Introduction There are a few ways to visualize movement in Power BI. This week, we are visualizing race cars moving on a track. The example report below uses Deneb, but you could also complete this challenge by combining a custom visual and the Play Axis visual. In the report below, once you click the Go …
2024 Week 41 | Power BI: Visualize a Drag Race with Animation Read More
Introduction For this week’s challenge, we’re creating a dynamic column bar chart. The end user can select the number of columns to split the data into. Note that there are only 37 States in the Plugs data, so do your best not to hard code anything for a more realistic use case! Have fun!-Katrina Need …
2024 Week 41 | Sigma: Can you create a dynamic column bar chart? Read More
Introduction This week’s challenge is brought to you by another guest coach – introducing Dan Wade! Dan has been working with Tableau for just over a year. Originally trained by *the* Matt Francis in a Management Trainee role, Dan quickly recognised the power of data visualisation and analytics so he decided to pivot his …
Introduction Welcome to Week Forty! In my last article, Week 36, we covered how to affect multiple columns using the same filter. This week, we’re going to focus on even more advanced filtering techniques. What do you do when you want to compare multiple arrays? Luckily Sigma recently released a brand new function: ArrayIntersection. In …
Introduction Deciding how to best use the limited space on a dashboard is always a challenge. I’ve often struggled with practical issues, especially regarding the placement of filters. This time, let’s create a brush filter as one way to use the chart itself as a filter. Enjoy the challenge and have fun trying it out!” …
#WOW2024 | Week 40 | Can you create a brush filter? Read More
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday. This week we’re extending the #FabConEurope edition of Workout Wednesday. We’re hosting a contest and three winners will receive a 30-minute one-on-one mentoring session with one of the three Workout Wednesday hosts. For more information on how to enter, see contest details below. Requirements Get and transform data Get …
2024 Week 40 | Power BI: #FabConEurope Edition – Contest Deadline Extended! Read More
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday. This week we’ve got a special #FabCon Edition of Workout Wednesday. We’re hosting a contest and three winners will receive a 30-minute one-on-one mentoring session with one of the three Workout Wednesday hosts. For more information on how to enter, see contest details below. Requirements Get and transform data Get …
Introduction This week, I wanted to challenge myself to do something I didn’t know how to do in Sigma, I wanted to start laying the groundwork to do sensitivity analysis. I’ve often thought this would be possible in Sigma, since we can connect to Snowflake User-Defined Functions (UDFs) via Sigma’s function bar to call models …
2024 Week 39 | Sigma: Can you test out changes in cost? Read More
Introduction This week I wanted to go back to basics and take advantage of one of the newer Tableau Features. Viz Extensions. Due to Tableau Public only allowing one at the minute we have to show case the Sankey Chart! Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Dashboard Size 1000 x 800 Create a sankey …
#WOW2024 W39: Can you use the Sankey Viz Extension? Read More
Introduction Welcome to Week 38! Sometimes there are events or notable data points that aren’t stored in your data, but you want to see how they effect the trends. Enter reference marks and conditional formatting! This week we practice using reference marks and conditional formatting to highlight specific dates and events. The formatting styles and …
2024 Week 38 | Sigma: Can you create reference marks? Read More
