Customize Legend in Tableau

Tableau default legend sometimes is too big to fit in the real estate. Thus, we need to use other technique to display a legend. Other use cases include dynamic legend (metric switch or hide when no chart needed), or with extra info (e.g. use bar chart).

Here are some examples:

Name	Solution	Picture	Solution
Bar chart	Use bar chart to provide more info
Rotated	Rotation to save space
Embedded	Put label inside colored shape

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