Introduction This week we are exploring user experience and design for CRM Analytics dashboards. Design foundations are the key visual elements to create a consistent interface. This includes guidance on color, type scale and fundamental navigation patterns. Using the Design Style Guide template app gives you a starting point for consistent and best practice design […]
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Introduction I’m so excited to invite Felicia Styer to the blog for this week’s challenge! Felicia is the Associate Director of Analytic Solutions at Playfair Data and hales from Kansas City, MO. Connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn and here is her challenge! Long time fan, first time contributor! This week’s challenge is question
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Introduction This week I have a full-on Tableau Spatial challenge for you. Just one worksheet. Minimal formatting. It’s all about the behind-the-scenes magic. Enjoy! Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Dashboard Size: 1000 x 800px 1 sheet Create a map of the 48 ‘contigous’ (aka: mainland) US States Plot points for every City in
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Introduction Welcome to the Workout Wednesday Week 32! This week’s challenge will focus on how to create an advanced date slicer in the Power BI report. A user-friendly and modern-looking slicer to level up your dashboards. You can create your own designs, share them with colleagues and control the preview. To re-create, I am
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Introduction This week’s challenge was inspired by FiveThirtyEight’s Nobody had more style than Jay Wright created by Ryan Best For this week’s challenge we will be creating SVGs with shape elements that are coloured dynamically based on field values. Create your own SVG and add your own flair to this design. Requirements Obtain the source data
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Introduction This week we have a special guest, Venkatesh Iyer. Venkatesh is currently a Senior Analytics Consultant at phData–and has recently written a number of blogs that bring novel solutions to the community, including: How to improve the performance of count distinct How to Create a Drill Down Table in Tableau How to paginate in
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Introduction Inspired by a Tableau Workout Wednesday from last year, we are going to make a Marimekko chart. A Marimekko chart, also known as a Mekko chart or mosaic plot, is used to visualize categorical data across two variables. Both axes use a percentage scale that determines the width or height of a bar. Think
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Introduction I am a big fan of Level of Detail calculations and this one is an oldie but goodie! That is the main focus this week, but also uses Parameter Actions & Viz in Tooltips. Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Dashboard Size: 600 x 600 Two Sheets Find the most popular sub-category by
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Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re building a line chart using the new smoothing feature that was released this month! This week’s challenge was inspired by Andy Kreibel’s Makeover Monday challenge. We’re exploring the disappearing sea ice in the Antarctic using a line chart, looking at the extent of sea ice in millions of
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Introduction Have you ever worked with multiple stakeholders – who all want a dashboard about the same topic – but want different sets of data displayed? To reduce duplication of dashboards but to also ensure we can provide the best user experience we can provide an option for them to pick and choose which fields
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