Bar Charts, Stacked Bars & Side-by-Side Bars

Reading Time: 8 Mins | Level: Beginner to Advanced

1. Building Bar Charts in Tableau

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   Drag [Category] (Blue Dimension) to Columns.
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   Drag [Sales] (Green Measure) to Rows.
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   Tableau instantly renders vertical bars using VizQL.

2. Interactive Sorting Options

• One-Click Sort: Hover over an axis and click the sort icon (Sort Ascending / Sort Descending).
• Toolbar Buttons: Quick sort buttons on the top application toolbar.
• Manual Sorting: Click and drag individual headers to rearrange orders.
• Computed Sort: Right-click the dimension on the shelf $ o$ Sort $ o$ Sort by Field (e.g. Sort Subcategory by SUM(Profit) descending).