Tableau(Sparklines in tableau)
Tableau Sparklines
Tableau sparklines are very small line charts, usually drawn without axes or coordinates. It presents the general variation in values trended over time, in a simple and highly condensed way. Tableau sparklines are small enough to be embedded in text.
Creating Sparklines in Tableau:
- To create Tableau Sparklines, Drag Order Date to Columns. Set it to be Exact Date from the drop down arrow.
- Place Product Category on the Rows shelf.
- Place Order Quantity after Product Category on Rows.
- Hold down the ctrl key, click on Order Date from Columns, and drag a second instance over to the Filter shelf.

- Click the drop down arrow and set it to be a range of dates. Set the range to be 10/1/2011 through 12/31/2011. Click Ok.

- Use the Size shelf on the Marks card to thin your line down.
- Remove the axes by right clicking and unchecking “Show Header.”
- Right click on the chart itself and click Format. Then click the borders icon above the Rows tab in date pane at the left.
- Remove the column dividers by setting them to none.
- Hold down the Ctrl key, click Order Quantity on Rows and drag a second instance of that to the right on Rows.
- Click the Label shelf on the Marks card and select the Line Ends option, and checking the “Show Mark Labels” option at the top.
- Title the chart “Last 90 Day Volume.”
- To get the circles to appear, click the Color icon on the Marks card, and select the middle icon.

- You can also change the color of the line if you wish.
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