How to create a bump chart in Tableau

A bump chart is a special type of line graph. It is perfect for visualizing your data in ranks and easily compare performance and trends over time.

Let us then see how to build step-by-step bump chart on Tableau. Our goal is to create a graph showing sales per region from Sample Superstore data.

Step 1. Create the bump chart

1. Connect to the data source Sample – Superstore.
2. Drag Order date on Columns.
3. Fit to Entire view.
4. Drag Sales on Rows.
5. Drag Region on Color in the Marks card.
6. Right click on Sales in Rows and select Quick table calculation > Rank.

7. Right click on Sales in Rows again and select Edit table calculation and modify the pop-up window as shown below.

8. Adjust the size from Size in the Marks card.
9. Drag Sales on Label in the Marks card.
10. Right click on the y-axis and select Edit axis > Scale > Reversed.
11. Right click on the y-axis again and selecct Show Header to hide it. Done!

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