Use a Tableau Next radial line chart to visualize a measure over a repeating sequence
and identify cyclical or seasonal patterns. Compare multiple groups across the same cycle to see
where trends align or differ. Because the beginning and end of the sequence appear next to each
other, you can see whether trends continue or change across the cycle boundary.
Required Editions
| User Permissions Needed |
| To create Tableau Next visualizations: |
Tableau Unmetered Platform Analyst or Tableau Next Platform Analyst permission set |
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From the Show Me pane in your visualization, click the
chart thumbnail.
The layout changes to Radial Timeline, and the pane shows the required fields and
supported field encodings for the chart type.
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From the Data pane, drag a date field to Slices. For the chart in this example, select Order Date and set the date level to Month.
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Drag the measure that you want to visualize such as Sales onto Rings.
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Optionally, to compare multiple groups across the sequence, drag a dimension, such as
Category, onto Color.
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Optionally, drag a measure onto KPI to highlight its value in the center of the chart.
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You can further customize the visualization with tooltips or other available mark properties to make the chart easier to interpret.
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Save your visualization.
