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...
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- Nov 15, 2023
- 1 min
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?...
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- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
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...
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- Oct 25, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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- Oct 10, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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- Sep 26, 2023
- 1 min
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...
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- Sep 19, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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- Aug 31, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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- Aug 24, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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- Aug 17, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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- Jul 25, 2023
- 3 min
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...
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- Jul 7, 2023
- 2 min
Apply All Button
If you are new to Tableau, you may not be aware, but you can set an Apply button to each of your filters in the Customize filter menu...
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- Jul 1, 2023
- 2 min
Custom Sort Column Methods
If you are new to Tableau, you may not be aware that there is a sort button on the top of each column if you are displaying your field...
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- Jun 13, 2023
- 4 min
How to Calculate a 30/40/30 Split
Do you want to know the top 30% of a population as well as the bottom 30%? How do you get the distinct count of customers in these...
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