Author name: Yusuke Nakanishi

#WOW2026 | Week 20 | Expanding Rows

Introduction This week’s challenge is inspired by one of the new features announced at Devs on Stage at the recent Tableau Conference.Devs on Stage unveiled nearly 30 new features. Chart Layers stole the show for me, but I’m also genuinely excited about Data Driven Formatting—the ability to dynamically change font size, container size, color, and […]

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#WOW2026 | Week 13 | Let’s Viz Tsukurima Show!

Introduction Community Month is back! 🎉To kick things off, Hideaki Yamamoto and Tomoki Goda from Japan Tableau User Group are bringing a challenge inspired by one of the Japan Tableau User Group’s beloved events.Here’s a message from both of them! Meet “Viz Tsukurima Show!” (VizTS), a fan-favorite speed-viz event hosted by JTUG.It kicked off in

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#WOW2026 | Week 6 | Can you account for nulls in your averages?

Introduction  I am excited to begin my third year as a Workout Wednesday coach! This year, I remain committed to providing challenges that help you flex your Tableau muscles and maintain your analytical strength. This week’s challenge is inspired by a real-world scenario I encountered recently. While building a dashboard to track service usage, I

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#WOW2025 | Week 47 | Can you make a bar chart race?

Introduction This week, Agentforce World Tour Tokyo is being held in Japan! As one of the many sessions from  DataFam, Workout Wednesday will be holding its first-ever live session in Japan! For this special occasion, With Yoshi and other supporters from the Japanese Workout Wednesday enthusiasts have created a fun, quick challenge themed around a

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#WOW2025 | Week 42 | Dynamic Dimension Coloring

Introduction I recently received a business request with the following requirements: The user wants to easily change the dimension that colors the charts on a dashboard. The list of dimensions might be added or removed in the future, so the solution needs to be simple and easy to maintain. This week’s challenge is inspired by

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#WOW2025 | Week 35 | Can You Visualize Yearly Rank Changes in Sub-Category Sales?

Introduction I’ve recently been running several hands-on Tableau workshops for beginner- to intermediate-level users across different prefectures. In one of those sessions, a participant asked how to visualize both ranking changes and differences in sales at the same time. This week’s challenge was inspired by that question. It might be a bit tricky, but I

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#WOW2025 | Week 28 | Can you use Dynamic Color Ranges?

Introduction With the release of Tableau 2025.2, it’s time to test out its powerful new capabilities!  This week, we’re tackling the new Dynamic Color Range feature using data from Japan’s House of Councillors elections. The basic requirements cover the fundamentals. For the bonus, we’ll address a practical issue you’ll almost certainly encounter when you try

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WOW2025 | Week 21 | Can you make a drill down chart?

Introduction This challenge centers on the Drill Down Tree.It was inspired by a real-world request: “Is there an easy way to build one in Tableau?” In the end, the challenge I devised may not be straightforward—but I encourage you to give it a try! Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Dashboard size: 1000 ×

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#WOW2025 | Week 14 | Which products have low profit ratio?

Introduction Week 3 of Tableau Community Month is presented by “YamaG(@m_yamag)”!やまG serves as an organizer for Japan’s Tohoku User Group and actively participates in a daily initiative called “#1日1Tableau(1 Tableau a Day),” frequently engaging with Workout Wednesday challenges. Below is a message from YamaG:——I’m delighted to join my favorite Workout Wednesday (WOW) as a guest

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WOW2025 | Week 7 | Can you Manually Color a Highlight Table?

Introduction I’m honored to present another challenge as a WOW coach this year.Being a coach last year was a great learning experience. It made me rethink whether my approach was truly the best and if the content was genuinely valuable for WOW participants.I’m excited to continue this journey and thankful for the chance to contribute

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