Introducing Leapfrog Charts in Tableau
Leapfrog charts are a variation on a minimalist dot plot and can be used when the primary objective is to show the relative performance of a specific...Read More
Data Tips & Tutorials
Birthday Sale at Playfair Data TV: Join for Only $1
To celebrate the first birthday of Playfair Data TV, we’re offering new subscribers their first month for only $1. That’s 95% off your first month...Read More
Playfair Data Presents: Preattentive Attributes
In the post and video, Why do you visualize data?, I share my exercise for educating stakeholders on the value of data visualization and show how the...Read More
Solutions from Tableau Training: How to Deduplicate Joined Rows
There are always problem-solving brainstorms at our Tableau training events, and sometimes the solutions are so relevant for all Tableau users that I...Read More
Tableau Tip: How to Make Better Relative Date Filters
Have you ever needed to filter to the last 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, etcetera in Tableau? You’ve likely found that it’s easy to add a...Read More
How to Drill into a Single Row of a Text Table in Tableau
Have you ever wanted to drill into a single row of a text table in Tableau? Tableau has some nice hierarchy options that allow you to drill down and...Read More
Tableau Training with Ryan Sleeper is Coming to Chicago, Philadelphia, and Kansas City
Playfair Data is excited to be taking our unique Tableau and data visualization training on the road this summer / fall by hosting all-inclusive,...Read More
3 Creative Ways to Use Tableau Parameter Actions
I have always described Tableau parameters as a Swiss Army knife due to their infinite applications. In case you are not familiar, Tableau parameters...Read More
How to Dynamically Change Number Units Between K / M / B in Tableau
This post will show you how to automatically change number formatting in Tableau between no units for values less than 1000, K for thousands, M for...Read More