Introduction Welcome to Week 42! This week we’ll look at an easy way to compare data year over year, whether we are using a line chart visualization or a pivot table to view our data. There are many ways to acheive similar results, this is just one! Feel free to play around with other ways …
2024 Week 42 | Sigma: Can you compare Year over Year Data? Read More »
Introduction Scatterplots are one of the most useful visual chart types for data exploration. You can use them to identify relationships among two or more variables, find clusters of data, encode data in several ways for communicating insights etc. This is especially useful when working with large datasets. In this WoW challenge, our goal is to use marker …
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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 …
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Introduction There are a few ways to visualize movement in Power BI. This week, we are visualizing race cars moving on a track. The example report below uses Deneb, but you could also complete this challenge by combining a custom visual and the Play Axis visual. In the report below, once you click the Go …
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Introduction For this week’s challenge, we’re creating a dynamic column bar chart. The end user can select the number of columns to split the data into. Note that there are only 37 States in the Plugs data, so do your best not to hard code anything for a more realistic use case! Have fun!-Katrina Need …
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Introduction This week’s challenge is brought to you by another guest coach – introducing Dan Wade! Dan has been working with Tableau for just over a year. Originally trained by *the* Matt Francis in a Management Trainee role, Dan quickly recognised the power of data visualisation and analytics so he decided to pivot his …
Introduction Welcome to Week Forty! In my last article, Week 36, we covered how to affect multiple columns using the same filter. This week, we’re going to focus on even more advanced filtering techniques. What do you do when you want to compare multiple arrays? Luckily Sigma recently released a brand new function: ArrayIntersection. In …
Introduction Deciding how to best use the limited space on a dashboard is always a challenge. I’ve often struggled with practical issues, especially regarding the placement of filters. This time, let’s create a brush filter as one way to use the chart itself as a filter. Enjoy the challenge and have fun trying it out!” …
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Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday. This week we’re extending the #FabConEurope edition of Workout Wednesday. We’re hosting a contest and three winners will receive a 30-minute one-on-one mentoring session with one of the three Workout Wednesday hosts. For more information on how to enter, see contest details below. Requirements Get and transform data Get …
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Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday. This week we’ve got a special #FabCon Edition of Workout Wednesday. We’re hosting a contest and three winners will receive a 30-minute one-on-one mentoring session with one of the three Workout Wednesday hosts. For more information on how to enter, see contest details below. Requirements Get and transform data Get …
