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? ...
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- Feb 11, 2022
- 2 min
Using the Find Replace Tool Instead of a Left Outer Join
Did you know that sometimes it is faster to use a Find Replace Tool instead of using a Join Tool with a Union Tool for a Left Outer Join...
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- Feb 1, 2022
- 1 min
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. ...
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- Jan 24, 2022
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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...
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- Jan 20, 2022
- 2 min
Writing Out to Multiple Excel Tabs or Multiple Excel Spreadsheets
What if you client wants to have separate tabs for different months in the same excel spreadsheet? What if they want them in different...
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- Jan 14, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Jan 13, 2022
- 2 min
Multi-Row Formula Tool - Calculating a Moving 12 Months
Do you need to calculate a total value for the last 12 months? If you have data from January - December, you can use the Summarize Tool...
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- Jan 4, 2022
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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....
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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- Dec 10, 2021
- 2 min
Find Replace Tool with Comic Book Characters
Do you have part of a phrase in a column and you just need to replace one word? What if you wanted to add another word in that same cell?...
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- Dec 6, 2021
- 3 min
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)....
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- Dec 2, 2021
- 2 min
Add a Hyperlink in Alteryx
Did you know you can add a hyperlink to your dataset in Alteryx? This tip was suggested by Nicolas Colombo. Thank you Nicolas! This...
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- Nov 18, 2021
- 1 min
Bingo Cards in Alteryx
Have you ever wondered how to generate Bingo cards? For an upcoming wedding there are various bingo activities such as meet the guest. ...
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- Nov 17, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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