Introduction This week’s challenge uses a custom visual to achieve some formatting that cannot currently (as of March 2024) be achieved using core visuals. First, we have a table that contains 2 columns and no headers. Next, we have some contact cards that contain both an image and text. The catch is that the number …
2024 Week 12 | Power BI: Contact Cards and Headerless Tables Read More
Introduction I’ve had clients requesting stacked bars in various formats lately, so this challenge is timely. Stacked bars are used as a way to show part-to-whole relationship while also showing totals. The weakness of stacked bars is similar to that of the dreaded pie chart. Too many segments become confusing when trending a stacked column, …
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re taking notes out of Injae Park’s portfolio and recreating one of his IBCS charts. IBCS, or the International Business Communication Standards is a set of rules to level up how businesses talk and share info. Think of it as a cheat code for clearer charts and …
Introduction Welcome to Week Eleven! This week, you’re going to learn about Sigma’s Subtotal, PercentOfTotal, and GrandTotal functions. I find these functions particularly useful in adding context to ToolTips or Pivot tables. In this challenge, you will explore the various types of subtotaling functions. As you work through this challenge, think about the story the different …
Introduction I may have gotten a little overexcited with this challenge by combining TWO problems that some of my colleagues came up against recently when trying to solve problems for their clients. That being said, this week’s challenge should be a good workout. Since the challenge applies some more advanced calculations, I have broken down …
#WOW2024 | Week 11 | Can you filter a Small Multiples chart? Read More
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week’s challenge is for folks who want to practice building reports that do have calculations but do not use complex DAX! I also had a little fun with Microsoft Designer for the images. If you haven’t had a chance to play around with this new AI design tool …
Introduction This week’s challenge is going to be longer than usual, mostly because I wanted to showcase dark mode along with a combo chart. If you’re not familiar with what a combo chart is, it can represent multiple columns using different shapes. Bars, lines, areas, and points are all fair game in a combo chart, …
2024 Week 10 | Sigma: Can you recreate this combo chart? Read More
Introduction Hello there! I’m Yoshi and I joined the WOW Tableau coach team this year.I’ve been participating in the WOW challenges since 2020, so I am really honored to be one of the coaches. Here’s my first challenge for you: let’s practice datetime calculations and data densifications. This week, we deal with dummy data regarding …
#WOW2024 | Week 10 | Can you visualize when it gets busy? Read More
Introduction Every February for a few years, a group of data viz enthusiasts kicks of the DuBois challenge, where the community is tasked with recreating some of W.E.B. Du Bois’ famous visualisations. I used our #WorkoutWednesday last year to participate and I intend to continue this (very short) tradition this year. Today we are looking …
Introduction This week have a guest author! Tausif Kazi is an expert in data visualization who is experienced in several platforms such as Sigma, Power BI, Tableau, and Snowflake. Connect with Tausif:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tausifkazi/Twitter: https://twitter.com/VizByTK This challenge will cover how to create a Bar chart in Pivot Tables. This will help your users quickly understand the …
2024 Week 9 | Sigma: Can you create Bar charts in this Pivot Table? Read More
