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Published inDec 2016
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Shweta Sankhe-Savale
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Shweta Sankhe-Savale

Shweta Sankhe-Savale is the Co-founder and Head of Client Engagements at Syvylyze Analytics (pronounced as "civilize"), a boutique business analytics firm specializing in visual analytics. Shweta is a Tableau Desktop Qualified Associate and a Tableau Accredited Trainer. Being one of the leading experts on Tableau in India, Shweta has translated her experience and expertise into successfully rendering analytics and data visualization services for numerous clients across a wide range of industry verticals. She has taken up numerous training as well as consulting assignments for customers across various sectors like BFSI, FMCG, Retail, E-commerce, Consulting & Professional Services, Manufacturing, Healthcare & Pharma, ITeS etc. She even had the privilege of working with some of the renowned Government and UN agencies as well. Combining her ability to breakdown complex concepts, with her expertise on Tableau's visual analytics platforms, Shweta has successfully trained over a 1300+ participants from 85+ companies.
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Creating a Line chart


Another frequently used chart type is the Line chart, which is primarily used to show trends over a period of time. This chart type helps us focus on the peaks and dips in the values over a period of time.

The line chart in Tableau uses the Line mark type.

Getting ready

To understand this chart type better, let's create a Line chart to show profit for all the months over the last 4 years.

How to do it…

  1. Let us create a new sheet and rename it to Line chart.

  2. Next, we will drag Order Date from the Dimensions pane and drop into the Columns shelf.

  3. Drag Profit from the Measures pane and drop it into the Rows shelf. Refer to the following image:

  4. Next, we will click on the dropdown for the Blue pill in the Rows shelf, which says Year(Order Date), and select the Month option from the second list—not the first list, which is identical—showing Year, Quarter, Month, and so on. Refer to the following image:

  5. Once we do this, we will get the view as shown in the following image:

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Shweta Sankhe-Savale

Shweta Sankhe-Savale is the Co-founder and Head of Client Engagements at Syvylyze Analytics (pronounced as "civilize"), a boutique business analytics firm specializing in visual analytics. Shweta is a Tableau Desktop Qualified Associate and a Tableau Accredited Trainer. Being one of the leading experts on Tableau in India, Shweta has translated her experience and expertise into successfully rendering analytics and data visualization services for numerous clients across a wide range of industry verticals. She has taken up numerous training as well as consulting assignments for customers across various sectors like BFSI, FMCG, Retail, E-commerce, Consulting & Professional Services, Manufacturing, Healthcare & Pharma, ITeS etc. She even had the privilege of working with some of the renowned Government and UN agencies as well. Combining her ability to breakdown complex concepts, with her expertise on Tableau's visual analytics platforms, Shweta has successfully trained over a 1300+ participants from 85+ companies.
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