Dual axis in Tableau

Question

What is meant by dual axis in Tableau? How do I use it?

Answer 1

Dual axis in Tableau is essentially used for comparisons. Basically to compare measures in Tableau.

A measure in Tableau is a field that is independent; meaning it is self-descriptive like date, name etc.

For e.g: If you want to visualize both shipping cost and profit across time in the same graph, you can use a dual axis graph instead of going for two separate graphs.

And this is what it will look like:

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What is Tableau | Data Visualization Using Tableau | Edureka

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