Introduction We first looked at error bars in week 28. But error bars have several formatting features and can be used in several types of visuals. This week, we are going to use error bars to show a dynamically populated range around an average. Requirements Calculate the average height and standard deviation for the heights. …
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Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re collaborating with the Tableau team to create a waterfall pipeline using Salesforce data. Lorna Brown, the creator of the challenge is attending Saleforce’s Dreamforce conference, hence the nature of the challenge. We’re building a waterfall chart using the Simple Waterfall custom visual by Datanomy Limited. This week’s workout can be done in …
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Introduction This week is Dreamforce; Salesforce’s conference. So I thought I would stay on theme and use Salesforce Data. When I first started to see Salesforce pre-built dashboards they included several elements, but the one we are going to focus on today is the Waterfall chart. This allows us to see how much value is …
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Introduction I sit back every week and watch the other amazing members of the #WorkoutWednesday Power BI team go through Deneb challenges like it’s nothing. The visuals are fantastic, the customizations are intriguing, but the truth is – I’ve never done a Deneb visual! Until this week that is. If you’re like me and …
Introduction This week’s challenge is focused on Level of Detail (LOD) calculations. We could probably build this chart using Table Calculations, but we’re not going to. Deliberate practice with some basic LODs. This also can be the basis for some cohort analysis, aligning various groups from different time periods on the same starting point. And …
#WOW2022 Week 37: Can you create a common starting point? Read More
Every needed to visualize a % of total across two dimensions & measures? Then the Marrimeko chart is what you need! Check out this week’s #WOW2022 challenge for a throwback to 2017 week 8
Introduction Another PlotlyJS visual this week – creating a split violin plot. We’ll be comparing male and female dating preferences collected from speed dating events between 2002-2004. EXTRA CREDIT – For those with a little more time on their hands, an extended workout challenge is included; conduct your own data analysis and create a data …
2022 Week 36 | Power BI: Split Violin Plot and HTML Read More
Introduction This week’s challenge is brought to you by a guest coach, my colleague Valerija Kirjackaja, who came across this problem at work and created a beautiful solution for it. How often do you get asked to re-create Excel tables in Tableau? On a scale from 1 to ‘I am never doing this again’ – …
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Introduction This week we are exploring another lesser used chart type: the comet chart. Comet charts show the evolution of one or two measures over time. They allow you to see change between two time periods across a category while emphasizing the direction of the change. You might use a comet chart instead of a dumbbell …
Introduction This week we return to another business-specific challenge. This team we will explore hospitality data. The goal of this challenge is to determine what the average occupancy is by day at three different properties. The challenge of this data is that you’ll only ever know when customers check-in or check-out. Not the actual total …
2022 – Week 34: What is the average occupancy by weekday? Read More
