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Removing the Blue Highlight in a KPI Worksheet
In a previous blog post here. I discussed several ways of removing a blue highlight when you have a Text KPI worksheet. In the second...
Feb 18, 20241 min read
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Two Use Cases for Set Actions in a Tooltip
Sometimes we may have questions about a subset of data in our dashboard view. Sets Actions enable your audience to interact with a view...
Feb 4, 20242 min read
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Tiny Tableau Tips
By Dawn Harrington Did you know that you can find some quick Tableau tips without having to read a whole blog? I just learned about this...
Jan 29, 20241 min read
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Featured Items From Past Tableau Releases
Has it been a while since you experienced a Tableau upgrade? Here are some features of note for the past couple of releases. Create...
Jan 23, 20242 min read
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How to Create a Gradient Bar Chart
If you are new to Tableau I strongly recommend that you favorite or bookmark the Bar Chart menu dashboard by Robert Rouse here. It...
Jan 16, 20242 min read
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Creating a Hogwarts Drill-Down Organizational Hierarchy
Can you create an organizational hierarchy in Tableau that you can drill down and drill up? You can, but you have to set up your data in...
Jan 7, 20246 min read
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New Year New You Viz Challenge!
We've all had New Year resolutions that we have made, and then maybe dropped in past years. Would anyone like to join me with making a...
Jan 1, 20242 min read
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Workout Wednesday Flexible Tabular Display
Are you a beginner user in Tableau? If you haven't heard of the Workout Wednesday website, I strongly urge you to check it out. You can...
Dec 19, 20232 min read
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How to Make Rounded Corners
By Dawn Harrington Have you ever wondered how to make rounded corners for your visualizations in Tableau without using Figma? I just...
Dec 7, 20232 min read
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The Text in a Table Problem
By Dawn Harrington Recently I had a user approach me with an interesting issue. How do you call out if a metric is improving in a text...
Nov 28, 20233 min read
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Add Text to the End of a Tableau URL
By Dawn Harrington Did you know that you can add additional text at the end of your Tableau URL link, and it can improve performance?...
Nov 15, 20231 min read
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Weighted Average by Guest Blogger Cathy Young!
I've been asked how do you do a weighted average in Tableau? The below article was created by Cathy Young and is a downloadable PDF in...
Nov 7, 20234 min read
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Before and After Dashboards
In the below blog, I review multiple tips and tricks on enhancing dashboards. I created a tableau public dashboard here that shows you a...
Oct 25, 20232 min read
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Tableau Totals Trick
Have you noticed when you are trying to create a summary table with three dimensions and you add Totals, it looks a little strange? See...
Oct 10, 20232 min read
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Reference Lines Too Wide? Use This Trick!
In a previous post here, I listed how you can create calculations to cover current month and previous month values. I also showed you how...
Sep 26, 20231 min read
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Take Bar and Line Charts from Boring to Exciting!
Bar and Line charts are popular and exist in most Tableau dashboards. Below I will review ways you can enhance each chart type. Bar...
Sep 19, 20232 min read
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Separate Reference Lines for Each Pane
In an internal Tableau class I was teaching earlier this week, I reviewed how to create a Reference line using a Target or Sales Goal...
Aug 31, 20232 min read
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Dynamic Month Range Filters
Do you want to automatically filter your dashboard by the last 3 months or 6 months? In my public dashboard here, and in my previous blog...
Aug 24, 20232 min read
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Using REGEX Formulas
Do you have a column where you need to extract a word from a string of letters? Perhaps there is a combination of numbers, characters and...
Aug 17, 20232 min read
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Rolling Sum Calculations
If you are a beginner user to Tableau, you may not be aware of how to get a rolling 90 day or 120 day calculated field in Tableau. You...
Jul 25, 20233 min read
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