Tableau Formatting Series: How to Use Shading and 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
Fundamentals
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
How to Pivot, Unpivot, and Double Pivot Data in Tableau Prep
One of the first topics I cover during my live Tableau training events is what I view as the single biggest barrier to Tableau adoption: connecting to...Read More