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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- Sep 9, 2021
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A Few Helpful Alteryx Formulas
There are so many different Formulas (or Functions as found in this helpful reference article here.) in Alteryx. Below are just a few...
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- Sep 2, 2021
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How to Add Grand Totals to Your Data
Have you ever wondered how to add Subtotals and Grand totals to your data set? Here is one method; In this example I start out with the...
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- Sep 1, 2021
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Create a Custom Color Palette
Did you know you can create your own custom color palette to display in the Tableau Color Marks card? You will need to know the hex...
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- Aug 27, 2021
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The Directory Tool
Have you ever wondered why you would use the Directory Tool? This tool provides a listing of all the files in a specific directory (or...
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- Aug 25, 2021
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3 Custom Shapes You Should have
One of the most important things to have in your Tableau Tool box are certain custom shapes. I use Icons8.com and flaticons.com for free...
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- Aug 11, 2021
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The Shape Problem
Have you ever wanted to show shapes to represent something such as initiatives or certain steps in a project? Would you want to combine...
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- Aug 5, 2021
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What is the Fuzzy Match Tool?
Have you ever wondered what this complex tool does? It can help to identify non-identical duplicates in a column. What are...
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- Aug 4, 2021
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Create Date "Buttons"
Do your users want to filter your dashboard by the Days, Weeks, Months and Years? I like to create a set of buttons as shown below with...
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- Jul 29, 2021
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A Bar Chart but with Shapes?
Have you ever wondered how to make a bar chart but with custom shapes? I documented the steps below from this youtube video by Toan...
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- Jul 29, 2021
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Disable Reply to All or Forward in an Email or Meeting Invite
Have you ever received an email spam from an email that a whole bunch of users were cc'd on. Did you know you can disable this function...
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- Jul 29, 2021
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What's the Difference Between the Append, Join and Union Tools?
When I teach Alteryx to new users, this is a question that comes up a lot. I modified the below picture from the internet to help...
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- Jul 28, 2021
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Create a Drill-Down Proportional Bar Chart with Set Actions
Do you want to add a chart to your dashboard where you can click on it and drill into the next level of data? An example would be with...
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