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Highlight Table Hack
Sometimes, Highlight Tables are confused with Heat Maps . A Heat Map is a table that uses colors across two axes. A Highlight Table ...
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Dec 24, 20243 min read
What is the Best Way to Show a Price Increase in a Dashboard?
How do you take your data beyond a table view and why would you do so? I came across the below image online and this is a very common...
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Dec 11, 20242 min read
What Charts are Best for Human Eyes?
Did you know some charts are better for human perception than others? There have been several studies on graphical perception or how we...
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Custom Legend Buttons
If you are a beginner user to Tableau, you may be aware of the automatic legend that appears when you apply a Measure to a worksheet....
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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 28, 20242 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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Sep 19, 20241 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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Jul 21, 20242 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 12, 20243 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 30, 20243 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 18, 20242 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 11, 20242 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 6, 20242 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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