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#WOW2022 | Week 25 | Double drill-down with Set Actions

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Introduction My second favourite challenge in Tableau, after Table Calculations, is anything with Set Actions. Some of you may have already used these in previous challenges this year, but this week I am dedicating it to this wonderful (and sometimes tricky) Tableau functionality. Warning: this is not a beginner-friendly challenge! The problem I wanted to […]

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2022 – WEEK 24: How is the arctic ice extent trending?

Tableau, Workout Wednesday / Luke Stanke

Introduction This week you are invited to build a horizon chart of the arctic ice extent–the amount of ice on the arctic ice cap. Data comes from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. In case you are not familiar with the horizon chart, a nice definition can be found here on Nathan Yao’s Flowing

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#WOW2022 W23 | Tableau : Prep That and Build This!

Tableau, Workout Wednesday / Lorna Brown

Introduction Welcome to Week 23 of Workout Wednesday. This week is a special week as we have teamed up with Preppin Data to bring you a double challenge. Even then I think both challenges can be done in multiple platforms. You might also want to dabble in Power BI as they are also doing this double

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#WOW2022 Week 22: Can you maintain rank?

Tableau, Workout Wednesday / Kyle Yetter

Introduction This week’s challenge was inspired by one of the charts Ann Jackson used in her Advanced Speed Tips session with Lorna Brown. If you had a chance to watch live or virtually, you know it was an awesome session with some great tips and techniques (so if you haven’t seen it yet, you should

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#WOW2022 | 21 | Let’s Build a Trellis Chart!

Tableau, Workout Wednesday / Sean Miller

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

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#WOW2022 | Week 20 | Monthly Sales vs Target

Tableau, Workout Wednesday / Erica Hughes

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

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2022 – Week 19: Can you format the dashboard?

Tableau, Workout Wednesday / Luke Stanke

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

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#WOW2022 W18 | Tableau : Can you Optimize this?

Tableau, Workout Wednesday / Lorna Brown

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

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#WOW2022 | Week 17 | Can you switch between KPIs?

Tableau, Workout Wednesday / Kyle Yetter

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

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