How to make a unit chart in Tableau

Nov 13, 2023 Sean Miller | www.hipstervizninja.com

The #WorkoutWednesday challenge from week 45 of 2023 tasks participants with creating a unit chart, a common tool in data visualization, with added filtering, coloration, and sorting features. The challenge encourages using a highlight and sort in...

WorkoutWednesday,CommunityProjects,Tableau,bilingual,parameteraction,parameters,unitchart

Tiny Tableau Tips - Round 4

Nov 13, 2023 Kevin Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

 Thanksgiving is next week. One thing that I am incredibly thankful for is our wonderfully amazing Tableau Community. Without them, there is simply no way that I’d be where I am today. So as a thank you, this blog post will feature tip...

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Alteryx finding your way around

Nov 12, 2023 Aurora Malinauskaite | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Want to use Alteryx but don’t know where to start? Navigate around with this simple introduction.

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TABLEAU SERVER AND CLOUD SECURITY 510 Explain Data DatA story

Nov 12, 2023 markwu2000@gmail.com | enterprisetableau.com

My last post talked about Dashboard Extension security, in short, Sandboxed extensions are safe to use while network extensions are not safe to use. This blog focuses Explain Data and Data Story security concerns. Is Explain Data safe to turn on f...

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How to make YTD QTD MTD WTD dynamic

Nov 11, 2023 Abby Poon | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Some companies may be interested to see their YTD /QTD / MTD/ WTD (from beginning of the Year/Quarter/Month/Week until day of Today) performance in the dashboard. We could create the calculations by using the following formular:

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How to compare current year YTD with prior year YTD

Nov 11, 2023 Abby Poon | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In my previous post, we have gone through on how to show YTD/QTD/MTD/WTD using one sheet.If you are not sure, please go to this link: How to make YTD / QTD / MTD / WTD dynamic?

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TABLEAU SERVER AND CLOUD SECURITY 410 Extension

Nov 11, 2023 markwu2000@gmail.com | enterprisetableau.com

At high level, there are two types of Tableau extensions: Dashboard Extension: Do things you wish Tableau did easily but does not and those features are developed by 3rd parties: Sandboxed: Tableau hosted, run in a protected environment without ac...

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Week 1 Joining Tables

Nov 10, 2023 Muhammad Dimas Abdul Aziz Cakradewa | www.thedataschool.co.uk

During the first week, we learned about how to work with multiple data sources, and one of the example is working with multiple tables. During the data cleaning, we might need to combine the tables together to create a new table, which we would wo...

Tableau,TableauEnterprise,CloudSecurity,DataSecurity,ServerSecurity

Von der Logistik zur Datenanalyse Mein Weg als Quereinsteiger

Nov 10, 2023 Mihai Mazareanu | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Vor drei Jahren bemerkte ich zum ersten Mal, dass mir mein Job in der Logistikbranche keinen Spaß machte. Es lag nicht nur am Arbeitgeber, sondern auch an der Branche selbst. Ich begann darüber nachzudenken, wie es wäre, etwas völlig Neues auszupr...

Tableau,TableauEnterprise,CloudSecurity,DataSecurity,ServerSecurity

TABLEAU SERVER AND CLOUD SECURITY 310 EXTERNAL Server

Nov 10, 2023 markwu2000@gmail.com | enterprisetableau.com

My previous post shared one recommended setup to segment all external users to one Limited Visibility site that is a great balance between security and on-going maintenance. For some organizations that do not allow mixed internal and external user...

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TABLEAU SERVER AND CLOUD SECURITY 210 external site

Nov 10, 2023 markwu2000@gmail.com | enterprisetableau.com

It is not uncommon to share your Tableau dashboards to your vendor users or partner users, like vendor performance KPI data. To avoid surprises, it is better for vendors to know exactly how your company evaluates their specific business process me...

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Von der Logistik zur Datenanalyse Mein Weg als Quereinsteiger

Nov 9, 2023 Mihai Mazareanu | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Vor drei Jahren bemerkte ich zum ersten Mal, dass mir mein Job in der Logistikbranche keinen Spaß machte. Es lag nicht nur am Arbeitgeber, sondern auch an der Branche selbst. Ich begann darüber nachzudenken, wie es wäre, etwas völlig Neues auszupr...

WorkoutWednesday,WOW2023,DataModelling,deselectmarks,DynamicZoneVisibility,filteractions,MultiLanguage,parameter,ParameterActions,Relationships,Unhighlightmarks,UnitChart,Week45

Help me choose my wine

Nov 9, 2023 Donna Coles | donnacoles.home.blog

As we continue global recognition month for #WOW2023, Flavio Matos introduced this challenge which displays a unit chart of wines by type. An added twist was to provide the ability for the user to switch between English (UK) and Portuguese (Brazil...

WorkoutWednesday,WOW2023,DataModelling,deselectmarks,DynamicZoneVisibility,filteractions,MultiLanguage,parameter,ParameterActions,Relationships,Unhighlightmarks,UnitChart,Week45

How to create a Lollipop Chart in Tableau

Nov 8, 2023 Shreya Arya | www.thedataschool.co.uk

A Lollipop chart is essentially a bar chart with a shape at the end of the line.

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Adding Custom Shapes into Tableau Desktop

Nov 8, 2023 Shreya Arya | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Adding custom shapes to your charts in Tableau Desktop can open you up a world of creativity. You’re no longer limited to just the pre-existing shapes that come with Tableau :)

Data,AWS,PrivateLink,security,Snowflake

How to Calculate Moving Average in Tableau

Nov 8, 2023 Ollie Linley | onenumber.biz

How do you track trends in Tableau when there is a high degree of fluctuation in our data? Try using a moving average!

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Sort Stacked Bar Chart with Parameter

Nov 7, 2023 Annie Casey | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Stacked bar charts can be very useful and even more useful when they are built to be dynamic.

Data,AWS,PrivateLink,security,Snowflake

Personal Highlights of Training

Nov 7, 2023 Tobias Fitschen | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Hi folks. The four month training period at the Data School is over. Why not review some of the personal highlights during the program. In the following I will present three pieces of work that emerged in that time.

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Dashboard Week Summary

Nov 7, 2023 Tobias Fitschen | www.thedataschool.co.uk

The dashboard week wraps up the four month training program. Each day you produce a dashboard and present it to colleagues. However, the task and data sets vary strongly. For instance, it can be necessary to do some form of data preparations. In t...

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Advice for New Data School Cohorts

Nov 7, 2023 Tobias Fitschen | www.thedataschool.co.uk

The packed four month training period at the Data School is finished. The question now is what I would recommend new cohorts to do and what not to do (under the assumption that they want a good and successful time.) Here is a list of key advices:

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Configure AWS PrivateLink with Snowflake

Nov 7, 2023 Roger Garcia | interworks.com

Snowflake, a leading cloud-based data warehousing platform, has become instrumental in modern data analytics and processing. However, when you connect to Snowflake, your data traverses the public internet before reaching its destination. This can ...

Data,AWS,PrivateLink,security,Snowflake

How to show nothing when All is selected in Tableau

Nov 7, 2023 Sean Miller | www.hipstervizninja.com

Tableau’s filter capabilities are an essential part of what makes Tableau special. But sometimes we don’t want anything to show when we remove a filter or show all dimensions. So how do you show nothing with “all” is selected in Tableau? This chal...

WorkoutWednesday,CommunityProjects,barchart,contextfilter,linechart,tablecalcs

Buchrezension The Truthful Art

Nov 6, 2023 Tobias Fitschen | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Das Buch The Truthful Art von Alberto Cairo wurde 2016 vom New Riders Verlag veröffentlicht. Es ist knapp 400 Seiten lang, in englischer Sprache geschrieben und lässt sich grob der Kategorie Sachbuch einordnen.

Advanced,AuthorExperience,Engineering,TableauServer

3 Ways to Drop the Mic with Drop Lines in Tableau

Nov 6, 2023 Ryan Sleeper | playfairdata.com

When Playfair Data does visual analytics consulting, we always strive to reduce the time to insight, increase the accuracy of…The post 3 Ways to Drop the Mic with Drop Lines in Tableau appeared first on Playfair Data.

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5 Ways to Filter a List of Measures

Nov 6, 2023 Ken Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

 A common Tableau request I’ve encountered—onthe Tableau Community Forumsand elsewhere—is a need to provide a filterable list of measures for end users.For example, using Superstore, we might have a table and want to allow ourusers to select which...

How-To,Tableau

Did you know that in Tableau you can...

Nov 5, 2023 Jaroslav Tomcala | www.thedataschool.co.uk

…have multiple colour palettes for your measures?Have you ever wondered how to use different colors for various measures in Tableau? My tutorial’s got you covered! Learn the ropes of creating multiple color legends effortlessly.

ChartTypes,Engineering,Intermediate,PowerBI

3 Ways to Make Beautiful Bar Charts in Power BI

Nov 4, 2023 Matt Snively | playfairdata.com

Despite many new challengers over the years in the world of data visualization, bar charts have remained one of the…The post 3 Ways to Make Beautiful Bar Charts in Power BI appeared first on Playfair Data.

ChartTypes,Engineering,Intermediate,PowerBI

My personal highlights during the training

Nov 3, 2023 Benjamin Wortmann | www.thedataschool.co.uk

We all made it! I’m proud of it! So now I’m going to show you some of my highlights during my training.

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Offline Camera Calibration in ROS 2

Nov 3, 2023 Tamas Foldi | medium.com

In applications like self-driving cars, robots and augmented reality systems, where precise and reliable data is needed for positioning and overall perception, calibration is crucial. “Garbage data in, garbage data out,” as people say in today’s d...

computer-vision,data-science,robotics,ros2

InterWorks Blog Roundup October 2023

Nov 3, 2023 Mark Cordeiro | interworks.com

BOO! Did I scare you? Of course I didn’t, it’s November already. You’re immune to scary things now. With Halloween in the rear view mirror, the only scary things that should be happening for the rest of the year are Black Friday and holiday dinner...

Data,AI,dbt,Matillion,Tableau,ThoughtSpot

How to make an UpSet Plot in Tableau

Nov 3, 2023 Sean Miller | www.hipstervizninja.com

UpSet plots are a data visualization method for showing set data with more than three intersecting sets. UpSet shows intersections in a matrix, with the rows of the matrix corresponding to the sets, and the columns to the intersections between the...

WorkoutWednesday,CommunityProjects,Tableau,barchart,dotplot,dualaxis,levelofdetail,LOD,upsetplot

Training Highlights

Nov 2, 2023 Ali Fawwaz | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Throughout the training, there have been numerous accomplishments. Some turned out exceptionally well, while others weren’t as successful. I’d like to specifically spotlight the work from the client projects. Due to their confidential nature, we c...

Features,TableauOnline,Google,smartchips,Tableau

Power BI - Switch Measure

Nov 2, 2023 Francisco Rei | www.thedataschool.co.uk

How to Switch Measures in PBI

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My Book Review

Nov 2, 2023 Ali Fawwaz | www.thedataschool.co.uk

At the beginning of our cohort, every one of our team picked a book from the data school library to read. I chose the book  ‘Data Science for Business’ by Foster Provost & Tom Fawcett. I want in this blog to give a short summary of what I have...

computer-vision,data-science,robotics,ros2

How to change fonts in tableau generally

Nov 2, 2023 Benjamin Wortmann | www.thedataschool.co.uk

When I was working on my dashboards I always changed the fonts in the worksheet directly. It took me a lot of time but there is a much better way to do so.

Features,TableauOnline,Google,smartchips,Tableau

How LOD expressions work PART I

Nov 2, 2023 Benjamin Wortmann | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In this article I’m going to show you how LOD expressions basically work whereby we’ll focus on the so called FIXED-Expression. But before we dive into LOD expressions, I want to show you how aggregations essentially work in Tableau. In according ...

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First Month at the Data School

Nov 2, 2023 Aurora Malinauskaite | www.thedataschool.co.uk

A month in training, some thoughts on the process so far.

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Alerts and subscriptions

Nov 2, 2023 Jules Claeys | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Once you have a dashboard you like on your server, you can make sure to get updates about it sent to you via email! Once you look at your dashboard on server you will see a watch icon in the top right corner, which leads to these three options:

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Advices for the next cohort

Nov 2, 2023 Benjamin Wortmann | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Hallo an die neuen Data School Consultants,

Features,TableauOnline,Google,smartchips,Tableau

Can you build an UpSet Plot with just one calculated field

Nov 2, 2023 Donna Coles | donnacoles.home.blog

For this week’s #WOW2023 challenge , guest poster, Venkatesh Iyer asked us to create an UpSet Plot, with the added requirement of using just 1 calculated field. To start with, I had to read up on what an UpSet plot was and looked through the blog ...

WorkoutWednesday,WOW2023,BarChart,Cohorts,COUNTD,DotPlot,DualAxis,FIXEDLODs,Line,Path,UpSetPlot,Week44

My summary of the dashboard week

Nov 1, 2023 Benjamin Wortmann | www.thedataschool.co.uk

I really liked the dahsboard week even though it was very stressful but on the other hand after finishing one day it was done. Each day a different topic made it interesting, one day web scraping, another day Power BI and then another day Tableau....

Espaol,FilterActions,UpSet

My IronViz 2024 entry

Nov 1, 2023 Dan Wade | www.thedataschool.co.uk

2024 Iron Viz feeder competition entry. Discussing how I came about entering the competition.

Espaol,FilterActions,UpSet

From picture to map Creating polygons in Alteryx - Part 1

Nov 1, 2023 Maddalena Mariano | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Sometimes the answer to the question “Why would I do this?” is just “Why not?

Espaol,FilterActions,UpSet

Do I Have Your Permission

Nov 1, 2023 Hannah Bartholomew | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Work out your level of access on your tableau server… and who you need to ask to un-lock more!

Espaol,FilterActions,UpSet

Dashboard Week - Summary

Nov 1, 2023 Ali Fawwaz | www.thedataschool.co.uk

I see “Dashboard Week” very similar to final exams at university. However, here, there’s no need to prepare. It’s time to test your skills and see what you’ve learned throughout your intensive training journey. I want to share my thoughts on “Dash...

Espaol,FilterActions,UpSet