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Bar in a Bar chart? A Lesson in Exclude LODs
Continuing from last week's blog about creating a Tree map chart inside a Bar chart; this week I will cover how to create a Bar inside a Bar chart! I'm not talking about Stacked bar charts but a series of bars in side a bigger bar! This blog is also an example of why you would use an EXCLUDE LOD calculation. This was a Workout Wednesday challenge from early in 2025. Donna Coles provides you with steps using the Subtotals function from the Tableau's Analysis menu here . Workou
Jan 183 min read
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Tree map in a Bar Chart?
Bar charts are the number one chart used for analysis. In the next couple of blogs I want to review how to make different kinds of charts inside bars! A tree map is a chart that is used for visualizing hierarchical data and part to whole relationships. You can easily embed one inside a Bar chart in Tableau! I created one here in my first ever #GamesNightViz dashboard here on Lego Video Games! #GamesNightViz is a project started by Iron Viz winner Will Sutton . Tableau Vision
Jan 122 min read
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KPI in the Title of Your Worksheet?!
What if you wanted to reduce the number of worksheets you have in a dashboard. Did you know that you can put your KPI in the title of a worksheet? I found this idea from Sebastine Amede 's Tableau Public dashboard 20 KPI Cards Using Only Table Calculations here . Printscreen of his Tableau Public dashboard He has quite a few different options for displaying this "all in one" concept. He is only displaying the metric Profit , so I wanted to see if I could replicate it, but wi
Nov 26, 20252 min read
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Do you need a list of the Tableau Calculations for your clients?
With your development, sometimes your clients want to verify if the calculations you are using are correct for their needs. Wouldn't it...
Oct 6, 20252 min read
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