You have built a view with Order Date on Columns, SUM(Sales) on Rows, and then dropped SUM(Profit) on the right side of the view, creating two separate axes. To finish the dual axis chart so the lines share the same scale, which Tableau action should you perform?
Right-click the secondary axis and select "Synchronize Axis".
Change the Marks card drop-down to "Automatic".
Choose "Dual Axis" from the Analysis menu.
Group SUM(Sales) and SUM(Profit) into a combined field.
When two measures are placed on separate axes, Tableau overlays them but keeps independent scales. To complete a dual axis chart that is readable, you generally synchronize the secondary axis with the primary. This is done by right-clicking the secondary axis and choosing "Synchronize Axis." Doing so aligns the numeric scales and keeps the measures correctly overlaid. Simply selecting Dual Axis from the Analysis menu is not valid once the view already shows two axes; grouping the fields or changing the Marks card default will not synchronize the scales.
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