How to create a radial tab polygon chart in Tableau. A presentation for VizConnect. Supplemental workbook can be downloaded here (https://public.tableau.com/views/HowtoCreateaRadialTabPolygonChart-VizConnectPresentation/VitruvianMan?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link) to follow along.
For the Love of Polygons: Creating a Radial Tab Polygon Chart
1. CREATING A RADIAL TAB
POLYGON CHART
BY LINDSAY BETZENDAHL
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#VizConnect Season 2 Episode 7
FOR THE LOVE
OF
POLYGONS
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THE DATA
PROSTATE
CANCERIncidence and
mortality rates by
state for multiple
years
THE IDEA
VITRUVIAN MAN
A drawing by
Leonardo DaVinci
representing the ideal
human body
proportions
THE VIZ
JUXTAPOSITION
Combining info
about surgery side-
effects, rates, and
shame with the
perfection of art
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DUPLICATING 4x
In order to calculate
all four points of each
polygon
DENSIFICATION
RADIALS
Using trig to calculate
the points along
radials from a center
point
TRIGANOMETRY
X and Y
Plotting the
coordinates and
setting the dimension
detail
COORDINATES
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Duplicate your
dataBring in your sheet 4 times into
the data source pane. Tableau
will create a field called ”Table
Name”.
Path Order
FieldUsing Table Name, we will
create a calc to identify each of
the four points – one data set
per point.
Parameter
FieldsUsing polygons means we can
have a lot of flexibility over our
viz. Create 3 parameters to
allow for adjustments.
Building the
VizX to rows, Y to columns,
dimension to detail, mark to
polygon, table name on path,
change X/Y compute using the
dimension.
Customizin
gAdjust the inner and outer
radius and the spacing
between the “tabs” by using the
3 parameters.
Coordinate
CalcsSeven calcs are needed here to
build the radial points: index,
angle, degrees, radians, radius,
X and Y.