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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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Line charts

Line charts connect related marks in a visualization to show movement or relationship between those connected marks. The position of the marks and the lines that connect them are the primary means of communicating the data. Additionally, you can use size and color to communicate additional information.

The most common kind of line chart is a Time Series. A time series shows the movement of values over time. Creating one in Tableau requires only a date and a measure.

Continue your analysis of Superstore sales using the Chapter 01 Starter workbook you just saved:

  1. Navigate to the Sales over time sheet.
  2. Drag the Sales field from Measures to Rows. This gives you a single, vertical bar representing the sum of all sales in the data ...
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