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# How to Embed Bar Charts in a Tableau Table
- URL: https://www.vizney.com/add-bar-in-tableau-grid-chart/
- Published: 2024-08-19T03:00:59.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-25T08:39:10.000Z
- Description: Here’s a way to enhance the effectiveness of grid charts that typically display data in text form by adding bar charts directly into the table.
- Author: Yehwan Hwang
- Tags: Tips & Tricks

### Step-by-Step: Embedding Bar Charts

1. Connect Placeholder data to your data source by following the provided guide.

[How to Add a Placeholder to Your Tableau Data SourceThis method explains how to connect Placeholder data, giving you more flexibility—similar to Excel—and enabling a broader range of visualizations.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6a/50/6a50f03c-1922-4e90-bf18-c5abd0f819d4/content/images/icon/vizney_icon_b_1.0-1.png)VizneyColson Hwang![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6a/50/6a50f03c-1922-4e90-bf18-c5abd0f819d4/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1658203897339-0b8c64a42fba-1)](https://www.vizney.com/add-placeholder-to-tableau-data-source/)

1. Create calculated fields to serve as headers.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6a/50/6a50f03c-1922-4e90-bf18-c5abd0f819d4/content/images/2024/09/Value-Names.png)

1. For each header, generate the corresponding values through calculated fields.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6a/50/6a50f03c-1922-4e90-bf18-c5abd0f819d4/content/images/2024/09/Value-1.png)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6a/50/6a50f03c-1922-4e90-bf18-c5abd0f819d4/content/images/2024/09/Value----.png)

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Since each measure can only have one format, if different formats are needed, create separate calculated fields for each format.

1. Create a calculated field for the sections that will be represented as bars.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6a/50/6a50f03c-1922-4e90-bf18-c5abd0f819d4/content/images/2024/09/Value--Bar-.png)

1. Arrange the calculated fields like this:
  1. **Marks**: Bar
  2. **Label**: Value, Value (%)
  3. **Size**: Value (Bar)

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If you use the value directly for size, the axis will scale uniformly. To display varying sizes proportionally, adjust the configuration using table calculations for consistent scaling.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6a/50/6a50f03c-1922-4e90-bf18-c5abd0f819d4/content/images/2024/09/Sheet.png)