Note: If you drag a measure on to the canvas and only see a single ruler indicator instead of the double ruler indicator shown below, Tableau creates dual axes instead of a blended axis. For example, the view below shows quarterly sales and profit The view, when you blend measures there is a single row or columnĪnd all of the values for each measure is shown along one continuousĪxis. To blend multiple measures, drag one measure or axis and Measures can share a single axis so that all the marks For details on how to edit axes, see Edit Axes.īlend axes for multiple measures into a single axis Because it is discrete, it creates headers rather than an axis. The Order Date field on the Columns shelf is a discrete date dimension. The Sales and Profit axes are individual rows in the table and have The example below shows quarterly sales and profit. The Columns shelf adds an additional axis to the columns of the To add individual axes for each measure, drag measuresĪdding a continuous field on the Rows shelfĪdds an additional axis to the rows of the table. Note: For details on how to edit axes, see Edit Axes.

Views that have customized marks are called combination or combo The marks for each axis to use multiple mark types and add different I did add in a viz in tooltip to give a bit more context to the data, so you could see which countries were sampled each year, and where their price was relative to each other.There are several different ways to compare multiple measuresĪdd dual axes where there are two independent

The overall design was inspired by András Szesztai‘s viz on NBA Team Spending, it’s well worth checking out! Very clean x-axis – no axis ruler, borders, or decimal places. The vertical gridlines are a few pixels thick.

The Economist red rectangle starts in the top left and stops in line with the bottom of the title.Ī borders on the left and right of the chart approximately twice the width of the red rectangle. The legend is placed directly above the chart and objects are indicated with colour and shape. The word “index” in the title has a lower case i. Though I did change the bright blue in the arrows to make it stand out a bit more on the darker bars. Using the colour picker in Tableau I matched the exact colour values in all parts of the viz, the background is where this is most obvious.

Getting rid of axis on tableau on mac