This guide explains how to make a gantt chart visualization in Tableau, Excel, or Google Sheets. Since Excel and Google Sheets do not come with predefined gantt charts, consider using Tableau Desktop for free. Download the example Excel data to follow along. Excel Sheet Data To make a gantt...
Pace charts are an alternative bullet graph design that normalize progress to goal visualizations across KPIs, even if the KPIs have different data formats, scales, and/or seasonal trends. They are useful for providing an apples-to-apples, pace-to-goal comparison in businesses that have KPIs ...
This same technique could be used for lollipop charts, dumbbell charts or any chart that combines lines and dots on a dual axis. In addition, the size can be reversed to put the white circle on the outside to create a gap between the dots....
Learn how to create Tableau gauge charts and effectively interpret data with this guide's best practices and creative tips.
I also feel that this chart type helps declutter a grouped bar chart, making the data more engaging and easier to understand. In this post, we will reverse engineer my viz,50 Years of AFC vs. NFC Matchups, to show you two different approaches to creating diverging bar charts in Tableau....
In this guide, we have learned about one of the composite charts in Tableau - Lollipop Chart. First, we introduced the concept and characteristics of a lollipop chart. And then we learned the basic process to create a lollipop chart. In the end, we enhanced the lollipop chart with diverging...
This blog on Tableau KPI Dashboard helps you learn what is KPI and the prerequisites to build a KPI dashboard in Tableau with a step-by-step implementation.
Here is the typical arrangement of dual pie charts. The reader is forced to spend a great deal of time moving back and forth between the pie on the left, the pie on the right, and the legend in between. Despite this investment of time and effort, the huge growth of the three largest...
hat graph was created as an alternative to paired bar charts. In this article, she discusses their potential usefullness and the results of five empirical studies. The hat graphs in the article were made with R. In this blog post, I will demonstrate how to create hat graphs in Tableau. ...
Labeling pie charts in Tableau When building a pie chart in Tableau, the default behaviour when choosing toshow mark labelsis for the label to be displayed outside of the pie. Additional fields can be added to theLabelshelf if required, for example if you don’t want to display a separate...