Sets, Glorious Sets. Was what I tweeted out earlier this week, as I was finishing off my IronViz entry for Europe! Sets and set actions are super powerful and there are so many use cases. This week we take a look at the Tableau Stock market, using the almighty SET ACTIONS, and obviously it includes …
Care to join me on an adventure to the dark side? While it’s true I might not yet have the Sith skills of Curtis when it comes to the dark side, I’ve decided to tip the balance of the force toward the dark this week. The workout this week combines a few concepts inspired by …
2019 Week 14: Can you build a line chart with dynamic highlight and comparison? Read More
This week were taking a look at Tableau Stock prices using candlestick charts. So whats different about this? The dates aggregate at differet levels depending on the number of candlesticks! This challenge is not easy so there are 2 achievement levels. You can make this chart using either a gantt chart or by unioning the …
2019 Week 13: Can you create a dynamic view of historical DATA prices? Read More
My personal favorite Workout Wednesday challenges are those that come straight from the workplace, this is one of those weeks. Just recently I was asked to produce a very similar visualization, but with the affordance of my good friend Alteryx. For this challenge, all of the data prep has to be done in Tableau, without …
This weeks Workout Wednesday, has lots of hidden tricks and tips inside. But I want you to mainly focus on a specific part. Sorting in Tableau can be a bit of a pain, it has gotten much better with nested sorting. But this challenge allows you to sort A – Z, Z – A, Profit …
This week’s challenge is plucked directly from #IronQuest. If you’re not aware of what #IronQuest is, it’s a monthly challenge during the off season of Tableau Public’s Iron Viz feeder contest. It’s run by Sarah Bartlett and each month a different theme is chosen. Participants are allowed to submit for feedback (the idea is to …
2019 Week 10: How Has Our Profit Ratio Changed Nationally? Read More
When I started Workout Wednesday I made a list of potential challenges. This challenge was the second challenge I wrote down. After more than 20 challenges I’ve finally gotten around to sharing it! Challenge Click to view on Tableau Public Requirements Format: 1000px by 600px Create a visualization with bar charts that show total sales, …
For this week’s workout, we look at one of my favorite chart types, the pareto. I love the pareto chart as a data exploration resource, and also as a powerful analytic resource. If you aren’t familiar with the pareto, the purpose is to see what % of x, makes up what % of y, with …
2019 Week 8: What percentage of products make up 80% of sales? Read More
Valentine’s Day is officially tomorrow. This data set looks at percentage of people buying a particular gift. This week I wanted to focus in on building a few things; using the button functionality, sheet swapping and finally a radar chart (because why not). Many Many people have been waiting for the button functionality and I …
2019 Week 7: What gifts do people plan on spending money on? Read More
Those of you who know me well know that I like to create visualizations that include both detail and aggregate in the same view. I have a particular interest in showing how the smaller components contribute to the overall. When there’s one major chart on a dashboard I think it works out particularly well – …
