Moving Horizontal Bar Chart Headers from Bottom to Top

Published: 17 Nov 2014
Last Modified Date: 30 Mar 2023

Question

How to move the headers and the axis for a horizontal bar chart from the bottom of the chart to the top of the chart.

Environment

Tableau Desktop

Answer

Tableau Desktop places column headers below charts by default. The following procedure steps you through an example of how to use the dual axis feature to display headers on the top of the chart instead which is also included in the attached package workbook.

In Tableau Desktop, connect to the Sample - Superstore Sales data.
Drag Order Priority to Rows.
Drag Region and Sales to Columns.
Drag a second copy of Sales to Columns.
On Columns, right-click the second copy of Sales, and then select Dual Axis.
Right-click the top axis and then select Edit Axis.
Click the Tick Marks tab, select None for both Major tick marks and Minor tick marks, and exit out of the menu.
Right-click the bottom axis and then select Edit Axis.
Under Axis Titles, remove Sales from the Title text box, and exit out of the menu.
On the Marks card click All, and then in the drop-down list, change from Automatic to the Bar mark type.

Additional Information

Changing Location of Header Labels in Views

To view these steps in action, see the video below. Please note that the Tableau Desktop video may not match the Desktop experience in your version.