Introduction Fresh off the heels of #Data22, it’s already time for a new #WOW2022 Tableau challenge! One of my favorite charts is the small multiple. It can be used to show a lot of data in a compact view. Typically, small multiples are used to visualize a single measure with two discrete dimensions. And that’s …
Introduction This week is TABLEAU CONFERENCE week! The whole team is in Vegas ready to meet some of you in our live Workout Wednesday Meet-up! As luck would have it, I have the honour of preparing this week’s challenge. For those of you who will be working out with us in person, part of the …
Introduction This week the challenge focuses on formatting and your ability to use containers. The goal is to create a near pixel perfect copy of the original. Focus on your use of containers along the way. Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Dashboard Size: 1100px by 850 px 9 sheets About 7 vertical containers …
Introduction For this week I wanted to focus on a recently release feature. The workbook Optimizer. You will need to use 2022.1. It will give you a list of actions to take to make the workbook better. See if you can make this workbook pass all 12 actions! Requirements Dashboard to maintain the same Use …
Introduction This week’s challenge is inspired by a Makeover Monday I did a couple years ago, which was inspired by Lindsey Poulter‘s Set Actions workbook. But rather than use the same soccer data, I’m continuing to celebrate the start of baseball season by comparing two Major League Baseball greats. The overall challenge here is to …
One of the forgotten functions of Tableau is the hexbin functions
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 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 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 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 …
