From my Melbourne Advanced class last week, I received the following question from one of my students, Arpan: "Can I manually set the colors of a stepped gradient?" The quick answer is: Yes, you can! Let’s learn more about this question and potential use cases for the solution. Stepped...
Every day, we are contacted by individuals that are aware of the great potential in Tableau but have no background in data analytics. They are keenly interested in learning Tableau as quickly as possible. As a certified Tableau training partner and 2015 Tableau Training Partner of the...
A common question that comes up in trainings is: "I accidentally removed the null indicator, how do I get it back (without using undo)?" Ignoring the null indicator on visualizations can often cause discomfort among end users as they may believe that something is wrong. In certain...
It’s 9 a.m., and you’ve just entered the classroom for your Tableau class, whether it’s Fundamentals or Advanced. Or, maybe you’ve just logged into the virtual classroom and are waiting for the rest of the students to show up in the chat window. How much...
Date Fields are one of the trickiest concepts for Tableau beginners. In this Tableau Training Tips video, I explain what they are as well as how/when to use continuous and discrete fields. Feel free to follow along in Tableau on your desktop to master this concept in...
Level of detail (LOD) is a feature that was introduced in Tableau Desktop v9. While it offers a great amount of flexibility and control over how you use the data in your visualization, it can be a bit tricky to fully understand. We teach level of...
This article is about why you should take the Tableau Fundamentals course. Yes, you. I know that you’re a self-taught guru that’s been working in the tool every day for nine months. You’re the local data analytics guru in your organization. Who needs the Tableau...
A common question that comes up in trainings is: “How do ZIP codes work in Tableau? Do I need to add in leading zeros, or can I leave them out?” As geographic fields become increasingly available in the field of analytics, aggregating customer information to ZIP code level...
It’s been a while since I wrote in this series, but I was recently conducting a training and was asked a question that I have never been asked. I’m sure it comes up regularly, but I never came across it. I was asked: “Tableau makes the week...
A common question that often comes up in trainings is: “How can I add conditional formatting to my visualizations?” Conditional formatting can be a useful way to call attention to textual data. Common cases of conditional formatting involve using Color or Symbols (That’s symbols for all...
A common question that often comes up in trainings is: “How do I utilize the Pivot feature in Tableau to make building charts easier?” What does it mean to pivot data? A pivot is a transformation of data structure from a wide view (many columns) to a...
A common question that often comes up in trainings is: “How do I add gaps between the bars of my visualizations?” The first thing to know is whether or not your graph should have spaces between the bars or not. If you are trying to visualize ordered...
A common question that often comes up in trainings is: “How do I run a 'difference between two dates' calculation only considering business days?” In order to focus on business days, we need to adjust our calculated field to define what a “Business Day” is. First, we need...
Chances are, several people have the same questions about Tableau as you do. The Questions from Tableau Training series spotlights these questions and provides answers. Questions are pulled straight from InterWorks' Tableau training classes. You can check out the full list of posts on the...
Connecting to a data source will likely be the very first thing you do in Tableau Desktop. Today, we will cover how to do just that, as well as some of the different options available to you. In the future, we’ll revisit this subject to...
Continuing the series, a question came up concerning Tableau actions in my latest class. The user wanted to have a complete understanding of what happens when they add a filter action and how to know if the action was applied correctly. This blog post is...
Tableau’s “out of the box geocoding” functionality creates a wealth of opportunities for users to create beautiful maps almost instantly. This is continually one of the most “in-demand” sections for students who have attended my Tableau trainings. There are few other software applications which are...
This question comes up in training almost every time: “My data has leading zeros. When I connect to my datasource in Tableau, it strips them off. How can I get them back?” How, indeed. This solution actually came from a training attendee, which pretty much adds...
Making presentations from Tableau can be a winning occurrence when you are able to make the production interactive. The world of the slide deck, with static images relaying only one objective, can be a thing of the past when using Tableau for your demonstrations. When...
In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past two decades, tech companies have become some of the most powerful entities in the world today. Think of the most successful companies that come to mind. Odds are that half of the names you...
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