Ugh! I'm a relative newbie (Tableau 8) and having a frustrating time creating a simple graph that would work as either bar or line. My goal is to compare the return for three stock indexes by year, so I can see whether there is a trend toward any of them out performing the others. If I construct it like the attached 3 axes screenshot, I end up with three different axes. If I use Measure Values, the three indexes fall onto the same bar (Measured Values screenshot). I've spent an embarrassingly long time trying to figure this out, and would love some help!
Thank you.
David
Tyler, Pooja and Jeff: takes a village! I wish I understood more clearly the underlying logic of Tableau, rather than having to throw stuff together to see what sticks, but with your help, I've at least made some progress (see below).
Now that I've got a pretty chart, it doesn't really solve my problem. I can't easily see whether one of the three indices outperforms the others during a period of time longer than a year.
I need to be able to add a filter that allows me either to have the sums of each of the indices be calculated over a selectable period of years, rather than year by year, as it is now, or have three colored horizontal reference lines that will show the average during a selectable period of time.
Any ideas how to do this, or another way to make the chart clearer?
Thanks.
David
