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Learning Tableau 2019 - Third Edition
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Learning Tableau 2019 - Third Edition

by Joshua N. Milligan
March 2019
Beginner
504 pages
11h 17m
English
Packt Publishing
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Slope Charts

A Slope Chart shows a change of values from one period or status to another. For example, here is a Slope Chart demonstrating the change in sales rank for each state in the South region from 2016 to 2017:

Here are some features and techniques used to create the preceding Slope Chart:

  • The table calculation Rank(Sum(Sales)) is computed by (addressed by) State, meaning that each state is ranked within the partition of a single Year.
  • Grid Lines and Zero Lines for Rows have been set to None.
  • The axis has been reversed (right-click the axis and select Edit, then check the option to reverse). This allows rank #1 to appear at the top ...
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