How to do “Button Swapping” in Tableau
You’ve likely heard of sheet swapping in Tableau; a well-known tactic that allows your users to choose what type of chart is shown on a view. With...Read More
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Tableau Tip: How to Automatically Change Date Granularity Based on Days in Range
I’ve shared before how to let your end users change the date part of a line graph in Tableau. Then this tactic was made even better with Tableau’s...Read More
3 Creative Ways to Use Transparent Sheets to Add Context in Tableau
As of Tableau Desktop 2018.3, authors can make worksheet backgrounds transparent. This means you can float multiple worksheets on top of each other and...Read More
How to Make a Tableau Timeline when Events Overlap
I’ve shared in the past how to make a timeline in Tableau. This is one of my favorite techniques for creating a calendar and/or providing context to...Read More
3 Storytelling with Color Tips to Improve Your Data Visualization
There are some fascinating parallels between storytelling and the practice of data visualization. Every story contains at least three elements: (1)...Read More
How to Create a Seamless Navigation Bar for Tableau Dashboards
Have you ever created a multi-dashboard workbook and found your users were confused with navigating through them? Or felt the out-of-the-box user...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
3 More Ways to Overcome the Excel Barrier to Tableau Adoption
Yikes – I’m getting old in Tableau years. This week I clicked on a Tableau Public post I thought sounded interesting: 3 Tips to Overcoming the...Read More