I have been using Tableau for a very long time, and I have accumulated a number of neat techniques over the years. I lead with that because this may be the single greatest Tableau tutorial video I have ever seen. The delivery is patient, smooth, and even includes a bit of humor. The outcome is simply gorgeous and absolutely delivers the desired effect. Thank you for creating this!
@@SimplifyInsights I am having trouble doing this because in the example we copy and pasted the data. Could you give a quick explanation? Really appreciated!
Terrific tutorial. You make it seem so simple! I have used this and I have different "goals" for each thermometer. Since it is a % chart, all the totals need to get to 100%, but it's misleading if one category has a goal of 4=100%, and another category has a goal of 35=100%. When the category with only a goal of 4 meets that goal, the thermometer is completely full. It looks like they performed a lot more work than the category with a goal of 35, even though that category completed 7 things. (4/4=100%, but 7/35=20%) Is there any way to show different sized thermometers on the same chart? So maybe 100% is the total of the LARGEST thermometer, and the container for each thermometer is only a fraction of the largest? Can we still use the simple path you defined to accomplish this?
Hi there, if you can, please send me a link to your workbook on Tableau Public, or email a packaged workbook to toan.hoang@tableaumagic.com, and I will have a look over the weekend.
Nice presentation but it would be nice if more complex data sets are used. For example a thermometer is used to show temperatures an example can be made using temperature data. Thanks
I have been using Tableau for a very long time, and I have accumulated a number of neat techniques over the years. I lead with that because this may be the single greatest Tableau tutorial video I have ever seen. The delivery is patient, smooth, and even includes a bit of humor. The outcome is simply gorgeous and absolutely delivers the desired effect. Thank you for creating this!
Excellent skills, just tried with sample data. Looking forward to some more tricks.
Thanks for sharing
I will be adding more videos soon :)
Learning a lot with you :)
Thanks and Regards
Soma
Your welcome, I am glad that you are learning lots about Tableau.
Great tip thanks a lot. Can this be made to auto update (the graphic) if the data changes?
Absolutely. You can add filters as needed
@@SimplifyInsights I am having trouble doing this because in the example we copy and pasted the data. Could you give a quick explanation? Really appreciated!
@@dermotobrien7875 maybe this will help you tableaumagic.com/tableau-qt-thermometer-chart/
Terrific tutorial. You make it seem so simple! I have used this and I have different "goals" for each thermometer. Since it is a % chart, all the totals need to get to 100%, but it's misleading if one category has a goal of 4=100%, and another category has a goal of 35=100%. When the category with only a goal of 4 meets that goal, the thermometer is completely full. It looks like they performed a lot more work than the category with a goal of 35, even though that category completed 7 things. (4/4=100%, but 7/35=20%) Is there any way to show different sized thermometers on the same chart? So maybe 100% is the total of the LARGEST thermometer, and the container for each thermometer is only a fraction of the largest? Can we still use the simple path you defined to accomplish this?
Yes, it should be possible, but it would be a slightly different type of data visualization technique to achieve this.
Great viz - going to try very soon definitely
Thank you
I tried this but my value wouldn't show a line to connect the two dots? Do you need to have the window max function for that to work correctly?
Hi there, if you can, please send me a link to your workbook on Tableau Public, or email a packaged workbook to toan.hoang@tableaumagic.com, and I will have a look over the weekend.
Nice presentation but it would be nice if more complex data sets are used. For example a thermometer is used to show temperatures an example can be made using temperature data. Thanks
We are definitely looking to use more complex data sets in the new year.
Index*Max(value)
0 * 0.90 ( Max Value) = 0.90
1*0.90= 0.90
2*0.90=1.8
3*.090=2.7
How these values are related?
This is how we draw the line. The index field is based on our data densification, and the table calculation gives us the height of the thermometer.
This is definitely not easy as bar chart.
No it is not, but it is definitely fun to do