4 Tips for Corporate Dashboards in Tableau

Jan 20, 2021 Sean Miller | www.hipstervizninja.com

Needing to create a high-level dashboard for the c-suite? Check out my 4 tips for corporate dashboards. The post 4 Tips for Corporate Dashboards in Tableau appeared first on HipsterVizNinja.

How to turn macros into custom Alteryx tools

Jan 19, 2021 Hanna Nykowska | www.theinformationlab.co.uk

If you like to build macros to make your life easier and want to take it to the next level, you’re in the right place! Learn how to turn macros into custom tools in Alteryx exemplified by the Test 1:1 JoinThe post How to turn macros into custom Al...

Blog,Advanced,AlteryxDesigner,Gallery,Macros

How to create a Customer Lifetime Value matrix | #WOW2021 | 02

Jan 19, 2021 Sean Miller | www.hipstervizninja.com

The CLTV is a staple of the retail analytics industry. The idea is simple, how have customers purchased over time since their first purchase. Read this tutorial to see how to build one in Tableau.The post How to create a Customer Lifetime Value ma...

How to turn macros into custom Alteryx tools

Jan 19, 2021 Hanna Nykowska | www.hanykowska.com

If you like to build macros to make your life easier and want to take it to the next level, you’re in the right place!Learn how to turn macros into custom tools. in Alteryx exemplified by the Test 1:1 JoinFirst published on The Information Lab Blog.

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ART + MATHEMATICS: Using Tableau To Draw Mathematical Curves

Jan 18, 2021 Joti Gautam | vizartpandey.com

Art is everywhere in our world and is intimately linked to maths although we may not always think of it in that wayThe post ART + MATHEMATICS: Using Tableau To Draw Mathematical Curves appeared first on Welcome to Vizartpandey.

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Commercelayer REST API calls in Alteryx

Jan 18, 2021 Robbin Vernooij | www.theinformationlab.co.uk

This blog will cover some of the basic authentication and automation when using the REST API from Commercelayer in Alteryx. Quoting Commercelayer’s website: “Commerce Layer is a headless commerce platform and order management system that lets you ...

Blog,Alteryx,AlteryxDesigner,Download,restapi

New Viz: Adam Sandler

Jan 18, 2021 Kevin Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

 Back in November, I decided to just do a viz that was light and fun.  I started of thinking that I would do a viz on Adam Sandler where I would just show how his movies were rated by critics and the general public.  As I dug into the ...

DataViz,Tableau

Screaming Cats, Scaredy-Cats, and TURDs

Jan 18, 2021 Steve Wexler | www.datarevelations.com

January 18, 2021 Some thoughts about critique in data visualization. Background For the past 18 months I’ve been working on a new book (more on this in a moment). Last September, I asked some colleagues to review selected chapters. I asked everybo...

BusinessVisualizations,GeneralDiscussions,Makeovers,Scaredy-cat,Screamingcat,TURD

Allow users to show and hide map layers in Tableau

Jan 14, 2021 collin.smith | www.theinformationlab.co.uk

With the new addition of map layers in Tableau 2020.4, there’s an exciting level of control over maps that viz designers can exercise. The easy-to-use map layers cards almost feel like designing in GIS or Google Earth. However, there’s no native w...

Blog,Interactivity,Maplayers,Maps,Tableau,TableauDesktop

Seven Elements of Sketching a Successful Tableau Whiteboard

Jan 14, 2021 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

After doing an initial Design Sprint, we dig into most of our projects by hosting a whiteboard session. For more details about how to create a great environment for a successful whiteboard session, check out Kirk’s blog post from last week here.

Design,ThoughtLeadership

Creating Custom UIs with Map Layers

Jan 13, 2021 datavis.blog | datavis.blog

This blog post explores using Tableau’s new Map Layers feature to create custom User Interface elements such as popup charts, viz in tooltips and custom URL links.

MapLayers,New&InBeta,Spatial,Tips,customUI,Tableau

How to Create Diagonal Reference Lines in Tableau (Part 2 – Growth Targ...

Jan 12, 2021 ben.wells | www.theinformationlab.co.uk

Following on from How to Create Diagonal Reference Lines in Tableau (Part 1 – Scatterplot). It can also be useful to add a diagonal reference line to show a growth target on a time series graph. This can be used as a benchmark actual sales against...

Blog,ReferenceLines,TableauDesktop,Timeseries

3 Ways to Implement Dynamic Pagination in Tableau

Jan 12, 2021 Ethan Lang | playfairdata.com

Pagination is a great tool you can use to improve user experience and minimize the… Read MoreThe post 3 Ways to Implement Dynamic Pagination in Tableau appeared first on Playfair Data.

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TABLEAU PREP CHALLENGE S02E01

Jan 11, 2021 Pallavi Naik | vizartpandey.com

Learn data cleansing and structuring with Tableau Prep ChallengesThe post TABLEAU PREP CHALLENGE S02E01 appeared first on Welcome to Vizartpandey.

Tableau,TableauPrep,#PreppingData

How to make “Reference Boxes” in Tableau Desktop

Jan 11, 2021 jonathan.allenby | www.theinformationlab.co.uk

This guide explains how to create a “reference box”: a dynamic shaded square on a scatterplot opposed to simply using reference bands or annotations. They can direct the user’s gaze, demonstrate areas of interest, and minimise visual clutter.The p...

Blog,Charts,DEsign,ReferenceLines,Teaching,TableauDesktop

10 Obscure Tableau Tips

Jan 11, 2021 Ken Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

My brother recently posted a blog sharing Ten Tips Plus My Favorite Tip of All Time. If you haven’t read it, then you should definitely check it out. Additionally, others have written great blogs and given presentations sharing a varie...

DataViz,How-To,Tableau

Building a data dictionary with Tableau's Metadata API

Jan 11, 2021 | www.prosvetova.com

TL;DR: In this post you will learn how to build a data dictionary of all the calculated fields for all the workbooks published on your Tableau Server or Tableau Online using Tableau’s Metadata API.In one of my previous posts I wrote about Tableau’...

tableau,datadev,automation,graphql,metadataapi

How to show variance on a trend line | #WOW | 2021 | 01

Jan 8, 2021 Sean Miller | www.hipstervizninja.com

Get a better understanding of Tableau table calcs with this trend line challenge by showing the delta between two values on the same line.The post How to show variance on a trend line | #WOW | 2021 | 01 appeared first on HipsterVizNinja.

Five Keys to Successful Tableau Whiteboarding Workshops

Jan 7, 2021 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

“Just make a typical sales dashboard!”

ThoughtLeadership,Design

How to access our Tableau REST API tutorials on Youtube

Jan 6, 2021 Elliott Stam | medium.com

For those who learn better by watching instead of reading instructionsContinue reading on Devyx »

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Exciting Changes to #ProjectHealthViz in 2021!

Jan 4, 2021 Lindsay Betzendahl | vizzendata.com

The History As we turn the page on 2020 and look towards 2021, many of us are reflecting on whatContinue reading

New Learning Platform

Jan 4, 2021 Toan Hoang | tableau.toanhoang.com

With every season comes a new direction, a new strategy, new fun, and given that I have been working on more video content over 2020, I decided to launch a new learning platform for all things data; starting with Tableau content (of course), but I...

Learners

New Learning Platform

Jan 4, 2021 Toan Hoang | tableau.toanhoang.com

With every season comes a new direction, a new strategy, new fun, and given that I have been working on more video content over 2020, I decided to launch a new learning platform for all things data; starting with Tableau content (of course), but I...

Learners

Why & How to Connect with the Tableau Community

Jan 4, 2021 Kevin Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

 Pretty much every time I do a presentation or chat with a new Tableau user, I get asked some variant of the following question: “what advice do you have for new or intermediate Tableau users that want to take their skills to the next ...

Tableau

StarSnow: HTTP Client for Snowflake SQL

Jan 3, 2021 Tamas Foldi | medium.com

Generic Snowflake functions to interact with web APIs directly from SQL statements.Photo by Alessandro Viaro on UnsplashSnowflake is an extremely SQL-friendly database: you can ingest, transform, and access your structured and semi-str...

data-engineering,software-development,snowflake,database,sql

How To in Alteryx Multi-Row Formula Tool for Rank

Dec 30, 2020 Hanna Nykowska | www.hanykowska.com

Not sure how to leverage Multi-Row Formula Tool? In this short video, I’ll show you how to use it to rank data.First published on The Information Lab YouTube channel

alteryx,videos

Month to Date vs. Last Year Month to Date in Tableau

Dec 29, 2020 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

Imagine you are asked the question, “How do this month’s sales compare to this same period from last year?” The simplest way to address this in Tableau would be to create some calculations.

TableauCalculations,TableauHow-Tos

Tableau Services Manager (TSM) API —The undocumented “Passwordless” Auth...

Dec 26, 2020 Tamas Foldi | medium.com

Tableau is a complex platform with tons of APIs for analysts, developers, and platform administrators. If you are a server admin, most probably you’ve already used REST API for basic stuff like managing users and contents. However, platform level ...

tsm-api,monitoring,tableau-server,telegraf,dataviz

Five Ways to use Images in Tableau

Dec 24, 2020 datavis.blog | datavis.blog

This post and associated workbook describe five methods of adding images to your Tableau visualisations including shapes, viz-in-tooltips, web objects, background images and image objects.

ParameterActions,Tips,URLActions,dashboardactions,images,Tableau

Tableau Tips - Volume 20: 12 Tips before the 12 Days of Christmas

Dec 24, 2020 | dataplusscience.com

This is a special edition of Tableau Tips Volume to mark the end of this very strange year. If you’ve been following along this year then you already know that I have published a total of 194 daily Tableau tips since March. I am planning on sharin...

Tableau Tips - Volume 19: Hidden Gems

Dec 23, 2020 | dataplusscience.com

Here is the 19th installment of my Tableau Tips series. The name came from a comment on my Tableau Tips tweet, referring it as a hidden gem. This volume will feature those tips that are hard to notice, yet very useful- just like precious gems.

Monday Minis: Show/Hide Labels Parameter

Dec 22, 2020 Lindsay Betzendahl | vizzendata.com

You can find the accompanying workbook to this post here. It’s pretty common for a client to request all theContinue reading

MondayMinis,Tutorial,Dynamiclabels,Labels,Parameters,Tableau

Zoomable Dashboard

Dec 18, 2020 Adam McCann (noreply@blogger.com) | duelingdata.blogspot.com

With Tableau 2020.4 you can add multiple layers onto a single worksheet. This has opened up a number of possibilities. One is the ability to zoom into specific charts within a single dashboard. Sometimes a dashboard element is too small to explore...

Create Lines with Different Shapes in Tableau

Dec 17, 2020 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

Tools like Excel and Google sheets give you the ability to create line graphs which can distinguish lines not only with different colors, but with different shapes. You can see in the chart below there is a yellow solid-line, a red dashed-line and...

TableauHow-Tos

2020.4 - An AMAZING New Feature that Tableau Didn't Even Tell Us About!

Dec 16, 2020 Kevin Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

Yesterday I posted a viz collaboration, Pandemic.  The viz was a replication of the Pandemic Board Game.  Ken and I each bought this game for our families for the Christmas of 2019 and loved it.  We loved it so much, we decided to buil...

Tableau

How to Create a Time Bar Chart with Variance Indicators in Tableau (Gues...

Dec 15, 2020 Lindsay Betzendahl | vizzendata.com

Not too long ago, I came across a really fantastic viz by JR Copreros on NBA shooting accuracy. While theContinue reading

GuestPost,Tableau,Tutorial,HowTo,Indicators,JRCopreros,TableauTutorial,TimeBarChart,Variance

New Viz Collaboration: Pandemic the Board Game (Created in Feb 2020)

Dec 15, 2020 Kevin Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

This blog post was written and due to be released in February 2020…and then the unthinkable happened.  For Christmas in 2019, we bought our son the board game, Pandemic.  Unlike most games that we are used to playing, this is a team ga...

DataViz,Maps,PopCulture,Tableau

Drillable Bar to Line Chart

Dec 13, 2020 Adam McCann (noreply@blogger.com) | duelingdata.blogspot.com

Advanced Deployment (9/10): OPTIMIZE BACKGROUNDER (extract AND SUBSCRIPT...

Dec 11, 2020 markwu2000@gmail.com | enterprisetableau.com

Are you facing the situation that your Tableau server backgrounder jobs having long delay? You always have limited backgrounders. How to cut average extract/subscription delay without adding backgrounders? This webinar covers the following 4 thing...

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Super Bowl Winners

Dec 11, 2020 Adam McCann (noreply@blogger.com) | duelingdata.blogspot.com

This show Super Bowl winners by conference, division and team. But this is really just an excuse to have fun with animation transitions in Tableau 2020.4. Click change view to see transition from a sunburst to horizontal icicle to vertical icicle.

Visualizing My Family Tree in Tableau

Dec 10, 2020 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

I’ve always been interested in history. World history, local history, family history, you name it. About a decade ago I spent time researching and building my family tree on geni.com. I had a good experience and it was a helpful resource. I was ab...

TableauHow-Tos,TableauGeneralKnowledge

WTF? Why doesn’t this survey data stuff work?

Dec 10, 2020 Steve Wexler | www.datarevelations.com

Overview I’ve written almost ten years’ worth of blog posts on visualizing survey data using Tableau (see https://www.datarevelations.com/visualizing-survey-data/). The good news is that dozens of how-to articles that are currently on my website a...

BusinessVisualizations,VisualizingSurveyData,NumberofRecords,Surveydata,Tableau

Animated Chess Tutorial in Tableau

Dec 9, 2020 Toan Hoang | tableau.toanhoang.com

I was looking for a new hobby during the COVID lockdowns, so I decided to go back to my childhood and to check out Magic the Gathering; if you do not know what this is, it is a card game that you play against others and the Magic The Gathering Are...

Designs,Novice

Animated Chess Tutorial in Tableau

Dec 9, 2020 Toan Hoang | tableau.toanhoang.com

I was looking for a new hobby during the COVID lockdowns, so I decided to go back to my childhood and to check out Magic the Gathering; if you do not know what this is, it is a card game that you play against others and the Magic The Gathering Are...

Designs,Novice

Fiscal Dates in Tableau

Dec 8, 2020 Andrew Watson | tarsolutions.co.uk

Tableau fiscal dates are a regular source of confusion. The different date parts and date functions respond in different ways; sometimes respecting the fiscal year … Read moreFiscal Dates in TableauSource

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