Understanding Table Calcs vs LODs: Explained with a Slope Graph

Feb 16, 2021 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

Table calculations and LODs, especially understanding the difference between when to use each, is one of the most difficult concepts to learn in Tableau. Through my time teaching, one of the most effective means for explaining the differences betw...

calculatedfield,comparison,computeby,difference,first,fixed,howto,last,LOD,lookup,slopegraph,tablecalc,tablecalculation,tableau,tip

FlerlageTwins Swag Shop – All Proceeds Go To Charity

Feb 16, 2021 Kevin Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

 About a month before Christmas, I designed some t-shirts on Teespring.com.  They were simple, blue shirts with the FlerlageTwins logo on them.  Ken and I gave each member of our family one, including our parents.  It was my favorite gift to give....

SocialIssues,Tableau

#MakeoverMonday Week 7 - What is most important on Valentine's Day?

Feb 15, 2021 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

It’s Valentine’s Day and what’s the point? In this #WatchMeViz session, I explored lots of visualization before settling on a viz that was basically the same as the original with the exception of the colors, title and interactivity. Enjoy!

action,animation,barchart,MakeoverMonday,valentine'sday

Trigger an Alteryx workflow/app to run upon loading data to S3

Feb 15, 2021 Ben Moss | www.theinformationlab.co.uk

Note: The python scripts and libraries shown in this blog post were deployed using Python 3.8. A year or so ago I published a blog series where I looked at how we can use Alteryx to create Lego images from someone’s portrait. I recently went back ...

Blog

Webinar Replay: Tableau Dashboard Templates: The Pros and Cons

Feb 15, 2021 Vicky Lockett | interworks.com

We’re excited to dive into 2021 with monthly Assist webinars! Brought to you by the InterWorks Assist team, we’ll be bringing new webinars each month that focus on the technology you know and love with answers to the questions we receive most comm...

Data,Assist,Dashboard,design,Tableau,template,WebinarReplay

A Beginner’s Guide to IF Statements in Tableau

Feb 15, 2021 Ken Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

IF statements are a fundamental part of Tableau, as well as other analytics platforms, programming languages, and even tools like spreadsheets. Understanding what they do and how they work is critical when building calculated fields. S...

How-To,Tableau

Four Quadrant Charts in Tableau

Feb 15, 2021 | dataplusscience.com

If you are a Tableau or data visualization enthusiast, then you have certainly come across the four quadrant chart. A quadrant chart is simply a scatter plot that is divided into four equal squares, hence the name quadrant. Like a scatter plot, th...

Thinking about the performing arts during the pandemic

Feb 15, 2021 Steve Wexler | www.datarevelations.com

The best encapsulation I’ve heard of the past year comes from a colleague, Jon Cohen of SurveyMonkey, who saw this twitter post: There’s so much to be grateful for, but so little to be happy about. I am very grateful that there remains a demand fo...

GeneralDiscussions,HealthandSocialIssues,SportsEntertainment,Coronavirus,Cuomo,follow,guide,twitter

TABLEAU: ROW WISE DRILL DOWN

Feb 14, 2021 Avinash Reddy Munnangi | vizartpandey.com

Drill down capability (row wise drill down / column wise drill down), is one of the useful business requirement in any reporting tool. Checkout the post to learn how to achieve drill down functionality to show one category at a time using paramete...

Tableau,TableauBootcamp,#ParameterActions,#Tableau

Connecting to APIs in Tableau Prep Builder using Python

Feb 14, 2021 | www.prosvetova.com

Usually, to work with data in Tableau Prep Builder, we directly connect to a file or a database. But what if we want to add third-party data to our analysis? Sometimes such data comes in the form of static CSV or Excel files that we need to downlo...

tableau_prep,datadev,automation,api,python

How to create a macro to parse UK Petition Data in Alteryx

Feb 13, 2021 Simon Evans | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Ever wondered how to get UK petition data in a format suitable to produce yourown visualizations in Tableau? In this blog post I will walk you through thesteps of just that!

Connecting to APIs in Tableau Prep Builder using Python

Feb 13, 2021 | www.anyalitica.dev

Usually, to work with data in Tableau Prep Builder, we directly connect to a file or a database. But what if we want to add third-party data to our analysis? Sometimes such data comes in the form of static CSV or Excel files that we need to downlo...

tableau_prep,datadev,automation,api,python

Live Stream: Thought Leader Masterclass Preview: Tableau Advanced Calcul...

Feb 12, 2021 Luke Stanke | www.tessellationtech.io

Live Stream: Thought Leader Masterclass Preview: Tableau Advanced Calculations March 3rd, 2021, 12:30PM PST | 1:30PM CST | 3:30PM EST Throughout 2021, Data Coach will release six exclusive masterclasses instructed by renowned thought leaders in Ta...

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How to open an open Excel file in Alteryx

Feb 12, 2021 Gwilym | gwilymlockwood.com

Before I start this blog, a disclaimer: This is disgusting. Don’t do it. If you are running a production workflow off a manually maintained Excel file, you have bigger problems than not being able to open an Excel file in Alteryx because somebody ...

Uncategorized,Alteryx,excel

How to Set Up a Nested Sort on Multiple Fields in Tableau

Feb 11, 2021 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

I was recently working on a project that incorporated building management. One aspect of the management of the buildings was to ensure that regular inspections were done on each floor of each building weekly.

TableauCalculations,TableauHow-Tos

Layers in Tableau 2020.4

Feb 11, 2021 Adam McCann (noreply@blogger.com) | duelingdata.blogspot.com

This is the presentation from my webinar: Using Layers in Tableau 2020.4. You can download the workbook here. Please comment below if you have any questions. 

Can you build a Fancy Text Table?

Feb 11, 2021 Donna Coles | donnacoles.home.blog

Ann Jackson provided this week’s challenge, to deliver a text table using only Measure Names & Measure Values. I thought with Ann’s introduction that “This challenge should be straightforward for users of all levels” that this would be relativ...

How to force proportional axes in Tableau

Feb 10, 2021 Gwilym | gwilymlockwood.com

Here’s a quick Tableau tip I’ve used a fair bit lately. It’s a really simple one but I haven’t seen it blogged about before – apologies if you’ve written about it and I’ve unintentionally ripped you off. When Tableau creates a scatterplot, it auto...

Tableau

How to Assign Highlight Colors to Palette

Feb 9, 2021 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

You can use a parameter to highlight a particular dimension in a chart. But there’s a much easier and quicker method. The option is on the color legend. It’s simple:1. Click on a color to highlight it.2. From the color legend drop down, choose Ass...

assigncolor,chart,color,dimension,graph,highlight,howto,legend,linechart,selection,tableau,tip,tutorial

Tableau Magic / A New Beginning

Feb 9, 2021 Toan Hoang | tableau.toanhoang.com

The Tableau Magic web domain was registered on the 23rd Jun 2014, at this point, I had no idea what I was going to do with this domain, or what it might become. In June 2018, I migrated a dozen tutorials from my personal website to Tableau Magic, ...

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Tableau Magic / A New Beginning

Feb 9, 2021 Toan Hoang | tableau.toanhoang.com

The Tableau Magic web domain was registered on the 23rd Jun 2014, at this point, I had no idea what I was going to do with this domain, or what it might become. In June 2018, I migrated a dozen tutorials from my personal website to Tableau Magic, ...

TableauThoughts

#MakeoverMonday Week 6: Why Are Women Perceived to Be Unequal to Men?

Feb 8, 2021 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

Wow! What a fun #WatchMeViz that was! I iterated through 16 charts and then when the idea solidified, there was some great conversation and feedback on the chat to help me get to the end. I find survey responses quite difficult to visualize, so in...

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Benefits of deploying The Tableau Server Management Add-On using AWS.

Feb 8, 2021 ryan.lowers | www.theinformationlab.co.uk

This post is not intended to be an exhaustive introduction to either Amazon Web Services or to Tableau Server and the Server Management Add-On as those would both require dedicated posts, covering the topic in far more detail. The purpose of this ...

Blog,aws,TableauServer

How to Do Currency Conversion in Tableau with Google Sheets

Feb 8, 2021 Maggy Muellner | playfairdata.com

With many organizations operating in different countries, the topic of currency conversion becomes more important… Read MoreThe post How to Do Currency Conversion in Tableau with Google Sheets appeared first on Playfair Data.

Strategies,Tips

How to dynamically save a file with a different file path in Alteryx

Feb 8, 2021 Gwilym | gwilymlockwood.com

I’ve recently started working on a project where the folder structure uses years and months. It looks a bit like this: This structure makes a lot of sense for that team for this project, but it’s a nightmare for my Alteryx workflows – every time I...

Alteryx

Datafam Finder

Feb 8, 2021 Kevin Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

 During my time as a Tableau user, I’ve had the good fortune of getting to know people all over the world.  I tell my wife all the time, “we could travel to just about any city in the world and I would have somebody to have dinner with...

Tableau

A Tableau Accessibility Journey - Part I

Feb 8, 2021 Chris DeMartini | www.datablick.com

Recently, I came to the realization that 0 of my 58 published data visualizations on my Tableau Public profile provide equal access of their data and storylines for all users, mostly excluding those with disabilities. I have read and studied a lot...

BlogPosts,Tableau,Accessibility

Dashboards for C-Suite Executives: What you need to consider in your des...

Feb 7, 2021 Lindsay Betzendahl | vizzendata.com

If I’m honest, I do love a good simple business dashboard. One that delivers quick insights to executive clients. Yes,Continue reading

Vaccine Tracking Added to The Starschema COVID-19 Epidemiological Dataset

Feb 5, 2021 ZsPalmai | medium.com

Photo by Markus Spiske on UnsplashThe rollout of the numerous COVID-19 vaccines represents a significant milestone in our shared effort to fight the spread of SARS-CoV-2. In our effort to help organizations assess contingency plans and make inform...

maps,data,snowflake,navigation,address

How to Add Zeros for Missing Time Series Data

Feb 4, 2021 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

When working with time series data, Tableau understands how to populate dates that don’t exist. For example, if you have sales for Jan 3 and Jan 5, Tableau can “add” data for Jan 4.Great! But then you want to show zero in that cell. This tip shows...

date,dimension,domaincompletion,padding,showmissingvalues,tableau,timeseries,tip,zero,zeronull,ZN

Visualizing Progress Toward a Goal in Tableau - Webinar Recording

Feb 4, 2021 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

Progress toward a goal is a powerful way to motivate stakeholders toward achievements. Tableau is a great tool to help visualize progress toward a goal using reference lines, highlight tables, donut charts and custom images.

Design,TableauHow-Tos,TableauGeneralKnowledge

Replace None in Tableau Filter

Feb 3, 2021 Andrew Watson | tarsolutions.co.uk

Publishing an empty Tableau dashboard and want to replace the None in a drop down filter with a custom value? There is a way to … Read moreReplace None in Tableau FilterSource

Tableau,filter,tableau

How to Create a Trellis Chart in Seven Steps

Feb 2, 2021 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

Trellis charts are a version of a small multiples chart that organizes the dimensions in the view across a grid. In this tip, I show you how to create a trellis chart that will work even when you are missing data.Trellis / Panel Chart Calculations...

howto,panelchart,smallmultiples,tablecalculation,tableau,tip,trellischart,tutorial

Blog Series: Using Tableau and Alteryx for Data Quality Reporting

Feb 2, 2021 ryan.lowers | www.theinformationlab.co.uk

In this first post in a series of blogs looking at using Tableau and Alteryx for reporting on Data Quality, I will be showing off a very simple example of how a Tableau Dashboard can be used to flag up the number of nulls in a given data set. In…T...

Blog,dataliteracy,TableauDesktop

Proportion Plots in Tableau

Feb 1, 2021 Ken Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

Proportion Plots in Tableau Last week, the incredible Stephanie Evergreen shared a blog postdiscussing a new chart she calls a “Proportion Plot” which “help us compare the share of a population between two metrics. It uses length on th...

DataViz,How-To,Sankey,Tableau,Templates

How to Make a Polygon Scatter Plot in Tableau

Jan 31, 2021 Ariana Cukier | playfairdata.com

Scatter plots are a great way to explore correlations and visually identify outliers in your… Read MoreThe post How to Make a Polygon Scatter Plot in Tableau appeared first on Playfair Data.

Charttypes

Version COMPATIBILITY – Tableau Prep Builder and Tableau Server

Jan 31, 2021 markwu2000@gmail.com | enterprisetableau.com

Recently I found one interesting Tableau server behavior about compatibility between Prep Conductor (Data Management Add-on model) and Tableau Prep Builder: V2020.4 Server is not full compatible with V2020.4 Prep Builder. V2020.3 Server is not ful...

TableauEnterprise

Visualizing Progress Toward a Goal By Filling in a Shape in Tableau

Jan 28, 2021 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

You’ve probably seen one of those graphs where a thermometer gets filled in to demonstrate progress toward a goal. They are popular on fundraising sites. It’s possible to create that same kind of visual in Tableau but requires a little ingenuity.

Design,TableauHow-Tos

Jan 27, 2021 Adam McCann (noreply@blogger.com) | duelingdata.blogspot.com

#MakeoverMonday Week 4 - Coal Production in India

Jan 25, 2021 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

RESOURCES:Watch Me Viz - https://youtu.be/ur3Vhs7Ceck (also below)Tableau Workbook - http://bit.ly/MM2021W4I’d been looking for a data set about India for quite a while now in an effort to keep the Makeover Monday Community in India engaged. This ...

coal,containers,dashboard,datavisualization,environment,India,interactive,MakeoverMonday,production,WatchMeViz,youtube

How to Embed Tableau Dashboard in a Powerpoint Presentation

Jan 24, 2021 Rajeev Pandey | vizartpandey.com

There might be times when you want to not just display an image of a dashboard in but the actual Dashboard itself your PPT for live interactionThe post How to Embed Tableau Dashboard in a Powerpoint Presentation appeared first on Welcome to Vizar...

Home,Tableau,TableauBootcamp,TipsandTricks

Ordering Chaos

Jan 24, 2021 Alex | coolbluedata.com

Sometimes it seems to us that the processes that surround us are chaotic, but this is far from always the case, and in random events one can find certain patterns of process behavior, collecting data from this process and analyzing it.In this blog...

Uncategorized,python,tableau

TABLEAU PREP CHALLENGE S02E02

Jan 21, 2021 Prasann Prem | vizartpandey.com

Data cleaning and data transformation is a must requirement when it comes to giving out solutions to clients that can benefit their results or analysis. The post TABLEAU PREP CHALLENGE S02E02 appeared first on Welcome to Vizartpandey.

Tableau,TableauPrep,#PreppingData

Seven Steps to Turn Your Whiteboards into Useful Tableau Dashboards

Jan 21, 2021 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

Great! You have now hosted a successful Design Sprint session and mocked up some whiteboards everyone feels good about building. What are the steps you can now take to ensure your groundwork results in Tableau dashboards that are used by your audi...

Design,TableauDashboards

Data Blending in Tableau

Jan 20, 2021 Andrew Watson | tarsolutions.co.uk

Data blending is a way to combine data in Tableau. Blending provides a quick and simple way to bring information from multiple data sources into … Read moreData Blending in TableauSource

Tableau,datablending,DatePart,tableau,tableauextract