Introduction This week we’re going to build out a parallel coordinates chart – a type of visualisation used to display and compare multiple numerical measures. My daughter, Mia, is an academy level footballer and wears a stats vest in matches and training to capture lots of data about her performance. I’d been meaning to try […]
#WOW2026 | Week 9 | Can you build a parallel coordinates chart? Read More »
Introduction Welcome back to #WOW2026! Thank you all for your continued support, and for bearing with us while we carried out some maintenance on the website. For the first challenge of the year, I’m asking you to recreate a technique that was originally introduced way back in 2010, and re-shared during a ‘tips and tricks’
#WOW2026 | Week 2 | Can you create a fake Viz in Tooltip? Read More »
Introduction Some time ago the brilliant Sam Parsons, developed a “Satellite” or “Spiral” Chart as an alternative way to visualise a donut that exceeded 100%.https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/sparsonsdataviz/viz/SpiralingSatelliteCharts/SpiralingSatelliteCharts. As with many things Sam comes up with, I always want to see if I can build it, and once again it’s a great excuse for a #WOW challenge. Back
#WOW2025 | Week 44 | Can you build a satellite chart to represent values exceeding 100%? Read More »
Introduction Sometime ago, I came across this post by Sarah Pallett ( X | LinkedIn ) introducing the idea of L-Shaped bar charts… … and I thought it would make a perfect WOW challenge (as it gave me an excuse to build a version myself). Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Size 1000 x
#WOW2025 | Week 38 | Can you build an L-Shaped bar chart? Read More »
Introduction I often use the #datafam community as inspiration for my #WOW challenges, as it gives me the perfect opportunity to try out a particular technique or visualisation style, which I hope you all then benefit from too 🙂 This week’s challenge was inspired by this blog post by the Flerlage Twins, which in turn
#WOW2025 | Week 31 | Can you build an alternative to a stacked bar chart? Read More »
Introduction In this week’s challenge, we’re going to recreate a very small part of Kathryn McCrindle’s (Linked In / X ) #TC25 Iron Viz. Kathryn is a colleague of mine at Biztory, and made it through to the Iron Viz final at TC25 in San Diego. In 20 minutes, she built this impressive suite of
#WOW2025 | WEEK 24 | Can you Iron Viz? Read More »
Introduction For this week’s challenge, I’m showcasing a variety of features using data based on the English Premier League once again. Measure switching is the primary focus for this challenge, which is something many #WOW challenges have used in the past. But you may be new to the #WOW project this year, so it’s always
#WOW2025 | WEEK 17 | Can you switch measures? Read More »
Introduction For this week’s challenge, we’re looking at data from the English Premier League (EPL) again ( this may well be a theme for me this year 🙂 ). The main focus for this challenge is ranking; specifically ranking based on multiple measures. In the EPL, as I’m sure there are with other sports, teams
#WOW2025 | Week 10 | Can you rank by multiple measures? Read More »
Introduction This week’s challenge has 3 levels which I hope means there’s something for everyone – whether you’re new to Tableau and #WorkoutWednesday or a seasoned veteran 😉 If I’ve implemented things correctly, it should be possible to simply build on from the Beginner Level requirements without having to rework anything too much to get
Introduction We’re going back to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this week. I loved them and built my own version of the medal table that I’d been looking at constantly throughout the 2 weeks based off of the BBC (UK) mobile app. I added the ability to click and see what medals were won each
#WOW2024 | WEEK 37 | What medals did each country win each day? Read More »
