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Forecasting in Tableau
If 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 11, 20222 min read
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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...
Mar 2, 20222 min read
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Tableau and API
Have you heard of the buzz word API? Wikipedia defines API as "An application programming interface is a connection between computers...
Feb 24, 20221 min read
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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? ...
Feb 14, 20223 min read
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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. ...
Feb 1, 20221 min read
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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...
Jan 24, 20222 min read
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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...
Jan 14, 20222 min read
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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....
Jan 4, 20222 min read
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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...
Dec 16, 20211 min read
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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)....
Dec 6, 20213 min read
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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...
Nov 17, 20214 min read
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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...
Nov 10, 20213 min read
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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...
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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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...
Oct 26, 20212 min read
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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...
Oct 19, 20211 min read
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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...
Oct 11, 20212 min read
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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...
Oct 5, 20212 min read
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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...
Sep 28, 20212 min read
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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,...
Sep 20, 20211 min read
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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...
Sep 14, 20213 min read
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