Tableau Tutorial — How to create a Barcode Chart

Barcode charts are good for displaying all the data in a table and they work best when highlighting individual values¹.

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

Steps to create a Barcode Plot —

• Add numerical variable to Columns Shelf

• Add categorical variable to Rows Shelf

• Change the Marks to Gantt Chart

• Add additional categorical variable to the Marks shelf as additional detail

[1]: Financial Times. (March 7, 2021). Charts that work: FT visual vocabulary guide https://www.ft.com/content/c7bb24c9-964d-479f-ba24-03a2b2df6e85

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