Build a Bar Chart Race on COVID-19 Cases in Tableau version 2020.1 onwards
Build a Bar Chart Race on COVID-19 Cases in Tableau version 2020.1 onwards To build a bar chart race is to create many discrete pages of bar charts and then string them together, just like how a traditional cartoon animation is built. In Dec 2019, Tableau released 2020.1 beta version with a new Animations feature for dynamic parameters. This means that the bar chart race below is now very easy to build. Pre-requisites Download and install Tableau Public (latest version 2020.1.2 onwards). It is free of charge with full functionality. The only snag is that any work done can only be published on the Tableau Public server, and not saved locally to your Desktop. This is alright if the data is not sensitive or private. Download the latest COVID-19 data (in *.xlsx format) from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control website, and rename it using a generic filename “COVID-19-geographic-distribution-worldwide.xlsx”. You can replace this file with the updated data later, using the ...