How to create a heatmap in Tableau

A heatmap is a graphical representation of data using a color-coded system. It allows you to immediately visualize where data is concentrated.

Let us then see how to build step-by-step a heatmap on Tableau. Our goal is to create a heatmap showing the concentration of sales per week and region from the Sample Superstore data.

Step 1. Create a table

1. Connect to the data source Sample – Superstore.
2. Drag Order Date onto Columns. Right click on it and select Week Number Week 5, 2015.
3. Drag Region on Rows.
4. Drag Sales on Color in the Marks card.
5. Select Bar in the dropdown menu in the Marks card and fit to Entire View in the toolbar.

6. Click on Color in the Marks card, then Edit Colors and select Green-Gold in the dropdown menu. There you go!

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