Pie charts in Tableau - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a pie chart by dragging the correct mark type.

Tableau

Drag the [1] mark type to create a pie chart in Tableau.

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

ABar

BScatter

CLine

DPie

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Choosing Bar or Line mark types instead of Pie.

The Pie mark type is used to create pie charts in Tableau.

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medium

Complete the code to add the dimension that defines pie slices.

Tableau

Drag the [1] field to the Color shelf to define pie slices.

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

ADimension

BMeasure

CCalculated Field

DParameter

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a measure instead of a dimension for slices.

Dimensions are used to segment data, so dragging a dimension to Color creates pie slices.

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hard

Fix the error in the calculation to show percentage labels on pie slices.

Tableau

Create a calculated field: SUM([Sales]) / [1]

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

AAVG([Sales])

BSUM([Profit])

CTOTAL(SUM([Sales]))

DCOUNT([Sales])

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using SUM([Profit]) or AVG([Sales]) instead of total sales.

Using TOTAL(SUM([Sales])) calculates the total sales for the whole pie, allowing percentage calculation.

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hard

Fill both blanks to complete the steps to add labels showing percentage and category.

Tableau

Drag [1] to Label shelf and set label to show [2].

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

ACalculated Field

BDimension

CPercentage

DMeasure

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Dragging dimension instead of calculated field to Label.

Drag the calculated field showing percentage to Label, and set label to show percentage values.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a pie chart showing sales by category with percentage labels.

Tableau

1. Drag [1] to Color shelf. 2. Drag [2] to Angle shelf. 3. Create a calculated field [3] = SUM([Sales]) / TOTAL(SUM([Sales])) for labels.

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

ACategory

BSales

CSales Percentage

DProfit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using Profit instead of Sales for angle or labels.

Category defines slices (Color), Sales defines slice size (Angle), and Sales Percentage is the calculated field for labels.