Tableau Blogs

If your dashboard doesn’t know where it’s going, why should your users follow it? I’ve made this mistake too often: it’s incredibly easy to get caught up in the bells…

Most dashboards get opened. Very few change what people do. And if your dashboard isn’t changing decisions, it’s just an admin tool. A prettier spreadsheet. A digital shrug. The fix

Imagine this. Your dashboard gets opened in a meeting. You’re not there. But it is. And it has to speak for you. In that moment, your build isn’t just a

Don’t be a sausage……machine. Most dashboards are sausage machines. Yours doesn’t have to be. Take every stakeholder request. Mince it all together. Press it into a single view. Congratulations. You’ve

How to Gather Dashboard Requirements Without Triggering a Turf War Let’s Talk About the Real Killer of Good Dashboards: It’s not poor design. It’s not even bad data. It’s giving

Why teaching users is the shortcut to better dashboards Most people treat “shipping the dashboard” like crossing the finish line. It’s not. It’s the start of something far more valuable:

Ever built a dashboard, stared at it, and thought: “It’s “Ok…” but it’s not floating my boat…” You’re not alone. The truth is, most dashboards fail – not because they’re

Most dashboard projects start with good intentions – and end with blank stares. Why? Because they aim to look impressive instead of being genuinely helpful. But what if we flipped

As data professionals, we’ve all heard it: “Don’t use red and green in dashboards – people with colour vision deficiency won’t be able to tell the difference.”Fair. But incomplete. The

Let’s face it – there’s a reason dashboards still get exported to Excel. It’s not because users love spreadsheets. It’s because they’re not yet confident navigating your dashboard. They don’t trust what