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In Part 1 we learned how to use custom SQL to shape our data ready for use later on in polygons. In this part we will use parameters to allow dashboard viewers to exchange dimensions. This methodology can be applied to any chart type which is sliced...

In Part 2 we simulated a Marimekko using stacked bars but since the boundary for each element / polygon of a Marimekko in Tableau is made up from 4 Cartesian Coordinates we are going to use scales of 0 – 100 % for both X and Y...

In Part 3 we created all the calculated fields necessary for our basic Mekko. Because we have preset the DTC (Direction of Table Calculation) for each calculated field we can simply drag them on to the view to create the mekko and be confident that the values...

In Part 4 of the blog we learned how to make a basic Mekko Chart. In this part of the blog we are going to add in some totals, thankfully we can use some of our existing calculations to do this. The first is the...

Tableau has the ability to recreate any colour by using the RGB colour model. By using this you can customise your charts and dashboards to match your corporate branding guidelines. The chart below shows the top 5 BBC Television Channels by expenditure in 2012. It is...

This Marimekko chart was fun to get right. There are some great examples of complex table calculations built in to it. The use case is similar to that of a series of stacked bars. It has graphical similarities to a treemap but it lacks the...

The Tableau Customer Conference 2013 turned out to be a truly inspiring event. Hans Rosling captured the hearts and minds of the packed event room as did Andy Kriebel (Facebook), JP Rangaswami (Salesforce), Tableau’s own Christian Chabot and many customer speakers such as Cisco’s Rob...

Week two of the RBS 6 Nations Championship is now in the books. 3 excellent matches were scheduled over this past weekend, with the highlight expected to be the highly billed championship decider in Dublin between Ireland and England. Game Previews: The first match taking place on...

6 Nations Week 1 Individual Game Scoring Analysis Welcome to my first ever Blog as part of InterWorks Europe. It's an exciting time here at InterWorks Europe which just so happens to coincide with the Annual 6 Nations Rugby Championship. Rugby for me is a passion, being...

Social Media data is one of the fastest growth areas in the BI world. The dashboard below shows one of the possible ways you could use Facebook data. This dashboard focuses on the demographic, who, where, how many and what they think. The data for this...

This is our second belated post on producing art in Tableau. Well strictly speaking the visuals are more mathematically generated patterns with parameterised variables...

We love playing with Tableau and seeing what new things we can do with it. These visuals all look better on a full screen so please feel free to download the workbook. ...

I'm not a great fan of infographics, they don't assist the viewer in understanding the core story being told, so here's my alternative version of a Guardian produced infographic. See below for the original: Although pretty and colourful does it make it easy to understand the...

This weekend saw the Croydon Cyclone disc golf tournament. It was the biggest UK tour event for a long time, and the Croydon club created a tough course. Here's the analysis of each hole's results. As you can see, it was a tough event. Click...

Over on the forum, Jeremy asked about making trellis charts. For more info on trellis/panel charts, John Peltier has a great article about them. Consider a case where you want to visualise two measures (eg sales and time) for a Dimension with many members, such...

Tableau's sample files wouldn't look so good if they weren't well designed Alistair Knock posted a great question by Moose Peterson on Google+  about feedback on user photographs on the web:why do most people just make anodyne comments along the lines of “Nice!” when they probably...

BBC Sport have just published their Price of Football survey where they looked at the cost of tickets, programmes and old-school refreshments. The following visualisation compares the BBC headline cost 'Cheapest Day Out' (the total cost of the cheapest ticket, a programme, a pie and a cup of...

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