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I'm Drawing a Blank...
Did you know that you can use blank objects and blank shapes in a Tableau dashboard? Both can be helpful for different use cases. I will...
Oct 28, 20242 min read
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Workout Wednesday Challenges You should Try
If you are new to Tableau, you may not have heard of Workout Wednesday Challenges. What are they? They are weekly challenges to expand...
Oct 9, 20242 min read
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Resumes in Tableau?!
Not only can you create dashboards to showcase your skills as a Tableau developer in Tableau Public , but you can create an interactive...
Sep 19, 20241 min read
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Which Image AI Generators Should You Use?
There are a lot of AI Image generators out there that you can use to create images. Why would you use these? Well most images have a...
Sep 10, 20242 min read
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Visual Filters - Sheet Swap with an Image!
Do you have a client that wants to see data in different chart types in an already visually busy dashboard? If you use the Sheet Swapping...
Sep 3, 20242 min read
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How to Create a Date Granularity Filter
Do you have a client that wants to change the axis of the graphs in your dashboard to flip from Days, Months, Weeks, Quarters or Years?...
Aug 20, 20242 min read
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Automatically Filter a Dashboard for Managers
Wouldn't it be great if you could design a dashboard for managers that was automatically filtered for just for them? You can do this with...
Jul 21, 20242 min read
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Level Up Your Gantt Chart
A Gantt chart is a great way to show processes over time and are typically used for Project management. Here is the help tableau site's...
Jul 12, 20243 min read
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Let's Talk About Dates Baby!
In my live demo this week called Dawn's Design Demos, I will review how to create a Date Picker (or selector) for a dashboard. The...
Jun 30, 20243 min read
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The Lindsey Poulter Method and Other Tableau Tips
If you watched the exciting Iron Viz competition at TC24 this year, you may have heard of the "Lindsey Poulter Method." Who is Lindsey...
Jun 18, 20242 min read
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When Would You Use a Dot Strip Plot?
Both Scatter plots and Dot Strip plots display insights in your data, but when would you use a Dot Strip plot over a Scatter plot? What...
Jun 11, 20242 min read
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The Cost of NOT Educating Your Employees Or Yourself (On SQL)
Not only can you connect to an Excel sheet in Tableau but you can connect to different databases. This of course means you need to have...
Jun 6, 20242 min read
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Highlighting the Selected Dot Plot or Bar Chart
Do you want a way to call out the metric a user selects in a dashboard? In my World Happiness Report 2023 Tableau dashboard here; I have...
May 30, 20243 min read
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How to Create Ghost Bar Charts!
There are so many ways you can enhance a bar chart. If you haven't had a chance to, you should favorite this dashboard called Bar Chart...
May 19, 20242 min read
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Formula to Automatically display T, B, M or K!
You may not be aware that you can change the way your numbers are displayed in Tableau on the Format pane under Display Units. This will...
Apr 26, 20242 min read
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Enhancing Your Line Chart
Do you have a regular line chart in your dashboard? Here are some methods to take it to the next level! If you want to watch a video...
Apr 17, 20242 min read
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Can You Still Expand/Collapse Views in a Container with Dynamic Zone Visibility?
I have been exploring this Dynamic Zone Visibility feature that Tableau released a while back. In a previous blog post here, I show you...
Apr 11, 20243 min read
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What Requirement Questions Should You Ask Your Clients?
Before you even start creating dashboards, you need to know what questions to ask your clients. This is considered gathering requirements...
Mar 28, 20242 min read
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How Do You Join Data Sets In Tableau?
Sometimes a data set doesn't have everything you need in it for a certain visualization. You will have to perform extra steps to get the...
Mar 19, 20243 min read
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What are RAG Ratings for a Project Management Dashboard?
In product management there is something called RAG status which means, is the status of a Project Red, Amber, or Green? Is the project...
Mar 10, 20244 min read
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