Technical Features

Make filter results more predictable by basing them on row number Do your filters ever return a result you weren’t…

Learn to control the granularity of an analysis Every visualization in Tableau has a “level of detail”. Understanding this aspect…

Tableau’s Creator, Explorer, and Viewer License Options Which Tableau product is best for you? It’s important to remember that Tableau…

Data source filters > context filters > dimension filters > measure filters See how the different types of Tableau filters…

Understand the foundation for slicing and dicing fields One of the critical ways Tableau classifies fields is as dimensions and…

Will you choose the green pill or the blue pill? Another critical field classification is discrete vs. continuous. Ryan explains…

Start on the right foot by properly preparing data for Tableau The single biggest barrier to Tableau adoption is properly…

Automatically Update Parameter Values and Set Workbooks to Latest Date Learn how to change fixed parameter values to dynamic so…

Blurring the line between explanatory and actionable analytics Ryan shares one of his favorite tactics for helping users evolve from…

Plot Points on Any Image by Looking Up X / Y Coordinates Tableau maps are technically scatter plots with data…

Create and Encode Custom Shapes Using Any Image We’ll have some fun mapping custom polygons on a baseball stadium. You’ll…

Create Reusable Discrete, Ordered Sequential, and Ordered Diverging Color Palettes Learn how to look up color hex values and update…