Tableau-bites

Data prep is becoming more versatile each month. The latest release (2018.3) allows you to clean and track your changes in every step, apply wild card unions and connect to…

Google has launched a new type of search engine designed specifically around helping people find data. Simply called “Dataset Search,” the tool provides easier access to millions of datasets across

If you need to understand what your users can do with web edit – and what they can’t – this great resource created by Andrew Pick is the place to

Here is a “bonus track” for this edition of Tableau Bites. BEWARE. This is a massive reference library provided by Jeffrey Shaffer and includes links to posts on Graphing, Color,

Annie Worman of Tableau talks through 5 easy to perform actions that you can do with Tableau Prep – the “new” tool from Tableau that has already had several releases.

Olga Tsubiks introduces and provides example use cases of 10 frequently used Tableau Calculations. This is part of her guide to help get Tableau Certified and is a great resource.

I am a fan of Treemaps, for specific use-cases, but they can be over-used. Elizabeth Ricks illustrates some pros and cons of using Treemaps, plus some possible alternatives. Read Original

Lilach Manheim walks through an example of the process for analyzing the fitness of averages and provides some ways of not “aggregating away” the insights. Read Original Article…

Ryan Sleeper uses data from his blog posts to remind us that doing the fundamentals, well, is really what it takes to master Tableau. He then points us to 5

Mark Edwards talks through various incarnations of a design for a tadpole chart. This can be a great way to visualize period-over-period changes for multiple members in a dimension Read