Laws of UX
Did you know there are many "laws" that designers should consider before they design a dashboard? In this link here, they review these...
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- Feb 24, 2022
- 1 min
Tableau and API
Have you heard of the buzz word API? Wikipedia defines API as "An application programming interface is a connection between computers...
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- Feb 14, 2022
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Now You See It, Now You Don't Button
Have you ever wanted to create a dynamic button? It will appear only when a certain option in a drop-down (or Parameter) is selected? ...
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- Feb 1, 2022
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How to Download Multiple Sheets to a PDF or PowerPoint
In one of my previous blog posts here, I went over how you could add a Download button to your dashboard using the Object Extension. ...
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- Jan 24, 2022
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Dots or Stars? - Simple Table Tips
Here 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...
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- Jan 14, 2022
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So Your Client Wants a Table in Your Dashboard
Sometimes a client wants to see a table in Tableau. After you stress that Tableau is not meant to be an excel spreadsheet with multiple...
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- Jan 4, 2022
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Proportional Brushing
Have 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....
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
Download 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...
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- Dec 6, 2021
- 3 min
Create a Sankey Diagram on a Map
If you saw the 2020 Iron Viz, one of the winners, Christian Felix, created a stunning visualization with lines across a map (listed here)....
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- Nov 17, 2021
- 4 min
How to Create a Diverging Stacked Bar Chart
Do you have survey data? Do you want an interesting way to show the negative versus positive responses? Use a Diverging Stacked Bar...
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- Nov 10, 2021
- 3 min
Different 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...
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- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
Navigation Objects
Did you know that you can insert an object into your dashboard that will allow the user to navigate to different dashboards? Let's say...
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- Oct 26, 2021
- 2 min
How to Show/Hide a Chart with a Button
Have you heard of the floating container functionality in Tableau? Did you know you can put a chart (or charts) into these floating...
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- Oct 19, 2021
- 1 min
How to Pivot Your Data
Did you know you can pivot your data in Tableau? Do you have a data source that has multiple columns? Depending on how your data is...
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- Oct 11, 2021
- 2 min
Just a Few Bar Tips for Dashboards
Have you wondered how to add a line in your dashboard visually separating charts? Do you know how to add a Boarder to your Bars in your...
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- Oct 5, 2021
- 2 min
Multiple Charts in the Tooltip?
If you are a beginner user in Tableau, you may not realize that you can add charts to the Tooltip of your dashboard. By doing so you...
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- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
How to Create a Rounded Stacked Bar Chart with Percentages
Do you have a dashboard where you want to add a chart a little more interesting than a bar chart? I kept most of the instructions from...
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- Sep 20, 2021
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Creating an Nth Label
Have you ever tried to put labels on your line graph and you were not happy with the default options of All, Min/max, Line Ends,...
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- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
Advanced Tips You Didn't Know That You Should Know
This article lists a couple of Do's and Don'ts for beginner Tableau users. Remove Keep Only and Exclude in your Tooltips This option, in...
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- Sep 9, 2021
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How to Switch a Background Image with a Selection
In this example I created this Tableau dashboard to mimic the different links for this website. If you hover over worksheet with the...
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