Introduction This week’s challenge was inspired by a question from a client. In truth, I was not able to solve the problem for them upfront. This challenge would not exist were it not for an article in the Tableau Community that explains how to achieve the desired outcome – thanks to whoever wrote this up! …
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we will use Power BI to build an interactive resume. This challenge is for a few different audiences. 1) Job seekers – feel free to use this template, plug in your information, make design tweaks, and post this to your portfolio! 2) Data vizzers – use the starter …
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Introduction The theme for February 2023 has been alternatives. This week I present an alternative (and trust me, there are many other alternatives) to my least favorite chart: the side-by-side bar chart. The reason this chart is so difficult for me is because it takes up a lot of space and when I am doing …
2023 Week 8: Can you build a comet chart as an alternative to a side-by-side bar chart? Read More
Introduction Welcome to WoW week 8! Last week we looked at hidden/unused pages in within your dashboards. The exercise last week was to get familiar with how to create and navigate between hidden pages. This week we will attempt different variations of uses cases of this functionality. Requirements Edit the dashboard from week 07 or …
Introduction This week for Workout Wednesday we will be trying our hand at non-linear regression with the Deneb custom visual. With Vega and Vega-Lite we can create a non-linear line of best fit over our data points and utilise the statistical API to return a correlation coefficient. Requirements Power Query Obtain the dataset from the …
Introduction Welcome to WoW Week 7! Have you ever needed to show different or conditional information on a dashboard… that is not actually a part of the page being viewed?? Or maybe you want to make changes to a dashboard but not yet ready to render them to a user?? Need to optimize dashboard efficiency …
NPS Survey data can be tricky to wrangle and work with. Check out this week’s Tableau #WorkoutWednesday and see if you can do it!
Introduction This week we have a lot going on! I originally found a hack about 2 years ago how to create a timeline stacked bar chart. I don’t know if I just didn’t find the easy way to do it or if they released a new feature since then. Anyway, this is what we’ll do …
Introduction As Donna mentioned last week, this month we’re focusing on alternative chart types. This jitterplot is a fun one inspired by one of Steve Wexler‘s charts in The Big Book of Dashboards. I like jitterplots because they allow you to easily see how an individual compares to the rest of the group via distribution, …
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Introduction For this week’s challenge, we are creating a calendar heatmap. There is no default visual for this, and many of the custom visuals are not very flexible, but Deneb has us covered. Requirements Create a calendar visual: Show day of the week on rows and week on columns. (Hint: If you get stuck on …
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