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Use the right chart for visualization

Use the right chart for visualization

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Use the right chart for visualization

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- [Instructor] Tableau has a lot of visualization chart options. So far we've made a bar chart and a couple of data tables. Let's explore what else we can build with the data we have. Start by creating a new worksheet in our workbook by hitting the leftmost plus button at the bottom. You'll notice there's a Show Me button at the top right that shows us all the chart options that are available. Let's hit that. A lot of them are grayed out right now because we don't have any data brought into this sheet. If you hover over one, you can see the requirements they recommend you have in the visual to create the chart. Let's start with one of my favorites, highlight table. Let's switch to our sales_cleaned_query data source by selecting it in the data pane at the top left. Now bring Order Type to Row, Order Date to Columns, and Order Total to the Text label. Now select the Show Me option at the top right and select highlight table. Now you'll see the three options we have in the Order Type…

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