Visual Analytics and Tableau Blog

When Playfair Data does visual analytics consulting, we always strive to reduce the time to insight, increase the accuracy of…

In Practical Tableau, we introduced the concept of a pace chart, an alternative bullet graph that normalizes progress to goal…

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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…