Introduction I’ve heard last week’s challenge was a tough one, but it was great to see so many people participating and learning from it! My challenge this week was inspired by a colleague at work. Without revealing too much, it has been designed to test your understanding of how filters work in Tableau, based on …
Introduction April is colour month for Power BI Workout Wednesday 2022. First up we are going to try our hand at creating reports WITHOUT hue. Using a file from a previous challenge, can you create an achromatic report that uses contrast and lightness effectively? There will be some creative freedom involved in this challenge, no …
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Introduction This week we are looking at HR headcount data. Headcount data can sometimes seem straightforward to work with, but sometimes the reporting rules can be a bit complicated–particularly with large organizations. This week you will attempt to measure the headcount of a large organization using data from the Real World Fake Data project by …
Introduction For this last week of March, we are continuing our project management theme. The challenge this week is to use Deneb to build bullet charts using the provided data. Bullet charts were created by Stephen Few to offer an alternative to clunky gauges. Bullet charts are used to compare a featured measure to one or …
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Introduction This week I hone in on majority of those spatial calculations within Tableau. I love the flexibility that Mark Layers allows us to have. Prior to Tableau 2020.4 maps could only have 2 layers and creating this hub and spoke style map would require some serious data preparation. This workout requires 6 calculations. Click …
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday – we’re glad you’re here! This week, we’re continuing on with our project management theme. We’re tracking project progress using data generated from Microsoft Planner. Using Power BI with Planner (as opposed to using the inbuilt charts) enables us to both customize visuals and to view more than one plan at …
Introduction Last week a colleague reached out for help creating a boxplot to look at age distribution for different subscription methods, and my first thought was, “I know how to do that, but I don’t remember how to do that.” So I went back to find one I had made previously, and we were able to …
Introduction Your challenge this week is to create a Project Budget Tracker leveraging the IT Spend Analysis example dataset available to everyone in Power BI Service. We decided to keep the project management theme going this week with this take on tracking how your project is following the budget. If you did not do last week’s challenge, I …
When analyzing data in a dashboard, sometimes it is important to understand all levels of a hierarchy. Can you build an interactive hierarchy navigation solution in Tableau?
