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Great visualizations answer the question – “Compared to what?” – without making users expend much effort uncovering their next actionable…

Tableau’s “Dynamic Zone Visibility” – released with version 2022.3 – promises to be a game changer when it comes to…

Traditional Gantt charts display a mark at a start date and size the mark by duration, showing a visual connection…

I often see stock ticker gauges that show a trend for a symbol or index, but where the entire chart…

The humble bar chart still reigns supreme when it comes to visualizing differences between categorial, or discrete, data – but…

Pareto charts – named for the Pareto principle inspired by Italian economist, Vilfredo Pareto – help visualize the dimension members…

Waterfall charts visualize the individual categorical or time period contributions to a running total and are one of my favorite…

Unit charts – or stacked bar charts made up of equal-sized marks – take the benefits of the bar chart…

Data visualization is much more than “making pretty charts”. Valuable decision-making tools require strategic planning to identify objectives and business…

This is the third and final post in a series on how to get more out of text in Tableau.…

This is the second in a three-post series about innovative uses of text in Tableau. For the first post, see…