Bump Chart

A new way to visualize rank progression over time

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About

About Bump Chart

Enhance your data storytelling with the Bump Chart Extension for Tableau, designed to help users visualize changes in rankings over time among different categories. This extension is ideal for illustrating competitive dynamics such as market positions, sales rankings, or sports standings clearly and engagingly.

Bump charts are essential for showing how rankings evolve over time, making it easy for viewers to follow the rise and fall of various entities within a dataset. They are especially useful for spotting trends, identifying winners and losers, and visualizing shifts in rankings in a lively and compelling way.

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Key features

Everything you need

Select top 'X' positions to display, focusing on priority rankings
Option to toggle between stream or linear chart styles
Flexible label and axis customization for enhanced clarity

Best used for

When Bump Chart shines

Emphasizing relative positioning rather than absolute values
Tracking competitive rankings in time-series data
Visualizing shifts in popularity, performance, or standings

Setup

Setup in Tableau

Two short phases: add the Viz Extension to your workbook once, then drop the relevant fields on the new Marks Card.

Phase 1

Add the extension to Tableau

Open the Marks card and choose Add Extension On any Tableau worksheet (Desktop, Cloud or Server), open the Marks card dropdown and select "Add Extension". A new dialog will list available Viz Extensions.
Pick the Exchange listing or upload the .trex file Either choose "Access Extensions on the Exchange" for the free hosted build, or click "Access local extensions" and upload the .trex file you received with your LaDataViz license.
Review and accept the data-access prompt Tableau will ask you to allow the extension to read the worksheet's aggregated data. Accept it — a new Viz Extension Marks Card will appear next to Color, Size, Tooltip, etc.

Tableau's official Viz Extensions guide

Phase 2

Configure Bump Chart

Drag a Dimension on Detail and X Axis, and a Number on Ranking.
Click Format Extension to configure the visualization.

Security & Privacy

Enterprise-grade by design

Every LaDataViz Viz Extension is built so your data never leaves Tableau. Here's exactly how we keep it that way.

No data is ever stored As a recognized Tableau Partner, your data is never stored anywhere — not even temporarily. Everything runs in your browser.

Only aggregated data The extension cannot access your data source’s raw fields. It only reads the aggregated marks the Worksheet already displays.

Cloud or on-premise Use the hosted cloud version, or deploy a packaged build inside your own environment with no internet connection required.

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