Tableau Tutorial — How to create a Cumulative Curve Chart

Cumulative Curve Charts are a great way of showing how unequal a distribution is¹.

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

Steps to create a Cumulative Curve Chart —

• Drag a Date field to the Column shelf and select Month

• Drag two numerical fields to the rows shelf

• Change the Quick Table Calculation for both numerical fields from Sum to Running Total

• Select Dual Axis and Synchronize the axes

• Add Labels to the chart and to ‘Marks to Label’ to ‘Most Recent’

[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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