Bar Charts Exercise 4

Now take some time to experiment with the bar chart to see what variations you can create:

1. Navigate to the Bar Chart (experimentation) sheet.

2. Try dragging the Region field from Color to the other various shelves on the Marks card, such as Size, Label, and Detail. Observe that in each case the bars remain stacked but are redrawn based on the visual encoding defined by the Region field.

3. Use the Swap button on the toolbar to swap fields on Rows and Columns. This allows you to very easily change from a horizontal bar chart to a vertical bar chart (and vice versa):

Figure 1.14: Swap Rows and Columns button

4. Drag and drop Sales from the Measures section of the Data pane on top of the Region field on the Marks card to replace it. Drag the Sales field to Color if necessary and notice how the color legend is a gradient for the continuous field.

5. Experiment further by dragging and dropping other fields onto various shelves. Note the behavior of Tableau for each action you take.

6. From the File menu, select Save.