Dec
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Creating Waffle Chart Multiples in Tableau
In a previous article, we showed how to create waffle chart from a single percentage, without extra data table and without table join. Also the labeling is automated instead of manual, comparing to other approaches.
Creating Waffle Chart from a Single Percentage in Tableau
Waffle chart is popular for visualizing a single percentage. How can we create such a chart?
Here are the steps. The example data source has a single data record.
1.Union the data source with itself.
Thus the data source has two records now.
Creating Hierarchical Bar Chart in Tableau
Usually when we create a bar chart with 2 hierarchical dimensions such as Category and Sub-Category, we will have bars at the Sub-Category level and roll-ups at the Category level. Here is a chart we can create easily.
This is simple but it doesn't show the hierarchical relationship very well.
