1. In Tableau Desktop, connect to Superstore sample data.
2. Drag Sales to the Rows shelf.
3. Drag Order Date to the Columns shelf.
4. On the Columns shelf, right-click YEAR(Order Date), and then select Month (May).
5. Drag Order Date to the Columns shelf again.
6. On the Marks card, select Bar from the drop-down menu.
7. Drag Order Date to the Colour card.

Step 1: Create a calculated field

1. Create a calculated field:  Select Analysis > Create Calculated Field.
2. In the Calculated Field dialogue box, complete the following steps.
   1. For Name, type Market List.
   2. In the Formula box, build the following formula:

      CASE [Market]
WHEN "Central" THEN 1
WHEN "East" THEN 2
WHEN "South" THEN 3
WHEN "West" THEN 4
ELSE 4.5
END

3. Confirm that the status message indicates that the formula is valid, and then click OK.

Step 2: Build the view

1. Drag "Product Type" to the Columns.
2. Right-click "Market List" and select Convert to Dimension.
3. Right-click "Market List" and select Convert to Continuous.
4. Drag "Product type" and "Market List" to Columns.
5. Drag "Inventory" to the Rows.
6. On the Marks card, on the drop-down list of view types, select Bar.
7. Drag "Market" to Colour.

Step 3: Adjust the bar sizes: 

1. Click the Size mark card.
2. Select Fixed so that Tableau Desktop automatically adjusts the size to minimum and the maximum default data. 
3. (Optional step) Right-click the x axis and unselect "Show Header" if you do not want to display the Quarters. Or, right-click the axis and select Edit Axis... > Remove the title.

1. Drag at least 3 fields (at least one measure and one dimension) to the Rows & Columns. In this specific example, we will drag: States to Columns, Profit and Margin to Rows. 
2. Click the Side-by-side Show Me Bar Chart example. 
3. Replace Measure Values from Colours with a Dimension to Colour. In this example, Product Type was used. 

Step 1: Build the view: 

1. Drag "Market" to Columns. 
2. Right-click and drag "Date" to Columns.
   • In the pop-up window, select QUARTER(Date) as a continuous measure.
3. Drag "Inventory" to Rows. 
4. Filter the view to the year 2005. 
5. Add "Product Type" to Colour.
6. Change the chart to Bar Chart. 

Step 2: Adjust the bar sizes: 

1. Click the Size mark card.
2. Select Fixed so that Tableau Desktop automatically adjusts the size to minimum and the maximum default data. 
3. (Optional step) Right-click the x axis and unselect "Show Header" if you do not want to display the Quarters. Or, right-click the axis and select Edit Axis... > Remove the title.

Step 1: Build the view: 

1. Drag Month(Order Date) to Columns. 
2. Drag Sum(Discount) to Rows. 
3. Drag Sum(Sales) to Rows.
4. Right-click Sum(Sales) and select Dual Axis.
5. Drag Measure Names to Columns.
6. Under Marks > All select Bar.

Step 2: Add colours 

1. Select Marks > Sum(Discount). 
2. Place Region on Colour.
3. Select Marks > (Sum(Sales).
4. Place Product Sub-Category on colour.

• Side-by-Side Bar Chart combined with Line Chart
• Multiple Instances of Measure Names/Values Variable