Sean Miller

#WOW2017 | 42 | Market Basket

Introduction EDITOR’S NOTE: This challenge was originally published on Emma Whyte’s Tableau blog which no longer exists. This challenge is republished here with the author’s permissions  This week’s #WorkoutWednesday requires you to create a Market Basket analysis in Tableau. It’s a common ask, particularly in certain industries like retail. While the visualisation itself might not …

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#WOW2017 | 40 | All sorts (pt. 2)

Introduction EDITOR’S NOTE: This challenge was originally published on Emma Whyte’s Tableau blog which no longer exists. This challenge is republished here with the author’s permissions  For this week’s challenge you’ll have already needed to complete part one. If you haven’t done part one yet, why not?! In the second part we’ll be introducing a line …

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#WOW2017 | 38 | All Sorts (pt. 1)

Introduction EDITOR’S NOTE: This challenge was originally published on Emma Whyte’s Tableau blog which no longer exists. This challenge is republished here with the author’s permissions  This weeks #WorkoutWednesday is the first of a two part series. My thanks to Neil Lord (again) for the challenge this week. I appreciate our “can Tableau do this?” chats! This …

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#WOW2017 | 36 | Skyline Chart

Introduction EDITOR’S NOTE: This challenge was originally published on Emma Whyte’s Tableau blog which no longer exists. This challenge is republished here with the author’s permissions  I’m trying out some new chart types in this week’s Workout Wednesday. Recently Tableau introduced the ability to create variable width column charts (sometimes called skyline charts – because …

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#WOW2017 | 36 | Disney Domination

Introduction EDITOR’S NOTE: This challenge was originally published on Emma Whyte’s Tableau blog which no longer exists. This challenge is republished here with the author’s permissions  This weeks #WorkoutWednesday is inspired by an IronViz entry from Rody Zakovich. I’m a huge Disney fan and think Rody’s viz is the right balance of informative and eye-catching. I …

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#WOW2017 | 32 | Continuous Dates are Tricky

Introduction EDITOR’S NOTE: This challenge was originally published on Emma Whyte’s Tableau blog which no longer exists. This challenge is republished here with the author’s permissions  Working with continuous dates can be tricky in Tableau depending on how you want to display them. This weeks #WorkoutWednesday is inspired by a challenge from Data School superstar Neil Lord. Click …

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#WOW2017 | 30 | Loads of LODs

Introduction EDITOR’S NOTE: This challenge was originally published on Emma Whyte’s Tableau blog which no longer exists. This challenge is republished here with the author’s permissions  This week’s #WorkoutWednesday will challenge your Level of Detail calculation knowledge. Don’t be scared, if you’re still new to LODs then I’ve posted some links below to help you …

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#WOW2017 | 28 | Insights & Annotations

Introduction EDITOR’S NOTE: This challenge was originally published on Emma Whyte’s Tableau blog which no longer exists. This challenge is republished here with the author’s permissions  There are often times when we’re making insightful dashboards where we’ll need to add annotations or text to make key points. Especially if we’re making dashboards for management or …

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#WOW2017 | 26 | UK GENERAL ELECTION 2017 RESULTS

Introduction EDITOR’S NOTE: This challenge was originally published on Emma Whyte’s Tableau blog which no longer exists. This challenge is republished here with the author’s permissions  As an ex Politics and History student, I LOVE working with election data. For this weeks Workout Wednesday I was inspired by the visualisations used by the Financial Times UK …

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#WOW2017 | 24 | Spine Chart

Introduction EDITOR’S NOTE: This challenge was originally published on Emma Whyte’s Tableau blog which no longer exists. This challenge is republished here with the author’s permissions  I had an interesting question from a customer the other week about creating spine charts in Tableau. I’d never heard of a spine chart before, so first I had …

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