M4 B.7 Practice and Prove: Treemaps

In this exercise, you're going to create a treemap in Tableau using the Sample - Superstore data set. 

Note: completing the design challenge dimension is not necessary to answer the questions, but is good practice for your projects!

Step 1: Connect Tableau to the dataset

Step 2: Create a Tableau treemap that...

...displays sales by sub-category.

• Design Challenge: add Manufacturer to your treemap so that you have a large box for each sub-category, made up of smaller boxes by manufacturer.
  
  • Hint: Thanks to hierarchies, you can do this with one click.

Step 3: Answer the questions below based on your data viz