Create an Area Chart with a Slider
Do you have an area chart in your dashboard that you would like to have a slider to select a certain time period? One way to spruce up a...
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May 18, 20212 min read
Restricting Views with the USERNAME Formula
Do you have a dashboard that you only want certain users to view their own items when they open the dashboard? Use the USERNAME formula!...
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May 5, 20211 min read
Data Update Time
Have you ever had a client ask you when the data behind the dashboard was last updated? Did you know you can easily insert a time stamp...
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Apr 28, 20211 min read
Display the Filtered Date Range with a Dynamic Header
Would you like to have a text header at the top of your line chart that displays the filtered range? Would you like this header to...
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Apr 13, 20211 min read
Automatically Filter by Latest Date
Did you know you can automatically set up your dashboard to filter by the latest date in your data set? Follow the below steps to do so....
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Apr 7, 20212 min read
Line Chart with a Dot at the End
Do you have a line chart comparing this year to last year data? Do you want a way to outline the most current month? One way to do this...
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Mar 30, 20211 min read
Cascading Filters
Did you know you can set filters to cascade in Tableau? Cascading filters are when the selection on the first filter causes the second...
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Mar 19, 20211 min read
Using Windows Character Map
Have you ever wondered where KPI arrows come from in a Tableau Dashboard? You can get these from the Character Map application in...
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Mar 9, 20211 min read
Weekend Filter
A couple of people have asked me how to filter out weekend data in a Tableau Workbook. You can do this by creating a Calculated Field and...
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Feb 22, 20211 min read
Adding an Apply Button to Your Filter
Do you have a multitude of filters in your dashboard? As you know the more filters you add to a dashboard, the more it will slow down...
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Dec 8, 20201 min read
Make a Combo Shape and Bar Chart
Did you know you can combine a Shape and Bar chart? The below chart is from my Dog Shelters in the US dashboard in Tableau Public. In...
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Nov 28, 20201 min read
Tableau Tips - Custom Shapes
Did you know you can create custom shapes and use them in your dashboards? I use Snag It to create custom PNG files for my dashboards....
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