Types of Charts in Tableau
Types of Charts in Tableau
Tableau is a data visualization tool that allows drawing different charts and graphs using Show me with just simple drag and drop of features.
Heat Map, Highlighted Table, Symbol Map, Filled Map, Pie Chart, Horizontal Bar Chart, Stacked Bar Chart, Side-by-Side Bar Chart, Tree Map, Circle View, Side-by-side Circle View, Line Chart (Continuous),Line Chart Discrete, Dual Line Chart, Area Chart (Continuous), Area Chart (Discrete), Dual Combination, Scatter Plot, Histogram, Box and Whisker Plot, Gantt Chart, Bullet Graph, Packed Bubble that are available depending on the number of dimensions, measure, bins, etc.
Bar Chart
Represent data in rectangular bar
Used to compare data across categories, highlight trends, differences, and outliers
More effective when data can be split into multiple categories
Line Chart
Line chart connects individual numeric data points
Use to compare data over different periods
A straightforward way to visualize change in one value relative to another
Minimum Requirement: 1 Date, 0 or more dimensions, one or more measures
Pie Chart
Represents Segment-wise data
Used to show relative portion/percentage of information
Powerful for adding detail to other visualization
Distinct colors are used to describe different portions of features
Map
Use to show geocoded data like postal code, state, country
Highlights geographical trends in the most accessible and efficient way
Scatter Plot
Used to visualize the relationship between two measures
Scatter Plot investigates the relationship between different variables
The plot is created when both row and column shelf have at least one measure
Gantt Plot
Used for comparison of data between categories
Use for displaying a project schedule
It has time-series data that is available in a natural and easy to understand format
Bubble Chart
Use to visualize measure and dimension in bubble form
It shows the concentration of data along the axes
Having different sizes and colors, it becomes easy to analyze
Histogram Chart
A histogram displays the shape of the distribution
Represents how data is distributed across different groups
Used to understand the distribution of the data
Bullet Chart
It is an indicator to show the performance of the measure
Compares a primary measure to one or more other measure and present it to define a performance matrix
Use to evaluate the performance of a matrix against a goal
Heat Map
The best way to compare data across different categories is by using colors
It shows the relationship between two features
Created using one or more dimensions and a measure
Highlighted Table
It can be considered as an extension of the Heat map
Highlighted table provides detailed information on the heat map
It is similar to a text table, and the only difference is data is displayed using different colors
Tree Map
Rectangular chart representing data in nested rectangle
Use to show hierarchical data as a portion of a whole
It makes efficient use of space to display the entire data at once
Box-and-whisker Plot
Use to show the distribution of a set of a data
Box-and-Whisker plots are divided into two parts
Box: Consists of the median, first, and third quartile of the data
Whisker: Consists of the data with 1.5 times IQR (IQR = first quartile – third quartile)
Conclusion
In this article, we have discussed different types of charts in Tableau: Bar, Line, Pie, Map, Scatter Plot, Gantt, Bubble, Histogram, Heat, Highlighted Table, Tree Map, and Box-and-Whisker Plot.
Hope this article will help you in your data analyst journey.
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