart in Tableau Ryan demonstrates how to visualize the 80-20 rule by...

Create a More Polished Analysis with Rounded Bar Charts Ryan demonstrates why creating rounded bar charts will add professional polish,...

Adding love for bar charts by showing you how to make them more engaging in Tableau This video shows how...

Create Stacked Bar Charts Formatted For a Positive User Experience Ryan demonstrates how to make stacked bar charts in Tableau,...

Make Bars Diverge Left Even when Values are Positive You will learn how to make diverging bar / tornado /...

Cementing line graphs as a top choice for your Tableau data visualizations by making them more engaging This video shares...

Make Project Plans More Engaging with One Simple Trick Ryan shows you how to: (1) make a traditional Gantt chart...

Several ways to use a favorite user feature This video will show you how to make dual-axis combination charts –...

SUM of Profit versus Average Quantity by Category and Year In this self-guided exercise, you will rebuild a dual-axis combination...

Unlock complete flexibility for Tableau crosstabs Learn how to take Tableau text tables beyond the defaults by (1) creating tables...

Improve on the ‘gateway’ chart to data visualization Highlight tables help smooth the Excel transition by introducing the preattentive attribute...

Tips for making Tableau scatter plots more beautiful and functional How to make a scatter plot in Tableau, formatting tips...

Sales and AVG Quantity by Segment and Product Name Scatter plots are an excellent choice for illustrating correlations and creating...

Symbol Maps, Filled Maps, Dual-Axis Maps, and Map Layers Learn how to make several of the most effective types of...

Combine a symbol map with a filled map In this self-guided exercise, you will create a symbol map at the...

Display high-level trends to provide a starting point for analysis Learn how to use the generated fields, Measure Names and...

A new way for visualizing data over time This video shares how to make a timeline in Tableau and how...

Take bump charts to the next level with parameters and dual axes This tutorial shows you how to make bump...

Convert your bar charts into useful gauges Avoid the question, “So What?”, by adding valuable context to your bar charts....

An engaging way to visualize a running total By combining table calculations, Gantt marks, and editing calculations in the flow...

Reveal hidden insights in line graphs by using slope graphs Learn the benefit of slope graphs, a simple formula for...

An Engaging Option for Comparing Two Dimension Members As opposed to a dot plot alone, dumbbell charts help communicate what...

Display period over period performance with custom shapes Dumbbell or DNA charts provide an engaging and practical way to display...

Separate overlapping marks to reveal more underlying data Learn how to improve charts like box-and-whisker plots that have lots of...

Add detail to bar charts by stacking equally sized units Unit charts are stacked bar charts made up of individual,...

Learn How to Stack Marks to Create Wilkinson Dot Plots Ryan guides you through the evolution of a traditional histogram,...

‘Connect the dots’ to help your audience read scatter plots This video will show you how to make connected scatter...

An alternative solution for showing rank and performance Learn how to make ‘leapfrog’ charts, a dot plot variant that uses...

Add value to traditional dot plots with ‘ranged dot plots’ Ranged dot plots show not only the current performance and...

Month over month sales and performance ranges by sub-category In this self-guided exercise, you will make a dot plot showing...

See the Largest Period over Period Changes Impacting Your Business A biggest movers chart displays the greatest changes in rank...