Ryan Sleeper

Okay, I get it. Searching for “Tableau vs. Power BI” leads to over 25 million results in Google, and that…

This year, I had the opportunity to attend my first Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, one of the leading community…

Desire paths are unplanned trails that form when users circumvent the carefully constructed paths before them in favor of routes…

Think of the lyrics from your favorite song – or any song for that matter. I guarantee it contains the…

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When Playfair Data does visual analytics consulting, we always strive to reduce the time to insight, increase the accuracy of…

In Practical Tableau, we introduced the concept of a pace chart, an alternative bullet graph that normalizes progress to goal…

Data visualization is not about making “pretty charts and graphs;” it’s about communication. There are some who view data visualization…

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Great visualizations answer the question – “Compared to what?” – without making users expend much effort uncovering their next actionable…

Tableau’s “Dynamic Zone Visibility” – released with version 2022.3 – promises to be a game changer when it comes to…