Be Kind to Your Future Self
Have you ever looked at a dashboard or workflow that you haven't touched in six months and you are like, "What was I thinking?" Perhaps...
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Oct 282 min read
I'm Drawing a Blank...
Did you know that you can use blank objects and blank shapes in a Tableau dashboard? Both can be helpful for different use cases. I will...
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Oct 92 min read
Workout Wednesday Challenges You should Try
If you are new to Tableau, you may not have heard of Workout Wednesday Challenges. What are they? They are weekly challenges to expand...
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Sep 191 min read
Resumes in Tableau?!
Not only can you create dashboards to showcase your skills as a Tableau developer in Tableau Public , but you can create an interactive...
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Sep 102 min read
Which Image AI Generators Should You Use?
There are a lot of AI Image generators out there that you can use to create images. Why would you use these? Well most images have a...
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Sep 32 min read
Visual Filters - Sheet Swap with an Image!
Do you have a client that wants to see data in different chart types in an already visually busy dashboard? If you use the Sheet Swapping...
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Aug 202 min read
How to Create a Date Granularity Filter
Do you have a client that wants to change the axis of the graphs in your dashboard to flip from Days, Months, Weeks, Quarters or Years?...
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Jul 212 min read
Automatically Filter a Dashboard for Managers
Wouldn't it be great if you could design a dashboard for managers that was automatically filtered for just for them? You can do this with...
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Jul 123 min read
Level Up Your Gantt Chart
A Gantt chart is a great way to show processes over time and are typically used for Project management. Here is the help tableau site's...
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Jun 303 min read
Let's Talk About Dates Baby!
In my live demo this week called Dawn's Design Demos, I will review how to create a Date Picker (or selector) for a dashboard. The...
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Jun 182 min read
The Lindsey Poulter Method and Other Tableau Tips
If you watched the exciting Iron Viz competition at TC24 this year, you may have heard of the "Lindsey Poulter Method." Who is Lindsey...
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Jun 112 min read
When Would You Use a Dot Strip Plot?
Both Scatter plots and Dot Strip plots display insights in your data, but when would you use a Dot Strip plot over a Scatter plot? What...
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Jun 62 min read
The Cost of NOT Educating Your Employees Or Yourself (On SQL)
Not only can you connect to an Excel sheet in Tableau but you can connect to different databases. This of course means you need to have...
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May 303 min read
Highlighting the Selected Dot Plot or Bar Chart
Do you want a way to call out the metric a user selects in a dashboard? In my World Happiness Report 2023 Tableau dashboard here; I have...
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May 192 min read
How to Create Ghost Bar Charts!
There are so many ways you can enhance a bar chart. If you haven't had a chance to, you should favorite this dashboard called Bar Chart...
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Apr 262 min read
Formula to Automatically display T, B, M or K!
You may not be aware that you can change the way your numbers are displayed in Tableau on the Format pane under Display Units. This will...
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Apr 172 min read
Enhancing Your Line Chart
Do you have a regular line chart in your dashboard? Here are some methods to take it to the next level! If you want to watch a video...
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Apr 113 min read
Can You Still Expand/Collapse Views in a Container with Dynamic Zone Visibility?
I have been exploring this Dynamic Zone Visibility feature that Tableau released a while back. In a previous blog post here, I show you...
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Mar 282 min read
What Requirement Questions Should You Ask Your Clients?
Before you even start creating dashboards, you need to know what questions to ask your clients. This is considered gathering requirements...
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Mar 193 min read
How Do You Join Data Sets In Tableau?
Sometimes a data set doesn't have everything you need in it for a certain visualization. You will have to perform extra steps to get the...
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