Tableau Formatting Series: How to Use Lines & Borders
This is the second post in our series on formatting in Tableau. For other applications, see Tableau Formatting Series: How to Use Shading and...Read More
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Tableau Formatting Series: How to Use Shading & Backgrounds
Shading vs. Background
There are two approaches to changing surface color in Tableau; shading and background. While they have the same function, the...Read More
How to Design a Typographic Hierarchy in Tableau
For most Tableau authors, typography is not the first thing they think about when they develop a dashboard. Luckily, Tableau has spent considerable...Read More
An Introduction to Alteryx Generate Rows
The Generate Rows tool in Alteryx is a great tool to explore when you need to expand your dataset. When it comes to creating dummy records or...Read More
3 Essential Ways to Use Dynamic Parameters in Tableau
Dynamic parameters were introduced with Tableau Desktop version 2020.1 and rightfully created a lot of buzz among Tableau authors due to their...Read More
The Definitive Guide to Tableau Sets
In this post you will learn how to: (1) create static sets, (2) create dynamic sets, (3) use sets as a filter, (4) use sets as a dimension, (5) use...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
Data-Ink Ratio Animation and How to Apply it in Tableau
In his 1983 book, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward Tufte introduced the concept of the data-ink ratio in data visualization. In...Read More
How to Benchmark in Tableau Using Viz in Tooltip and Data Blending
The most common question I get from analysts is, “How do I get better at Tableau?”.
It’s not easy being new to Tableau and seeing some of the...Read More