Innovative Tableau: How to Add Vertical Lines to Connect Slope Graphs
Innovative Tableau is now available for pre-order at Amazon! To celebrate, we’re sharing a full-length chapter excerpt from the forthcoming...Read More
Data Tips & Tutorials
How to Reorder Stacked Bars on the Fly in Tableau
I often mention during my training workshops that stacked bar charts are among my least favorite chart types because unless a dimension member is on...Read More
How to Make Your New Favorite Commenting System in Tableau
I’ve shown you in the past how to add custom integrated insights to a Tableau dashboard. This tactic allows you to communicate insights and...Read More
How to Make a Biggest Movers Chart in Tableau
A biggest movers chart shows performance for the dimension members with the largest period over period changes, whether those changes are positive or...Read More
How to Change Sort Order with Buttons in Tableau
Sorting marks within bar charts in ascending or descending order is good practice because it allows you to compare not only the preattentive attribute...Read More
How to Make Ranged Dot Plots in Tableau
Ranged dot plots display not only a circle mark representing the current performance for a specific dimension member, but a full range of how that...Read More
5 Tips for Mobile First Tableau Dashboard Design
It’s hard to believe, but I recently completed my very first mobile first Tableau dashboard design. That’s right – 90% of Playfair Data traffic...Read More
How to Make Hub and Spoke Maps in Tableau
Hub and spoke maps not only plot locations on a map, but they draw connecting lines between the origin and one or more destinations. This type of map...Read More
Tableau Tip: How to do Better Sheet Swapping
I’ve shared before how to allow your audience to decide which chart type is being shown on a view. This is a well-known tactic known as ‘sheet...Read More