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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

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.