Introduction
This chapter will cover chart creation in Tableau Desktop. The first section will include the different types of charts available and how to create them. How to conduct spatial analysis with geographic charts will then be covered, followed by the advanced analytical capabilities available in Tableau when building a chart.
The primary function of Tableau is to help analyze data and, to do this, charts can be built to visualize the data. Decisions can be made with the insights provided. In this chapter, the aim is to go through the main types of charts that can be built in Tableau, give a step-by-step guide on how to build them, take a look at the minimum requirements for a chart, and provide tips to help make the charts stand out.
These are the topics that will be covered in the chapter:
- How to build the following charts:
- Area chart
- Bar chart
- Box plot
- Bullet graph
- Heatmap
- Gantt chart
- Highlight table
- Histogram table
- Line chart
- Packed bubble chart
- Pie chart
- Scatter plot...
