Introduction Sigma has been adding functionality that has taken the app from a fantastic BI solution to an outstanding Application building tool. One of the features that helps with that is the introduction of API Actions. With API Actions, you can retrieve data from outside sources and send data out to other sources. The challenge today is […]
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week’s challenge focuses on building a unit chart (dot matrix / isotype) in Sigma – a non-native visualization that shows proportion using a 100-unit grid. Instead of traditional bar or pie charts, you’ll construct a 10×10 dot grid per category and use conditional logic to fill dots based on percentage of total orders.
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week, we are picking up the momentum from the map challenge last week, by taking a deep dive into Dynamic Zone Visibility. This project will provide you an understanding of developing dynamic zones in Sigma for the ultimate user experience you want to bring to your audience. Examples include: Drill down, Chart Swap,
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Sigma, Workout WednesdayIntroduction Welcome to Week 13 of 2026! This week, we’re going to play with Maps. Let’s practice looking up geographical data, utilizing multiple types of maps, and coordinating actions to cross-filter data. Good luck! -Ashley Need access to Sigma? Click Here to Sign Up Link to WOW Sigma Instance Youtube Click here to Watch: How
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction After years of being on the grid, we can finally break from it (and do some other cool stuff). Using Reports, a newly released pixel-perfect document editor for Sigma, we can add elements, layer elements, and dynamically expand tables. Combining reports with Email Bursting leads to some significant time savings, if your business has
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week’s challenge: recreate a Tale visualization with a twist. The goal is to show revenue growth over time for 100 companies, grouped into: • Rocket Ships• Fast Growers• Slow Burners The catch? Sigma doesn’t separate “line identity” and “color grouping” the way most tools do. So the real challenge isn’t the chart. It’s
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week, we will leverage AI functions and CallNumber warehouse functions to explore the possibility of Sigma’s scheduled action trigger. Imagine you are the branch manager of a customer support center and a ticket assignment has to be sent out every morning to all your agents, such that each agent will have a list
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Welcome to Week 9 of 2026! This week, we’re going to explore using a form to bulk update multiple rows of an input table. As a bonus, we will also play with custom sorting controls. Good luck! -Ashley Need access to Sigma? Click Here to Sign Up Link to WOW Sigma Instance Youtube Click
2026 Week 9 | Sigma: Do you ship it? Read More »
Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction I’m so excited to introduce Forms to everyone – this feature is a key part of most data apps I build. They can help speed up development and maintain apps over time. So let’s dig in and see how forms can help us simplify actions and data apps. Need access to Sigma? Click Here to
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week’s Workout Wednesday challenge was Numbers of Different Magnitudes, but the bigger lesson for me was this: You can build custom analytical experiences in Sigma using AI. For this submission, I used AI-assisted coding to create a custom Sigma plugin (React + D3) that goes beyond standard chart behavior. It combines a magnitude view
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday