Have you ever wondered what chart is the best for your analysis? I get asked this question a lot from beginner users in Tableau. I found...

Do you have a project with due dates? Did you know there is an interesting way to plot the days between these due dates? Jump Plots are...

Did you know that Tableau has an option to explain the data point in your Tableau Workbook? In my below workbook example containing data...

Is your Tableau dashboard slow? Did you know that Tableau has a feature called Performance recording that will help you identify where...

Did you know you can only show labels when a circle is highlighted in a scatterplot? Hiding labels makes your dashboard appear visually...

Do you want to have different color columns in your dashboard? Sometimes this helps to visually break up the space in your dashboard. ...

Did you know you can just have the KPI arrows their own color in your dashboard? KPI's look less visually distracting if you just limit...

Have you ever wondered how to create a population chart with people icons representing a portion of the population? These types of...

Do you have a dashboard that you want to add a link for users to email you if they have any questions? You can do this by adding an...

Have you ever wondered how to compare this month's data up to the current day of the month to the previous month's data to the same day? ...

Do you have an area chart in your dashboard that you would like to have a slider to select a certain time period? One way to spruce up a...

Do you have a dashboard that you only want certain users to view their own items when they open the dashboard? Use the USERNAME formula!...

Have you ever had a client ask you when the data behind the dashboard was last updated? Did you know you can easily insert a time stamp...

Would you like to have a text header at the top of your line chart that displays the filtered range? Would you like this header to...

Did you know you can automatically set up your dashboard to filter by the latest date in your data set? Follow the below steps to do so....

Do you have a line chart comparing this year to last year data? Do you want a way to outline the most current month? One way to do this...

Did you know you can set filters to cascade in Tableau? Cascading filters are when the selection on the first filter causes the second...

Have you ever wondered where KPI arrows come from in a Tableau Dashboard? You can get these from the Character Map application in...

A couple of people have asked me how to filter out weekend data in a Tableau Workbook. You can do this by creating a Calculated Field and...

Do you have a multitude of filters in your dashboard? As you know the more filters you add to a dashboard, the more it will slow down...