Week 36: Can you build a custom axis with a tracking reference line?

After four amazing challenges from the Tableau Community, we are back in the drivers seat to provide you with this week’s challenge! For your challenge this week, we are focused on interactivity over anything else; This week is simply about getting to know the tool and being creative with your data solutions. So can you build a simple line chart, with a custom axis and tracking reference lines?

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Data

Superstore data provided in Tableau 2019.2

Requirements

• Dashboard size 1000×800
• Filter to the “last 3 years”
• Build a custom axis that acts as a control mechanism for the reference lines
  • If a month is a start of a quarter, display the month, display a dot if not
  • Make sure the last month in the line is displayed, even though it isn’t a start of a quarter
• Build a reference line that show the highest month in sales
• Build a reference line that updates as you hover over each month in the custom axis
• Build a reference line that updates to show the sales for the highlighted month
• Match formatting and tooltips

Solution Video

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