This week’s challenge is taken directly from a situation I recently had on a project. The goal of the project was to be able to isolate out time periods of a specific length and compare it to the time period directly before it. So as an example, if it’s October 2019, I want to look …
Week 42: Can you build a comparative line chart with dynamic inputs? Read More
This week I’m tackling a topic that nearly everyone has been asked – visualizing good/bad as performance indicators that are red or green. At least here in the western world, the busy executive tends to think about things in terms of traffic lights. So this week your task is to create something that satisfies their …
Week 38: Can you build a sales comparison chart with performance indicators? Read More
We’re in week 3 of Community Contributor Month. This week’s challenge is brought to us by Jeffrey Shaffer. Jeffrey is a 4 time Tableau Zen Master, co-author of The Big Book of Dashboards, and maintains several websites (including must-bookmark TableauReferenceGuide.com). So where did the challenge come from? Here it is in Jeff’s own words: This …
Week 34: Can You Build a Top N Bar Chart on a Single Worksheet? Read More
If your schedule is anything like mine, then you’re probably enjoying the summer months – using vacation time, nicer weather, summer holidays, and a generally more relaxed schedule. To help keep that vibe going, this week I’m challenging you to a very straightforward build. This is an extremely simplified version of something I recently built …
Last week I was lucky enough to spend some time in Berlin attending Tableau Conference Europe. Coming off the heels of the conference I was struck by the three components the Tableau team was sharing in terms of new features and development. They shared components focused on 1) Making Analytics for Everyone 2) Analytics at …
One of my favorite chart types is a dot plot/strip plot. There’s something really special about dots displayed across a single horizontal or vertical axis. They tend to work really well when you’re showing a lot of data and have the advantage of being able to compare spread and density across different categories within a …
Have you ever been asked to make a tool that allows end users to dynamically select two periods and compare them? The challenge this week takes inspiration from this all too likely to be asked request. At surface level it can be an easy ask, but how can you add on additional context along with …
2019 Week 18: Let’s Compare Quarterly Sales Performance Read More
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’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
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 – …
