Introduction Welcome to Week 5 of 2026! This week, we’re going to explore some new features in Sigma: Single Row Containers and Value Lists. When combined, these elements can easily show a lot of detail with a better end user experience. Good luck! -Ashley Need access to Sigma? Click Here to Sign Up Link to […]
2026 Week 5 | Sigma: Can you show details? Read More »
Introduction Thanks to tools like Tableau MCP, AI can now handle deep-dive data analysis for us. Ask it “why is this metric dropping?” and you’ll get a pretty solid answer. But before that step — noticing that something looks off in the first place — that’s still on us, looking at a dashboard. This week,
#WOW2026 | Week 5 | KPI Trend Monitor with Period Comparison Read More »
Introduction This week’s challenge features the new Repeating Container element, which is a powerful new visual that can display feed-like information quickly and easily. Today, I want to show you how you can use this feature to make more detailed KPI-like cards in your workbooks. This feature is still in beta – are there any things
2026 Week 04 | Sigma: Can you Make a Repeating Container? Read More »
Introduction Happy New Year everyone, my turn comes round awfully quickly these days. As it’s still the start of 2026, I didn’t want to go too hard too quick. Hopefully this isn’t too bad. We are flexing our Table Calc, Date and Order of Operations skills in this challenge. Have fun! Click to open in
#WOW2026 | Week 4 | Can you create a dynamic moving average? Read More »
Introduction This week’s Workout Wednesday is about turning feedback into part of the workflow, not a side conversation. You’ll build a lightweight, in-workbook feedback loop in Sigma that lets stakeholders flag issues directly on tables and charts, with context intact. Instead of comments that disappear or Slack messages that pile up, feedback becomes structured, reviewable,
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Introduction Last month I had some colleagues that were able to attend DataFam Europe, and a few of them came back saying how much they enjoyed Tristan Guillevin’s presentation and asked if we could get his viz extensions for our Cloud site. In the process, I decided to play with a few, and since they
#WOW2026 | Week 3 | Can you create KPI cards with viz extensions? Read More »
Introduction Welcome back to #WOW2026! Thank you all for your continued support, and for bearing with us while we carried out some maintenance on the website. For the first challenge of the year, I’m asking you to recreate a technique that was originally introduced way back in 2010, and re-shared during a ‘tips and tricks’
#WOW2026 | Week 2 | Can you create a fake Viz in Tooltip? Read More »
Introduction Welcome to the final week of 2025! Since it’s a holiday week, we’re keeping things simple with a classic but powerful visualization: the Pareto chart. Your challenge this week is to build a Pareto chart in Sigma that highlights which issue categories contribute the most to overall incident reports. By combining a sorted bar
2025 Week 53 | Sigma : Can you build a pareto chart? Read More »
Introduction Welcome to Week 52 of 2025! This week, we’re going to take it easy and practice utilizing some new UI elements in Sigma: Headers and Navigation Elements! They have not been around for long, but I already use them everywhere I can. Good luck! -Ashley Need access to Sigma? Click Here to Sign Up
2025 Week 52 | Sigma: Can you go head to head? Read More »
Introduction The first snowfall in Denver was unseasonably late this year. So I got curious about the data and decided to make a visualization. While this one does communicate with data, it’s taking a bit of artistic license. This is your challenge as well: create a first snowfall scatterplot with some wintery visual effects. You
2025 Week 51 | Power BI: Holiday Traffic: Who Came, Who Left 🎄 Read More »
