Tableau-bites

So you think you’re viz is not popular? Do you think you’re the only one that’s using it? Think again!If you’ve ever worked with Tableau Server (or maybe you haven’t)…

This is part 1 of a 3 part series on going beyond the charts available in the “Show Me” panel in Tableau. In this first post, I’ll dig into my

LOOKUP(expression, [offset]) ZN() TOTAL() RANK(expression, [‘asc’], [‘desc’]) WINDOW_AVG(expression, [start, end]) ABS() INDEX() FIRST() LAST() CONTAINS(expression, expression to search for) Read Original Article…

First of all I want to say this post is hugely indebted to Olivier Catherin and his post four years ago on building Sankeys in Tableau and Jeff Schaffer whose

Cross database joins have been available in Tableau for a while now – and I love the ability to join data at a row-level across various databases and files! And

Flow! Use Workbook formatting to set defaults Use default aggregations and formatting for fields. Duplicate views to copy formatting. Use a few shortcuts! Find and use available resources (and give

Every so often, an Analyst might run across a situation where they need to compare values among a very long list of categories. This is simple enough to accomplish in

The end of line trend indicator can provide an effective visual hint in dashboard.Sometimes your axis is busy with dual charts. So you don’t have the luxury of using dual

Describe Sheet Analysis Menu Performance Monitoring Captions The grey space Undo View cards Default Properties Basic Order for Format, Properties, and more Aggregate/Non-Aggregate Conflicts Read Original Article…

Tooltips, the box that appears with information about an item when you hover over it, are an effective way to save valuable real estate on a data visualization while providing