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
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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
How to Create Persistent Comparison Sets Across Tableau Dashboards
Comparisons help us find and communicate insights in Tableau and segmentation (a type of comparison) is one of the best ways to make those insights...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
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