I was fortunate to be involved in the Next Level Tableau (NLT) training with Andy Kriebel this week and last. It's astounding how there is always something new I pick from up from students in classes. Difference From Table Calcs I never use the Difference from option when applying table calculations to a metric in Tableau. I learned the previous week that it starts with the current point and then goes back however long you specify. I thought it always skipped the current poin

There’s something uniquely surreal about walking through the halls of Tableau Conference. It feels like a kaleidoscope of familiar faces, brilliant minds, hallway conversations, caffeine, dashboards, and absolute chaos. I joke that my name is known in the community, but I’m not exactly “#TableauFamous” like Andy Kriebel or the Flerlage Twins famous. That said, Andy and I had a chance to chat during the conference, and we may have something interesting coming soon. Stay tuned.

There are many ways of creating bar charts and they are the most commonly used chart for analysis. Check out Robert Rouse 's Bar Chart menu in Tableau public here to see the many different ways you can display bar charts! The chart I am going to show you how to create uses Tableau's Measure Names and Measure Values function. Here is an example of the chart in my Tableau Intermediate Course dashboard here . First we will create the simple bar chart version of this view by pla

You have formatted the labels on your bar chart to be at the end of the bars. However, there is an overlap for the very longest bar as shown below. How do you fix this? There is a simple way to fix this with using the Distribution Band on the Analytics pane! Simply drag Distribution Band to your worksheet. Delete 60%, 80% of Average Value and type 120% . Then select Total instead of Average in the last drop-down field. Your new settings should appear as below in this bef