Introduction Sean here and I’m back with another challenge this week. This week we’re challenging you to create a population pyramid using HR data from RWFD. Check it out! Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Size 1300×600 1 sheet Show the male and female head counts by age group Show the total headcount by …
Introduction This week we’re going easier than typical. We’re going back to the basics. We’re going to practice our Table calculations in a simple easy dashboard. If you wanna take it up a notch, feel free but this week is keeping it simple. So here go! Let’s practice Table Calcs This week’s challenges highlights data …
#WOW2025 | Week 37 | Let’s Practice Table Calcs! Read More »
Introduction Have I ever talked about how much I love table calcs? They are super powerful and often more performant than the often overused LOD expression. So that’s what we’re going to practice this week. Can you create a control chart only using table calcs? Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements 1 sheet create …
Introduction I’m so excited to be back for another WOW challenge! Fresh off the heels of Tableau Conference, I’m back in dashboard mode. This week I was faced with an interesting use case that I needed to accomplished and after I did, I knew it would make a great challenge. So here we go! So …
#WOW2025 | Week 18 | Can you Filter or Drill to Details? Read More »
Introduction Welcome to week 9 – and just like that we’re already welcoming March 🚀. I’m so excited to be partnering with fellow Kansas Citian & Tableau Visionary, Felicia Styer, for this week’s challenge. Recently she created a framework for what she calls “binary parameters” which allows for a solution for multi-select parameters. The goal …
Introduction One of things that I really enjoy about using Tableau is finding interesting charts “in the wild” and attempting to replicate them. Last month, I saw a Power BI WOW challenge from Meagan that looked really interesting and I wanted to try it out. So here go! Can you visualize ranges? Click to open …
Introduction Hey there #DataFam! Welcome to week 48 of 2024…that’s wild when you think about it. That means that we have 47 other challenges already this year. So what are doing this week? We’re gonna play different mark types on dual axis. This week’s challenge is something I’m calling a “candle line” chart. Check it …
#WOW2024 | 48 | Can you make a Candle Line Chart? Read More »
Introduction  Hot out of the oven Tableau 2024.3 is here! And with it comes SO MANY amazing new features including the topic for this challenge. Table Extensions! That’s correct, you read that right. Tables are now “native” to Tableau. I used air quotes because it does require viz extensions to be enabled on your cloud/server …
#WOW2024 | 42 | Let’s play with Table(au) Extensions! Read More »
Introduction Welcome back to another challenge. This week we’re tackling some financial data and in particular, a waterfall chart based on multiple measure columns. Can you handle it? Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Dashboard Size 800 x 600 One worksheet Create a waterfall chart for Gross Sales Discounts Net Sales COGS Profit Create …
#WOW2024 | 36 | Can you build a Measure Names Waterfall? Read More »
Introduction It’s no surprise that many analysts tend to enjoy looking at data via a scatterplot. It’s a great way to show correlation across two measures for a cohort of dimensions. Additionally, one of the most popular charts of all-time is a line chart which shows historical trends. So how we do show correlation of …
