# Bar Chart in Tableau - Tableau charts

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2022-08-12
- **Format:** Video · 2 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation
- **Tools:** Tableau (dashboards, dual axis, formatting)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/bar-chart-in-tableau-tableau-charts
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnfbneCCbxA

I show you how to build a basic bar chart in Tableau in two minutes, then add some flair by layering a Gantt chart over the bars using a dual axis. It's a quick technique for making a standard bar chart look a bit nicer.

## Key takeaways

- Put a dimension on rows and a metric like quantity on columns to create a basic bar chart, and use the rotate icon to swap rows and columns
- Set the chart type explicitly to bar before switching to a dual axis, otherwise Tableau will change the chart type automatically
- Duplicate a measure and set the second copy to a Gantt chart, then combine them on a dual axis for a layered effect
- Always synchronise the axis and hide the redundant right-hand header when using a dual axis

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/bar-chart-in-tableau-tableau-charts

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