In my last post (Part 1) I showed you how to create a combination area fill & symbol map. Last week a client in Washington, DC asked me if it was possible to create these types of maps and display specific regional groupings of states. The...
Building on the KPI tutorial from Tableau found here, I would like to add a neat trick to increase your data-pixel ratio and remove additional clutter from your KPI charts by using a custom shape. The premise is based on Stephen Few and Edward Tufte's...
Fresh off a West Coast swing that took me from the Central Valley to Silicon Valley and into San Francisco, I'm back in Oklahoma for Independence Day. This quick blog post explores a question that always comes up during Tableau Training sessions - "What locations can...
While in Chicago conducting a training last week a client asked me whether you can offer a hide/show option for reference lines on a published dashboard. My immediate thought was Tableau doesn't have a native option to support this, but quickly my mind turned to...
Last week, a client in Washington D.C. (and several clients before) have asked me about building combination maps that combine the new filled map style with the symbol map. This is not a Show Me option but is pretty easy to do once you understand the...
At 27,000ft on the way home from the Big Apple (New York City) with another quick blog post. No mud, barbed wire, or fire pits here, sorry to disappoint. I had a question come in about Multi-Measure Dual Axis Charts and I thought this might make...
I’m confident the sudden, all-encompassing change in pace for ‘data’ over the last few years has been fueled by our need to want more information out of our world. The immediacy and sheer speed with which it arrives is faster than most of us have...
I was writing a query today and came across a set of data with an annoying leading space. Or what I thought was a leading space. My first instinct was to throw this around my field: LTRIM(RTRIM([SKU])) But the space was still there. OMGWTFBBQ! After...
What do Tableau Software, Business Intelligence and User Experience have in common? Combined, they represent the New Age of Data. More specifically, they push data visualization, data personalization and data emergence to higher levels of understanding. At the present moment, we are seeing a massive...
Hello from 25,000ft! Today I'm en route to Louisville, Kentucky, but yesterday I had a blast running the Warrior Dash along with 15-20 of the InterWorks crew. We all had a great time in the mud, and while we’re not necessarily out to win, everyone...
Creating visualizations in Tableau that are out of the ordinary are always fun. If you visit the Visual Gallery at Tableau's website you can see great examples of this. My personal favorite is "An Analysis with Teeth" Like the analysis with teeth, I leveraged the...
Building time series charts is easy in Tableau. But what if you want to display a month-year time series? There are a few ways to do this, but this video shows you the fastest way. ...
In a perfect world, we'd have a single comprehensive data source to meet all our analytical needs. When that can't happen, I frequently turn to Tableau's Data Blending functionality that allows me to access and combine data stored in multiple systems. Data blending is a fantastic...
Last week I had the pleasure of attending Tableau's 2nd Annual European Customer Conference in Barcelona. I'm often asked by clients and partners alike about my experiences at these events. Aside from the opportunity to explore beautiful locations and enjoy face to face time with...
A fast and easy way to create Crosstabs with your data in Tableau is by using Measure Names and Measure Values. The quick walkthrough below will guide you. First: Open Tableau and connect to Superstore Sales - Excel. Second: Double Click on Measure Names in your Data Dimensions window....
When opening an Excel file, do multiple windows open instead of just the one you intended? Do you have users who are experiencing this problem? If you answered yes to these questions AND you have the Tableau Data Reshaper 4.1 or older add-in for Excel installed,...
Adding Reference lines for specific targets or target areas can be very beneficial to seeing the overall picture of the health of your organization. Adding reference lines, bands or distributions to your views helps emphasize valuable areas that may be useful in interpreting your data....
When Adding References lines, as a user, you must decide what scope you want to apply your reference line. Do you want the Scope to be across the Entire Table, to be Per Pane, or to be Per Cell. Understanding the different options and the...
A Parameter is any value passed to a program in order to customize the program for a particular purpose. A parameter could be anything: A string of text, a range of values, or an amount just to name a few. In Tableau, think about it...
Google Analytics is a great tool for keeping track of website traffic to see the effectiveness of your online marketing campaigns. However, Google's built-in tools aren't always the best for visualizing and analyzing the data that it collects. Therefore, it is best to extract that...
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