2025 Week 23 | Sigma: Can You Compare Two NHL Teams?

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Introduction

It’s Stanley Cup Playoff day, and I must EDMit I have a preference for who I’d like to win. This week, I’m revisiting an old challenge I made and improving it by using Sigma’s new “Transpose” functionality. This little gem slipped in without me noticing and has been a beautiful addition to my Sigma toolkit.

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Requirements

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  1. Add a new table element in your source tab
    • Tables and Datasets > Workspaces > Workout Wednesday > 2025W23 – Can you compare two NHL teams? > Stanley Cup Playoff Teams > Teams
  2. Transpose the Teams table (Column to Row), so you have three columns: Team, Stat, Value
    • Group this table by stat
    • Add a ‘Max Value’ calculation to that group
    • Because we want Edmonton to win, create a ‘Value Flipped’ column
      • If([team] = “FLA”, [Value] * -1, [Value])
    • Create a ‘Winner’ column, which will help us color the bars later
      • If(In([Stat], “GAA”, “PIM”, “PPGA”, “SA/G”, “SHGA”), [Value] != [Max Value], [Value] = [Max Value])
  3. Create your horizontal bar chart
    • Create a bar chart, set the source as the Transposed table from step 2
    • Flip the bar to horizontal
    • Add “Stat” to the Y-Axis
    • Add “Value Flipped” to the X-Axis
    • Add “Winner” to the Color
      • Customize the colors so that ‘False’ is grey, and ‘True’ is Green (or some other color)
    • Add “Team” to the Tooltip
    • Update formatting
      • Hide the title of your bar chart
      • Y-Axis
        • Increase font size
        • Show gridlines
      • X-Axis
        • Hide Gridlines
        • Uncheck “Show Zero Guideline”
      • Legend
        • Hide it!
      • Data Labels
        • Show Data Labels
        • Increase Font Size
        • Set color to Black
      • Gaps
        • Gap Width: Small
  4. Add Images, if you’d like!

Dataset

Tables and Datasets > Workspaces > Workout Wednesday > 2025W23 – Can you compare two NHL teams? > Stanley Cup Playoff Teams > Teams

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Solution

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