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Tableau 10 Business Intelligence Cookbook

You're reading from  Tableau 10 Business Intelligence Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in Nov 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786465634
Pages 476 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Donabel Santos Donabel Santos
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Paul Banoub Paul Banoub
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Tableau 10 Business Intelligence Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgements
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Basic Charts 2. Advanced Charts 3. Interactivity 4. Dashboards and Story Points 5. Maps and Geospatial Visualization 6. Analytics 7. Data Preparation Calculated Fields Primer Resources Index

Creating a bar in bar chart


A bar in bar chart stacks one bar chart on top of the other. Typically the two bars will have different colors and widths. Bar in bar charts can be effective in showing progress to a goal, or any two measures from the same starting point. In this recipe, we will compare the field goals made and attempted by the Phoenix Suns players in 2009 using a bar in bar chart.

Getting ready

To follow this recipe, open B05527_02 – STARTER.twbx. Use the worksheet called Bar in Bar, and connect to the Player Stats (NBA Players Regular Season 2009) data source.

How to do it...

The following are the steps to create a bar in bar chart:

  1. From Dimensions, drag Team Name to the Filters shelf.

  2. Under the General tab, check Suns.

  3. From Dimensions, drag Year to the Filters shelf.

  4. Under the General tab, choose 2009.

  5. From Dimensions, drag League to the Filters shelf.

  6. Under the General tab, check N for NBA.

  7. If it doesn't exist yet, create a calculated field called Player Name, and provide the following...

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