You've created a brilliant viz. Everyone is sharing it on social networks, but they're not finding their way to the blog post that explained it all. Instead, they land on the default Tableau page. You were sure to include a link to your own website...
Some of you may have come upon this problem: You can’t see where the states or their boundaries are. Why is that you may ask? Tableau overlays what are called “Map Layers.” These layers allow you to overlay names, state boundaries, zip code boundaries and much more....
The Puzzle The client wants to see a rolling five-quarter view of Sales and Profit. Easy. She also wants to have a second pane on a dashboard that shows Sales and Profit of those five quarters rolled up and split by Department. Easy. She wants a quick filter...
For the 2013-2014 NBA season, Kevin Durant is clearly dominating the list of League MVP candidates. Whether looking at straight stats, overall performance or any number of arbitrary, cooked-up analyses, Kevin Durant is still leading the charge to the title. As a fun example, the...
What do you do when a request can’t be solved by traditional reporting tools, and adding new tables or views to your database can take weeks? Situation A new manager joins the group. While you’re presenting your workbook, she wants to see things a little differently. Instead...
One of my favorite game shows to watch is “The Price Is Right.” I’ve always been a huge fan of the games, and I love watching the hilarity of contestants as they run down the aisle after hearing their name called by the announcer. I’m...
A major vulnerability was recently patched in OpenSSL. Tableau Server 8.1.5 currently uses a vulnerable version OpenSSL. The patched version of OpenSSL is 1.0.1g. Here's a quick guide on how you can perform an in-place upgrade of OpenSSL to close the security hole. Please do...
So many times in history one person's valuable contribution ends up being eclipsed by another for no good or fair reason. Think of Galileo, who was not (and never claimed to be) the inventor of the refracting telescope - it was invented by Dutch spectacle makers....
Setting Up the Problem In a study called "Multidimensional Segmentation at Work," IBM asked marketing departments in various industries to rank their most difficult marketing challenges. Of the top four challenges, two were “identifying when a customer has migrated between segments” and “finding ‘real’ customers that...
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Tableau is great at mapping, but sometimes labels don’t show up where you want them. Labels on marks that are too close to each other are hidden by default to prevent overlapping text. That’s a good thing. When you have several in a small area...
Why would you need to use URL parameters in Tableau Server? Below is an example of a list of order dates.Thanks to Tableau's massive amount of built in date functions we can do just about anything with them but what if we want to find...
What happens when you install Alteryx on 15 machines, fill the room with data experts from a variety of industries and add an excellent trainer? You get the Alteryx Fundamentals Public Course. Not only do you gain perspective from other classmates, but the trainer is...
Are you happy where you live? Have you thought about moving to another state? Gallup-Healthways recently released their latest Well-Being Index report, outlining well-being across every state in America. The report is a downloadable PDF, available here. It takes some effort to filter through, which is...
Donut* charts offer a quick, high-level view of data dimensions that have few members, and together, contribute to a whole. Essentially, it's a pie chart with a hole. It's not glamorous, but it's quick and informative. The extra level introduced by the donut hole allows...
As a data analyst, it’s fitting that I love data. The information we can gather, allowing us to learn more about our world, understand complex issues and solve perplexing problems, is absolutely spectacular. With Tableau, we can accomplish these feats with greater speed, precision, and...
The role of Business Intelligence Consultant / Analyst is a very new field, and as such, it is composed of transplants from other industries. None of us were born with the mindset, "when I grow up I want to be a data analyst!" Most of...
Continuing with the ‘Questions from Tableau Training’ series, I was asked a labeling question with regards to a time series chart. The question was: “How you can get multiple labels combined into one tooltip?” The example that we were working on was a time series chart for...
If you’re reading this post, you already know that the trend line is the gold standard when it comes to viewing data over time. However, the visual impact of a trend line plummets if the data are too thin. The images below highlight a common...
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