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Dec 6, 20213 min read
Create a Sankey Diagram on a Map
If you saw the 2020 Iron Viz, one of the winners, Christian Felix, created a stunning visualization with lines across a map (listed here)....
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Nov 17, 20214 min read
How to Create a Diverging Stacked Bar Chart
Do you have survey data? Do you want an interesting way to show the negative versus positive responses? Use a Diverging Stacked Bar...
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Nov 10, 20213 min read
Different Metrics, Different Rows, Different Colors using MIN(1)
Do you have KPI numbers that you want to have a different color scheme for each row? There are several ways to enter KPI (Key...
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Nov 2, 20212 min read
Navigation Objects
Did you know that you can insert an object into your dashboard that will allow the user to navigate to different dashboards? Let's say...
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Oct 26, 20212 min read
How to Show/Hide a Chart with a Button
Have you heard of the floating container functionality in Tableau? Did you know you can put a chart (or charts) into these floating...
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Oct 19, 20211 min read
How to Pivot Your Data
Did you know you can pivot your data in Tableau? Do you have a data source that has multiple columns? Depending on how your data is...
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Oct 11, 20212 min read
Just a Few Bar Tips for Dashboards
Have you wondered how to add a line in your dashboard visually separating charts? Do you know how to add a Boarder to your Bars in your...
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Oct 5, 20212 min read
Multiple Charts in the Tooltip?
If you are a beginner user in Tableau, you may not realize that you can add charts to the Tooltip of your dashboard. By doing so you...
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Sep 28, 20212 min read
How to Create a Rounded Stacked Bar Chart with Percentages
Do you have a dashboard where you want to add a chart a little more interesting than a bar chart? I kept most of the instructions from...
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Sep 20, 20211 min read
Creating an Nth Label
Have you ever tried to put labels on your line graph and you were not happy with the default options of All, Min/max, Line Ends,...
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Sep 14, 20213 min read
Advanced Tips You Didn't Know That You Should Know
This article lists a couple of Do's and Don'ts for beginner Tableau users. Remove Keep Only and Exclude in your Tooltips This option, in...
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Sep 9, 20212 min read
How to Switch a Background Image with a Selection
In this example I created this Tableau dashboard to mimic the different links for this website. If you hover over worksheet with the...
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Sep 1, 20211 min read
Create a Custom Color Palette
Did you know you can create your own custom color palette to display in the Tableau Color Marks card? You will need to know the hex...
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Aug 25, 20211 min read
3 Custom Shapes You Should have
One of the most important things to have in your Tableau Tool box are certain custom shapes. I use Icons8.com and flaticons.com for free...
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Aug 11, 20212 min read
The Shape Problem
Have you ever wanted to show shapes to represent something such as initiatives or certain steps in a project? Would you want to combine...
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Aug 4, 20212 min read
Create Date "Buttons"
Do your users want to filter your dashboard by the Days, Weeks, Months and Years? I like to create a set of buttons as shown below with...
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Jul 29, 20212 min read
A Bar Chart but with Shapes?
Have you ever wondered how to make a bar chart but with custom shapes? I documented the steps below from this youtube video by Toan...
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Jul 28, 20212 min read
Create a Drill-Down Proportional Bar Chart with Set Actions
Do you want to add a chart to your dashboard where you can click on it and drill into the next level of data? An example would be with...
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Jul 21, 20211 min read
What Chart Should I Use?
Have you ever wondered what chart is the best for your analysis? I get asked this question a lot from beginner users in Tableau. I found...
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Jul 13, 20213 min read
How to Create a Line Jump Plot
Do you have a project with due dates? Did you know there is an interesting way to plot the days between these due dates? Jump Plots are...
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