6 hours ago3 minData Blending - Is it Good or Bad?Suppose you have two data sources that you can't pull in with a join or a union. How do you bring in these two data sources? Tableau has...
May 94 minTableau's Order of Operations or Everyone's Data Can Dance Many TimesDo you have a dashboard that has filters on it, but they don't seem to work? Tableau has an order that it applies certain actions. You...
May 42 minHow to Union Your Data in TableauDo you receive a new file from a client every month? Do you want to automatically incorporate this data into Tableau? Did you know you...
Apr 133 minAll About Those TooltipsAre you a beginner user and you want to put some pizzaz in your Tooltip? Do you want to make it more exciting than just the plain ol'...
Apr 43 minHow Do I Get Started With Tableau?During a Tableau User Group meeting last week, a couple of users asked me how to get started at becoming a great Tableau Developer. ...
Mar 233 minReference Lines And Other Helpful Month Over Month VisualsDo you want a quick way to visually see month over month comparisons? In my tableau public dashboard here, I created a couple of visuals...
Mar 112 minForecasting in TableauIf you are a beginner user, you may have seen a chart like the one below. Predictive analytics seem to be all the rage in the data...
Mar 22 minLaws of UXDid you know there are many "laws" that designers should consider before they design a dashboard? In this link here, they review these...
Feb 241 minTableau and APIHave you heard of the buzz word API? Wikipedia defines API as "An application programming interface is a connection between computers...
Feb 143 minNow You See It, Now You Don't ButtonHave you ever wanted to create a dynamic button? It will appear only when a certain option in a drop-down (or Parameter) is selected? ...
Feb 11 minHow to Download Multiple Sheets to a PDF or PowerPointIn one of my previous blog posts here, I went over how you could add a Download button to your dashboard using the Object Extension. ...
Jan 242 minDots or Stars? - Simple Table TipsHere is a fun way to accentuate if your team made their sales goals in a simple table in Tableau. In my blog two weeks ago, I mentioned a...
Jan 142 minSo Your Client Wants a Table in Your DashboardSometimes a client wants to see a table in Tableau. After you stress that Tableau is not meant to be an excel spreadsheet with multiple...
Jan 42 minProportional BrushingHave you ever wondered how to compare a proportion of your data visually against a total? There are a couple of different ways to do so....
Dec 16, 20211 minDownload Your Dashboard as a PDF From a Button!Did you know you can add a button to your dashboard to download the view directly to a PDF or PowerPoint document? You can also do this...
Dec 6, 20213 minCreate a Sankey Diagram on a MapIf you saw the 2020 Iron Viz, one of the winners, Christian Felix, created a stunning visualization with lines across a map (listed here)....
Nov 18, 20214 minHow to Create a Diverging Stacked Bar ChartDo you have survey data? Do you want an interesting way to show the negative versus positive responses? Use a Diverging Stacked Bar...
Nov 10, 20213 minDifferent Metrics, Different Rows, Different Colors using MIN(1)Do you have KPI numbers that you want to have a different color scheme for each row? There are several ways to enter KPI (Key...
Nov 2, 20212 minNavigation ObjectsDid you know that you can insert an object into your dashboard that will allow the user to navigate to different dashboards? Let's say...
Oct 26, 20212 minHow to Show/Hide a Chart with a ButtonHave you heard of the floating container functionality in Tableau? Did you know you can put a chart (or charts) into these floating...