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description: Surface trends, gaps, and intensity across equal, cyclical time periods with a Tableau Next radial heatmap. Use color to reveal variations in a measure across categories while preserving the cyclical sequence. For example, visualize weekly case volume by support channel to identify seasonal peaks, quieter periods, and recurring patterns throughout the year.
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# Identify Hotspots Across Cyclical Time Periods with Radial Heatmaps

Surface trends, gaps, and intensity across equal, cyclical time periods with a Tableau Next radial heatmap. Use color to reveal variations in a measure across categories while preserving the cyclical sequence. For example, visualize weekly case volume by support channel to identify seasonal peaks, quieter periods, and recurring patterns throughout the year.

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1. From the Show Me pane in your visualization, click the ![Radial heatmap thumbnail in the Show Me pane](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-tua-264-0-0-production-enus/d794334f-d174-49d3-a4d2-a615bd2e54aa/tua/images/tua_radial_heatmap_thumbnail.png) thumbnail. The layout changes to Radial heatmap, and the pane shows the required fields and supported field encodings for the chart type.
2. From the Data pane in your visualization, drag the dimension field you want to analyze onto **Rings**. For the chart in the example, select **Support Channel**.
3. Drag the time field that represents the analysis period, such as **Start Date** onto **Slices**. For the chart in this example, set the date part to **Week**.
4. Drag a continuous measure field, such as **Sum of Case Volume** onto **Color**.
5. Save your visualization.

![Nightingale rose chart comparing monthly sales by region.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-tua-264-0-0-production-enus/d794334f-d174-49d3-a4d2-a615bd2e54aa/tua/images/tua_viz_radialheatmap.png)