Learning Tableau 2019 - Third Edition

Filled maps

Filled maps fill areas such as countries, states, counties, or ZIP codes to show a location. The color that fills the area can be used to encode values, most often of aggregated measures but sometimes also dimensions. These maps are also called choropleth maps.

Let's say you want to understand sales for Superstore and see whether there are any patterns geographically. You might take an approach similar to the following:

1. Navigate to the Sales by State sheet.
2. Double-click the State field in the data pane. Tableau automatically creates a geographic visualization using the Latitude (generated), Longitude (generated), and State fields.
3. Drag the Sales field from the data pane and drop it on the Color shelf on the Marks card. Based ...