Tableau - Side by Side bar Charts

tableaucommunity@tableau.com — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:26:46 GMT

Hello Experts,

I've been using Tableau to look at Insurance Product data. Great product, but I'm having trouble finding out how to create side by side bar charts. Tableau uses stacked bar, which to our organization, is good in only limited cases. Here is a scenario. Compare a product type with current year and prior year, side by side for each period (weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly). I managed to show a variance bar chart, but senior management is used to looking at it side by side.

Then to push the envelope a little, show a line chart on the same graph showing if they hit plan. You end up having three series. Its easy to read, and it is what they have used for decades.

Thanks in advance.

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