2011-2015 College Football Attendance
As another college football season draws to a close, the sport as a whole is in great shape. Ratings are high, and the revenues of individual programs are higher than ever. That said, there remain some areas for improvement – particularly when it comes to attendance.. Since 2011, attendance has been down 4.5% throughout college […]
My Favorite Tableau Viz: Push the Ball Up the Hill
Credit for this viz goes directly to InterWorks EU Managing Director Mel Stephenson, who taught me that a great viz should include an aspect of psychology, as well. So, someone recently asked me what’s the most interesting viz I’ve seen, and there’s one that stands out in particular – not because it’s terribly visually appealing, but because […]
The Tableau Performance Checklist: Rendering – Use Transparent Background PNGs
Who doesn’t love efficiency? We are finishing up with the rendering category today by returning to custom shapes. Let’s get started: “If using custom shapes, use transparent background PNGs instead of JPGs. Views will render cleaner, and shape files will take up less space.” Didn’t know we’d get into some Photoshop tips, eh? Images & Custom […]
Creating a Collapsing Menu Container in Tableau
Some of my favorite mobile apps like Slack, Feedly and Google Maps have a slide-out menu that appears when I tap a small icon. That common design element makes plenty of room for user inputs and gets them out of the way when you’re done – perfect for small screens. Available space for Tableau dashboards […]
Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums of 2015
Pitchfork, one of the most well-known online music review sites, just released their “Top 50 Albums of the Year” list for 2015. They do a great job listing out each album, sharing some background info and a track from each album along the way. Still, this got me thinking: Why not take this same list and look at it a little differently using […]
Browser Wars 2015
Which web browser do you use? Do you use a different browser on your personal computer, cellphone or tablet? I spent a few minutes in Tableau this morning looking at the changes in browser market share over the past seven years. You can see Google Chrome passed Internet Explorer in 2011 and Firefox in early 2012. It continues to build share […]
How to Set Up Single-Click Hierarchy Navigation in Tableau
About a week ago, I shared a blog post that demonstrated a new way to visualize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in Tableau. This week, using the same viz, I’ll show how to set up single-click hierarchy navigation. The Challenge Those of us familiar with Pivot Tables in Excel appreciate a good hierarchy. The good news […]
When to Use Tableau Reader
Tableau Reader is a free-to-download tool that allows you to view packaged workbooks with full interactivity. It’s available for both PC and Mac users. Some organizations use Tableau Reader far more than they should while others might benefit by adding it to their options for their end users. Understanding the good, the bad and the […]
NFL Player Arrests Visualized in Tableau
Fame and money can do extraordinary things to people. Some use their position for good while many others go in the opposite direction. If you want proof, look no further than the NFL. We love our professional athletes, especially those that play football, but it’s no mystery that several of those athletes have a tendency to get in trouble. […]
Tableau Driver’s Ed: The Role of Business – Evangelism
Tableau Drive is the roadmap for successfully taking a love of Tableau to a successful enterprise deployment. In part two of this series, we explored how the Tableau Drive methodology required IT and the business to forge a cooperative and collaborative partnership. In part three, we expanded more on IT’s role in that partnership. Now, […]