Sorting isn’t limited to fields that are visible in the chart— any field in the data source can be used for sorting. Computed sorts can be applied either directly on an axis in the view or using the sort dialog box. Sorting in Tableau Manual Sorting via Icons The most basic way to ...
How to create a custom sort in Tableau using a combination of data types With enhancements added as recently as Tableau Desktop version 2020.2, the default sort options in Tableau have come a long way. That being said, the approach I’m about to share has at least three major benefits: (...
My preferred way to visualize Likert-scale data in Tableau is a little cumbersome to create and I suspect some audiences won’t find it intuitive. But it’s worth taking the effort to build, and it’s worth taking the time to show your audience how this will benefit them. My Likert-Sca...
Change sort order across multiple sheets at once with buttons In this video, you will learn how to hack Tableau to allow your users to sort multiple sheets at the same time. You will also see how to provide this ability by just clicking buttons on a dashboard!
Always sort the categories (slices) according to their importance in a clockwise order. Now, let’s move on to the hands-on part! Steps to Create a Donut Chart in Tableau Tableau does not have a donut chart from which to choose directly. Instead, we need to do a little trick to creat...
Vanity metrics are measurable things with little or no impact. Learn more about why they're used, how to identify them, and different examples.
For example, the image below shows a pie chart with the labels positioned where Tableau put them. The left image shows the data split into 4 ship modes. The right image has been filtered to exclude the Standard Class option. The labels are all positioned in a sensible location. ...
Marimekko charts in Tableau do require some effort. We need to think about what values each mark needs to be plotted in the right place with the right size and color. With that in mind, let’s start out looking at the data. The data for the six departments is taken from the RUCB Ad...
The datasource is a custom SQL. Tableau automatically grouped by first column "DOor ID". Now I want to sort the whole table by second column "Date". However the sorting only affects within the groups "Door ID". Only if I move "date" to first column, it would sort gl...
Tableau is the most popular interactive data visualization tool, nowadays. It provides a wide variety of charts to explore your data easily and effectively. This series of guides - Tableau Playbook - will introduce all kinds of common charts in Tableau. And this guide will focus on the Lollipop...