TABLEAU how-to :: Moving Axis Label from bottom to top
Tableau is business intelligence software that helps people see and understand their data. Everyone who is analyzing data knows it; it is a de-facto industry standard. However, sometimes it is not very obvious how to do something quite simple in it. For example, sometimes you want to customize labels for axis or headers, move it up or down or even hide titles in Tableau. Let’s see how to go about it!
When creating new worksheet in Tableau, fields are placed on the rows and columns.
If the field is discrete, a header for the field is created. If the field is continuous, an axis is created.
In this article, moving of axis title will be tackled, and you best ally is Dual axis.
This example is using a simple data set of daily volume for messages that were sent to users. I have the following KPI’s on dashboard:
- Number of messages sent in last 24 hour (#Sent)
2. Weekly movement — number of messages sent in last 24 hour compare with same time period week before (% Weekly Movement Sent)
Steps to follow:
- Add two other container measures, % Weekly movement container next to the first % Weekly movement container, and another # Sent Container next to the first # Sent Container.
2. I will format them the same way that I formatted the first two containers.
3. Click on the second measure and check Dual axis.
Now I have titles on the top and bottom of the chart.
4. Click on measure title and go to edit axis.
On a Tick Marks tab put ticks to none.
Change the title on the General tab. Set an empty title for bottom measures and a real title for top measures.
Do this for every measure.
Final result looks like the picture below. Process is repeated for %Weekly Movement Open rate and % Open rate columns.
Now it is done and you have your title on top!
