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How to Have a Difficult Conversation with your Client
Is your client asking for something in a Tableau dashboard that doesn't make sense? Agreeing with them might seem easiest, but it's not...
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Jan 62 min read
From a Line to a Spark!
What are sparkline charts? Sparkline charts are small line charts that are vertically stacked together instead of combining them all on...
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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 5, 20242 min read
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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Nov 25, 20242 min read
Now You See it, Now You Don't
In past blog posts I talked about the importance of blank shapes. In this blog article I review a couple of use cases for them! Holiday...
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Nov 4, 20242 min read
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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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 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 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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May 19, 20242 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 26, 20242 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 17, 20242 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 11, 20243 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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Feb 18, 20241 min read
Removing the Blue Highlight in a KPI Worksheet
In a previous blog post here. I discussed several ways of removing a blue highlight when you have a Text KPI worksheet. In the second...
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