Tableau 2019.x Cookbook

How it works...

In step 1, we put the event date on the Columns shelf and shape on the Rows shelf to create a long list of line charts. In step 2, we put the number of records on the Rows shelf. In order to highlight the final value in the Sparkline, we create a calculation for the final value in step 3, put it on the Rows shelf in step 4, and, in step 5, make it a synchronized dual axis chart. Each of the line charts should appear independent so we can see changes for each category relative to itself and not to each other. In step 6, we achieve this by editing the axis—excluding zero and making the axis independent for each row or column. In step 7 to step 10, we remove and hide all the headers, all the grid lines, and shrink the width and ...