Visual Analytics and Tableau Blog

Low-fidelity (or Lo-Fi) designs are simple sketches that outline the key elements of a dashboard. In many ways, it stands…

If you’ve worked in data analytics or data visualization for any length of time, you’ll know that bar charts are…

At Playfair Data, we pride ourselves in improving the UX of dashboards to transform raw data into powerful insights. To…

When thinking about how we can tell a story through data, we often view the element of color as a…

One of the best ways to take a dashboard to the next level is to incorporate interactivity beyond what’s available…

This is the third post in our series on formatting in Tableau. For other applications, see Tableau Formatting Series: How…

Being able to apply some basics of layout design to your visual analytics projects can bring a surprising amount of…

As our dashboards get more complex, we can sometimes be limited on space. It’s hard to find a happy medium…

To celebrate the release of Innovative Tableau: 100 More Tips, Tutorials, and Strategies, I’m releasing some bonus content to show…