Ace Tableau Secondary Axis
In Tableau Desktop you can right-click control-click on Mac the axis and then select Edit Axis.
Tableau secondary axis. We successfully created a Dual Axes Tableau chart. I had a question come in about Multi-Measure Dual Axis Charts and I thought this might make a fun blog post. This aligns the scale of the secondary axis to the scale of the primary axis.
Then grab the same measure with Control key pressed and drop it again on the row shelf. To align the two axes in a dual axes chart to use the same scale right-click control-click on Mac the secondary axis and select Synchronize Axis. This should give you a screen like this.
In web authoring you can click the arrow button on an axis and then select Edit Axis. Before I get to the Multi-Measure part lets review dual axis charting. Set the current year measure to a bar mark type and the prior year measure to.
As we get close to the opposite axis Tableau is giving me a hint of where we can drop the measure as indicated by a dashed line. You will have two instance of the same measure on the row shelf. Create a new worksheet for the prior week sales measures.
Note that this is a dual-axis chart at this point but not a dual-axis combination chart. Right Click the second measure on the row shelf and click dual axis. Then right-click on one of the axes and select Synchronize Axis.
Once we drop the field on the opposite axis Tableau generates a dual-axis chart. Ad Organize Present Data Intuitively Get Insights on the Spot. Then navigate to the Tick Marks tab.