CHAPTER 9

ADVANCED STORYTELLING CHARTS

This penultimate chapter explores advanced strategies for visual data storytelling beyond the basic charts and graphs provided in Tableau’s core functionality. You will learn how to create advanced charts that require additional formatting and calculations, including timelines, Likert scale charts, lollipop charts, and more.

As discussed in Chapter 5, many fantastic data visualization options are available to create from the menu of charts presented in the Show Me card in Tableau. These require little manual formatting beyond tidying up visualizations and cover most of the common chart types used in traditional data visualization and basic visual storytelling.

This chapter goes beyond these basic options ...

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