Create a first set of visualizations
After clicking on Sheet 1
,you enter the Worksheet workplace. Here is where you create visualizations. One Worksheet answers one question.
You can also see that your data source is divided between Dimensions and Measures (please refer to Chapter 2, The Tableau Core, in the Measure and Dimension section). Let's create our first visualization.
Sales and profit by sub-categories – bar chart
The first question we'll answer is: what are the product sub-categories that generate the most sales and profits? Let's find out how to do that:
- Double-click on
Sales
in the Data Source. You should now see one bar. If you put the mouse over the bar, you should readSales: 2,297,201
. As a measure is always aggregated, here you can see the sum of all the sales. - On the Data Source, double-click on
Sub-Category
. The sub-categories now split the bar. A quick look can tell you thatChairs
andPhones
are the best-selling products:
- On the toolbar, click on the Swap icon: .This way it...