Tableau Optimization Tips
How do I optimize the performance of my dashboard? I get asked this question a lot. There are multiple ways to do so. According to the...
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- Jun 16, 2022
- 1 min
IF ElSEIF Statement Tip
This tip was suggested by a friend of mine Will Perkins. Thanks Will! Have you ever written an IF ELSEIF statement for criteria between...
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- Jun 13, 2022
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Dynamic Headers for Dynamic Columns
As a follow up the previous post about Dynamic Columns, a user asked me if there was a way to display the parameter selected as the...
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- Jun 1, 2022
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Dynamic Columns
Has a user ever requested that they can create their own report for exporting purposes and they want to be able to adjust the order of...
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- May 25, 2022
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Data Blending - Is it Good or Bad?
Suppose you have two data sources that you can't pull in with a join or a union. How do you bring in these two data sources? Tableau has...
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- May 9, 2022
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Tableau's Order of Operations or Everyone's Data Can Dance Many Times
Do you have a dashboard that has filters on it, but they don't seem to work? Tableau has an order that it applies certain actions. You...
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- May 4, 2022
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How to Union Your Data in Tableau
Do you receive a new file from a client every month? Do you want to automatically incorporate this data into Tableau? Did you know you...
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- Apr 13, 2022
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All About Those Tooltips
Are you a beginner user and you want to put some pizzaz in your Tooltip? Do you want to make it more exciting than just the plain ol'...
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- Apr 4, 2022
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How Do I Get Started With Tableau?
During a Tableau User Group meeting last week, a couple of users asked me how to get started at becoming a great Tableau Developer. ...
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- Mar 23, 2022
- 3 min
Reference Lines And Other Helpful Month Over Month Visuals
Do you want a quick way to visually see month over month comparisons? In my tableau public dashboard here, I created a couple of visuals...
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- Mar 11, 2022
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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...
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- Mar 2, 2022
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Simple REST API JSON Example
Have you heard of pulling data from API? In a previous Tableau blog post here, I am taking a course on API. Wikipedia defines API as "An...
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- Mar 2, 2022
- 2 min
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
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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...
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