Tableau-bites

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…

I have been playing around with Polygons a lot more in Tableau lately, and am starting to really like them. Polygons are very valuable, they are often used with Maps,

I’m a business analytics consultant for Amadeus, a technology and software provider to the travel industry, at the Travel Intelligence department, and I often use Tableau to complete market studies.

There are times when I like to see every dimension member represented in a data visualization. For example, scatter plots are a great choice whenever you are wanting to view

For me, the best things about the new Web Data Connector are:- Scheduling: The Web Data Connector can be scheduled to refresh within Tableau Server, and incremental refreshes are also

#10 – Use the Tableau built-in shapes #9 – Add your own custom shapes #8 – Reload new shapes without restarting Tableau #7 – Use transparent PNG files when possible

Last week, I received a question from a developer that caused me to hesitate for a while to craft a solution. The complexity of his data situation caused me to

Today, I’m writing about combining KPIs and sparklines in a single view. It’s very common for business users to want to see KPIs and trends in the same view. These

When I was a kid, I enjoyed reading through Choose Your Own Adventure books. In the books, after every few pages, the reader is presented with choices on how they

The whale curve provides an excellent look at your most valuable customers from the point of profitability and size of production. It also give you the ability to view your