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Challenge: Analyzing Profit Changes Between 2016 and 2017 | More Advanced Visualizations
Tableau Fundamentals
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Tableau Fundamentals

Tableau Fundamentals

1. Introduction to Tableau
3. Basic Visualizations
4. More Advanced Visualizations

bookChallenge: Analyzing Profit Changes Between 2016 and 2017

Your task is to create a bullet graph to compare the Profit from 2016 and 2017 across different categories.

  1. Drag the "Sub-Category" field to the Rows Shelf.
  2. Drag the "2017s Profit" field (created in the previous chapter) to the Columns Shelf.
  3. Drag the "2016s Profit" field to the Marks area and place it under "Detail".
  4. Add a Reference Line:
    • Set the Value to "2016s Profit";
    • Set the Aggregation to "Total, Per Cell".
  5. Customize the Reference Line by adjusting the color and transparency to make it more visible.
  6. Review the chart to identify categories with negative "2017s Profit" but positive "2016s Profit".
Which categories had a negative "2017s Profit" but a positive "2016s Profit"?

Which categories had a negative "2017s Profit" but a positive "2016s Profit"?

Select the correct answer

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