Tableau Tutorial — How to create a Progress Bar Chart

The dataset being used below is the Superstore Dataset available on Tableau Community.

Steps to create a Progress Bar Chart —

• Drag Categorical Variable to Rows Shelf

• Drag Numerical Variable to Columns Shelf

• On the Numerical Variable, change the ‘Quick Table Calculation’ to ‘Percent of Total’

• Format the Numerical Variable to Percentage, Decimal Places to ‘0’

• Create a calculated field AVG(1) and include to Columns Shelf

• Go to the Numerical Variable on the Marks shelf and change Visual to ‘Circle’

• Go to the AVG(1) on the Marks shelf and change the Visual to ‘Bar’, decrease the size of the bar

• Right click the AVG(1), and change to Dual Axis

• Synchronize the Axis, Move marks to Back and Uncheck Show Header

• Change the colors of the Bar and Circle

• Drag Numerical value to Label, change Label Alignment of Circle to Top Right and Change to Percent of Total