Introduction As we continue Global Recognition Month here at WOW Towers, I’d like to introduce you to Norbert Borbás (@norbert_borbas), a data analyst from Hungary who has been on a mission this year to complete all the #WOW2023 challenges. He has received 4 Viz of the Day awards, and was recognised as ‘one to watch’ …
#WOW2023 | Week 47 | Can you create a Monthly Driver Analysis dashboard? Read More
Introduction So my week has rolled around again, and yet again the inspiration for this week comes from this viz by Sam Parsons – Man! That guy is good!! This week I’m asking you all to recreate a tabular display. It’s a common request from users to just ”show me all the numbers”, while we …
#WOW2023 | Week 41 | Can you build a flexible tabular display? Read More
Introduction I’m always on the lookout for ideas for challenges. Typically I’ll see something someone has done and want to know how they did it and whether I can craft it into a WOW challenge. When my colleague, Sam Parsons, demonstrated the concept of an interactive Viz In Tooltip (VIT) at Tableau Conference this year, …
#WOW2023 | Week 35 | Can you build an interactive Viz in Tooltip? Read More
Introduction For retro month at WOW Towers, I decided to go way back into the archive and focus on a challenge that was set by one of the original WOW coaches, Emma Whyte, in May 2017. The original challenge looked like the below image and provided a visual representation of the results of a blind …
#WOW2023 | Week 29 | Re-viz : Blind leading the blind Read More
Introduction A few weeks back, in week 11, I set this challenge to build a viz that allows the comparison of state sales. I indicated at the time that it was part 1, so this week is part 2 and we’re going to expand on the requirements. This type of scenario is very typical in a …
#WOW2023 | Week 23 | Can You Compare State Sales?- Part 2 Read More
Introduction For the last week of Community Month, I’m thrilled to introduce you to my colleague at Biztory, Nik Eveleigh (@MrEvilEye). I’ve known Nik virtually through our shared love of #WOW for around 3 years. After he returned to the UK from South Africa at the end of last year, I was delighted to learn …
Introduction This week’s challenge is focused on interactivity, and was born out of a client requirement to compare store locations via selections from a map. I’ve naturally adapted it to use our favourite Superstore dataset. The core requirement is to be able to make a selection on the map and see how sales compare to …
Introduction Hi everybody. It’s now my turn to set my first challenge as part of the official #WOW crew – eeek!. For those of you who don’t know me, I’ve been completing these challenges since the program was launched in 2017, and I blog solution guides on my personal blog at https://donnacoles.home.blog/. I’ve been approached …
