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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. ...
Apr 4, 20223 min read
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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...
Mar 23, 20223 min read
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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...
Mar 11, 20222 min read
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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...
Mar 2, 20222 min read
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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...
Mar 2, 20222 min read
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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...
Feb 24, 20221 min read
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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? ...
Feb 14, 20223 min read
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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...
Feb 11, 20222 min read
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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. ...
Feb 1, 20221 min read
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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...
Jan 24, 20222 min read
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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...
Jan 20, 20222 min read
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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...
Jan 14, 20222 min read
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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...
Jan 13, 20222 min read
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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....
Jan 4, 20222 min read
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