Are you displaying a map in your dashboard and you have two states that are outside of the normal view? The use case I am referring to...

How do you display this month's Sales have not surpassed last month's Sales? In a past blog post here I talk about using a Reference...

Have you ever encountered a data set where you have to compare a person's score with an average score? What kind of visualization would...

If you are a beginner user in Tableau, you may not know what the best layout is for your dashboard. If you ever visit Tableau Public's...

Are you struggling to master Tableau? You are not alone. Many self-taught users miss out on powerful features that can elevate their...

Do you have a dashboard with sensitive data? Not only can you control access with row level filtering with the help of Tableau's...

What is Tableau's Measure Names / Measure Values fields? If you are a beginner user, you may have noticed this field in your data pane....

What is a burndown chart? This type of chart is typically used in Agile project management. It helps to count down the budget so the last...

In last week's blog post I discussed using Parameters for highlighting the background and text. This week I want to talk about another...

In last week's blog Use KPI as a Filter! I reviewed several dashboards that allowed you to click on them to filter the rest of the...

If you are new to Tableau you may have seen KPI or BANs at the top of a dashboard. This is considered a best practice by Tableau's eye...

Is your client asking for something in a Tableau dashboard that doesn't make sense? Agreeing with them might seem easiest, but it's not...

The below blog is from Kate Crawford from the Information Lab. Her blog is located here ! Advanced Tables , or Fancy Tables as the...

Sometimes, Highlight Tables are confused with Heat Maps . A Heat Map is a table that uses colors across two axes. A Highlight Table ...

What are sparkline charts? Sparkline charts are small line charts that are vertically stacked together instead of combining them all on...

How do you take your data beyond a table view and why would you do so? I came across the below image online and this is a very common...

Did you know some charts are better for human perception than others? There have been several studies on graphical perception or how we...

If you are a beginner user to Tableau, you may be aware of the automatic legend that appears when you apply a Measure to a worksheet....

In past blog posts I talked about the importance of blank shapes. In this blog article I review a couple of use cases for them! Holiday...

Have you ever looked at a dashboard or workflow that you haven't touched in six months and you are like, "What was I thinking?" Perhaps...