Introduction For the last week of 2021 we’ve got a straightforward challenge: create a table with one measure. For fans of the (The Great British) Bake Off note the simple instructions for this technical. Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Dashboard Size: 1000px by 600 px Match the values in the table using Sales, …
WOW2021 – Week 52: Can you build a table with one measure? Read More
As we close out 2021 and our 5th year of Workout Wednesday, let’s take a look at how the community uses the submission tracker.
Introduction This Workout comes from trying to solve a challenge by two Data School Consultants (Theo & Chris). We started down one route but ended up doing a different route. I want to say there are probably two ways to solve this, but I didn’t have the time for the first route. So if you …
#WOW2021 W50 | Tableau: Can you recreate this drill down? Read More
Introduction This week is my last week as a full time Workout Wednesday coach! As such it’s only fitting and appropriate that my last challenge echo and be a retake or redux of my initial challenge – the frequency matrix. Over the past (nearly) 4 years, I’ve shared 52 challenges (meaning you can have a …
Introduction As holiday season is upon us, we have created a Power BI Advent Calendar for you to enjoy. Select each day to open a surprise. The surprise for each day will not be available until we reach that day (in UTC time). If you try to open a gift before we have reached the …
2021 Week 49 – 51 | Power BI: Advent Calendar with Holiday Challenges Read More
Introduction With the December right around the corner, holiday advent calendars will be everywhere. We didn’t want Workout Wednesday to miss out on that holiday tradition. So, we created an advent calendar featuring favorite challenges selected by our very own #WOW coaches. As my gift to you and a major development hint, I provided the …
#WOW2021 Week 48 | Tableau | Coaches’ Favorite Challenges Advent Calendar Read More
Introduction This week we are continuing our design theme and using the waffle chart custom visual. Waffle charts show progress toward a whole or a target percentage, and can be used as an alternative to bar and/or pie charts. The Waffle Chart custom visual in Power BI allows us to customize the icon (here we …
This week in the US is Thanksgiving so for this week’s challenge we’re looking at the history of the traditional Thanksgiving Day football games
Introduction This week we are continuing our design theme by working through a custom formatting hack for line charts. Conditional formatting in Power BI can be tricky at times, especially when trying to format different chart types. If you are familiar with conditionally formatting a line chart, you’ll know that in the Data Colors section …
2021 Week 47 | Power BI: Custom Line Chart Formatting Read More
Introduction This week we are continuing our design theme by making a report about report design. Color is a very important element in report design. Color contrast is not only important for accessibility, it’s also an element of visual hierarchy. You can also use color contrast as a way to make elements on your report …
2021 Week 46 | Power BI: Create a Color Contrast Calculator Read More
