Week 17: Generation Population
When I came across Nathan Yau’s post, over on his site – Flowing Data, I instantly knew this would make a great #WorkoutWednesday challenge.
Tableau
2021 Week 16 | Tableau : Can you use Quick LODs to recreate this view?
Introduction With Tableau 2021.1 being released last month, I thought it was time for a challenge. This week we focus in on the new feature of Quick LODs. Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Dashboard Size: 800px by 700 px One Sheet Create a dual axis chart which shows the Sub-Category Average Sales by …
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2021 Week 15 | Tableau: Website Analytics
Introduction Lately I’ve been working with Google Analytics data, so I thought I’d pass on a data set to you! Our data set was created by you the audience – it’s extracted directly from our website analytics. This week’s challenge focuses on a lot of little things coming together – dashboard design, formatting, and reference …
2021 Week 14 | Tableau: Can You Recommend Profitable Return Customer Bundles?
Introduction Have you ever purchased something on Amazon and they show an extra random list of products in the “Customers that purchased X also purchased…” section and you think to yourself, “How in the world did they come up with that combination (e.g., sponges and Skittles)?” They likely have high-powered recommender engines doing all of …
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2021 Week 13 | Tableau: What percentage of sub-orders are profitable?
Introduction The goal is a modified mekko chart. My guess is you will need LODs to solve but it is 100% possible with table calculations. Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Dashboard Size: 800px by 400 px Set the bar height to be percent profitable. The level of analysis should be at the sub-category …
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Week 12: Can you do Comparative Quantity Analysis?
The Fixed LOD gets a lot of the spotlight in tableau but we shouldn’t forget about its cousins INCLUDE & EXCLUDE. Have a go at this challenge to practice use those functions.
2021 Week 11 | Tableau : Can you recreate the work of Hans Rosling?
Introduction This week I wanted to throw it back to an old classic chart by Hans Rosling, if you haven’t seen the TED talk I highly recommend watching it. Hans shows how fertility rate and life expectancy has changed over the years. With this example we are going to look at Income per GDP and …
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2021 Week 10 | Tableau: Can you build a must include filter?
Introduction This week’s challenge is pulled directly from a work challenge I encountered recently. The ask was to build a filtering system that would allow the user to initially filter data and then add a secondary requirement of inclusion. Using the Superstore data set, the functionality we wanted to achieve was: Allow user to filter …
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2021 Week 9: Can You Hide A Chart in the Map Layers?
Introduction So, I’m a little late for Mardi Gras – but that didn’t stop me from thinking about King Cake, a New Orleans tradition (with French roots) where a little plastic baby is put inside of a cake that is plastered with green, yellow, and purple frosting with tons of sprinkles. Anyone teeth hurt yet? …
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#WOW2021 | 08 | Can you use the Brush Filter extension?
Extensions are live on Tableau Public! Check out this challenge to explore the new Brush Filter extension