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Published inDec 2016
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ISBN-139781784395513
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Shweta Sankhe-Savale
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 Side by Side Bar chart


A Side by Side Bar chart is an extension of the Blended axes chart. It helps us compare values side by side. Let us follow the steps in the following recipe to quickly create a Side by Side Bar chart

Getting ready

Since this is an extension of the Blended axes, we will first duplicate the Blended axes sheet and then modify it. Let us follow the following steps and create a Side by Side Bar chart.

How to do it…

  1. Firstly, we will duplicate the Blended axes sheet and rename it to Side by Side Bar chart.

  2. Next, we will drag Measure Names from the Dimensions pane and drop it into the Columns shelf, just after the MY(Order Date) field. Refer to the following screenshot:

  3. This is a Side by Side Bar chart. However, you'll notice a horizontal scroll bar below the view. This is because; there are a lot of values that are placed horizontally. To remove the scroll, click on the dropdown in the toolbar which currently says Standard, and change it to Entire View. Refer to the...

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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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