Area charts in Tableau - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create an area chart by dragging the correct mark type.

Tableau

SET mark_type = '[1]'

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

ACircle

BBar

CLine

DArea

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Choosing 'Line' instead of 'Area' results in a line chart, not an area chart.

Selecting 'Bar' or 'Circle' creates different chart types.

The Area mark type fills the area under the line, creating an area chart.

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medium

Complete the code to set the X-axis to the 'Date' field for the area chart.

Tableau

SET x_axis = '[1]'

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

ADate

BSales

CCategory

DProfit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'Sales' or 'Profit' on the X-axis instead of 'Date' can confuse the timeline.

Choosing 'Category' places categorical data on the X-axis, not time.

The X-axis in an area chart often represents time, so we use the Date field.

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hard

Fix the error in the calculation to sum sales for the area chart.

Tableau

SUM([1])

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AProfit

BCategory

CSales

DDate

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'Profit' instead of 'Sales' changes the measure shown.

Using 'Date' or 'Category' inside SUM causes errors.

To show total sales in the area chart, we sum the Sales field.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a stacked area chart by setting the mark type and color field.

Tableau

SET mark_type = '[1]'
SET color = '[2]'

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AArea

BLine

CCategory

DSales

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'Line' mark type does not create an area chart.

Coloring by 'Sales' instead of 'Category' does not stack by category.

Use Area for the mark type and color by Category to stack areas by category.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a dual-axis area chart by setting the first measure, second measure, and mark type.

Tableau

SET first_measure = '[1]'
SET second_measure = '[2]'
SET mark_type = '[3]'

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

ASales

BProfit

CArea

DDate

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'Date' as a measure causes errors.

Choosing 'Line' instead of 'Area' changes the chart type.

Use Sales and Profit as measures and Area as the mark type for a dual-axis area chart.