Tableau-bites

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

Extracts are not a hard sell; the performance gains we see through the local materialization of data views are usually staggering. And Tableau Server gives us a handy platform for

Ever design a table in Tableau and wish you could insert a gap between columns or rows? Maybe you want to show several values, but set one apart from the