A Bubble Chart in Tableau is a visualisation that represents data using circles (bubbles) where the size and colour of each bubble indicate different measures, allowing users to compare values and relationships across multiple dimensions in a visually engaging way.
- Uses bubbles to represent data points
- Size shows magnitude of a measure
- Color adds an extra layer of comparison
- Helps identify patterns and outliers
- Useful for comparing multiple variables at once
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Implementation
Steps to illustrate Bubble Chart in Tableau:
- Open Tableau tool and connect a dataset to it.
- Drag and drop the one sheet of the connected dataset.
- Click on Sheet1 to open the Tableau worksheet.
- On clicking Sheet1, you will get the whole dataset attributes on the left side and a worksheet for work.
- To draw a bubble chart you have to select a minimum of two attributes (one in the row and one in the column) by drag and drop then select the chart option as a bubble.
Example 1
Bubble chart with Market as Columns and Profit as Rows.
Example 2
This example is also drawn similar to the above example 1 with some extra marks and which is explained in steps given below:
- Select the Region and Profit fields as column and row respectively.
- Select the chart type bubble chart
- Apply marks by labels of Discount
- Apply marks by tooltip of quantity.
Example 3
This example is also drawn similar to above example 1 with some extra marks and which is explained in steps given below:
- Select the Sub category and sales fields as column and row respectively.
- Select the chart type bubble chart.
- Apply marks by labels of Category.
