Introduction This year it seems like most of my favorite dashboards are some version of a scatterplot. I’ve always loved the scatterplot since it is such an elegant way to show two measures at once and perfect for unearthing relationships among measures. So for this week’s challenge, I thought I’d make one with a slight …
2020 Week 33: Is Profit Ratio Influenced by Quantity? Read More
Introduction This week I wanted to post a WOW challenge derived from a chart I’ve been reporting on for the past 7 months: a cartogram of states showing rolling-seven day average of new COVID-19 cases by state. For this challenge you will use data from Tableau’s COVID-19 Data Hub. I picked this challenge because working …
Introduction For this weeks challenge we are doing a Live collaboration with Preppin’ Data. Where you work through the data prep and then use the outputs to build in Tableau. This is a live event happening on Wednesday 29th July 2020, 4pm BST. The idea of the collaboration allows you to have a look inside …
2020 Week 31 LIVE: Can you show the top 10 rank over time for each Olympic country? Read More
Introduction Hey #WOW2020, Emma Whyte here. It’s been a blast being back building a Workout Wednesday! It’s been about 2 years 7 months since my last WOW with Andy Kriebel when we kicked off this project in 2017. It’s been fun, and a little bit stressful, getting back into the mindset of setting a weekly …
2020 Week 30: Can you create a drill down using set actions? Read More
Introduction The topic week is based on a recent project of my colleague, Tamás Gáspár, with whom I had the opportunity to make this super challenge for you guys. Heatmaps are a chart better suited to representing a more generalised view of numerical data, as it’s harder to accurately tell the differences between colour shades …
2020 Week 29: Can you dynamically display label on a heatmap? Read More
Introduction Congratulations! We are now halfway through 2020 – it’s been a remarkable year, certainly full of twists, turns, and the unexpected. The purpose of this week’s challenge is to demonstrate how a metric compares to a goal. Like most goal data I encounter, the sales goals for this challenge don’t reside in the same …
Introduction After many weeks of practical challenges. I’ve decided to switch it up this week. If I’m being honest I’ve been saving this challenge since August of last year (it’s still not the oldest challenge I am saving). This weeks challenge is to make a symmetrical dot plot. Not only is the dot plot symmetrical …
2020 Week 27: What is the distribution of total orders by customer? Read More
Introduction Calendar years run from January 1st until December 31st, but an organization’s fiscal year might start in a different month. In this week’s challenge, a company’s fiscal year runs from October 1st through September 31st. Let’s see how this company performs. Configure your workbook as follows: Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Dashboard …
2020 Week 26: How does the company perform in the fiscal year? Read More
Introduction This week we are looking at using the new set action options available in 2020.2. I had a great introduction to these new features by Bethany Fox from the information lab, where she told the story of what is in and out of your shopping basket. I have took that idea and changes it …
2020 Week 25: Can you add and remove items from a set? Read More
Introduction I’ve got an exciting challenge for you this week! It involves collaboration with a peer of mine in the data community (Jami Delagrange, who you may recognize as an upcoming Community Month contributor) and also a challenge that involves working with COVID-19 data. This built-for-mobile dashboard was born out of seeking to understand the …
