Introduction Every week I’m reminded at how much people struggle with containers in Tableau. So I thought why not make another challenge to see how people get on. I’ll be giving you the solution file and it’s your job to recreate the same item hierarchy Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Dashboard Size: 1200×800 […]
#WOW2026 | Week 11 | Can you use layout containers? Read More »
Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week we’re live at Tableau Conference! Our focus is going to be on a dashboard layout using containers and actions. I’ve built a starter workbook with most of the charts you’ll need, so you’ll just be building one chart and putting them all together on the dashboard with the actions needed. Click to
#WOW2025 Week 16 | Can you use Containers and Dynamic Zone Visibility? Read More »
Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction We’re going to try something a little different this week. We’re going to make a viz/dashboard without a dataset. Having just come from my daughter’s Christmas show this evening, and thinking I wanted to focus on container/dashboard formatting but keep it simple, I decided to build, then decorate a Christmas tree. So, that’s what
#WOW2024 Week 50: Can you build a Christmas tree? Read More »
Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Tableau 2024.2 has recently released and I was excited to put together a New Features challenge for you all, including the Multi-Fact Relationship model and maybe a Viz Extension or two. While I’ve had a lot of fun diving deep into learning about Multi-Fact Relationships, I pretty quickly encoutered a limitation for incorporating it
#WOW2024 | Week 29 | Formatting & Intermediate Tableau Charts Read More »
community, Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction The Christmas Season is upon us and with that we bring you one last collab for the year – the Preppin’ Data team is back with a festive challenge for you all. The goal of that challenge is to get the data Tableau-ready. You will produce two outputs which are both used in this
#WOW2023 | Week 51 | Elf Economics Read More »
community, Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction A few weeks ago I saw this Twitter poll (and the ensuing discussion) about Team Tiled vs Team Floating and I noted that I am neither. Rather, I am Team Container. Using Containers in dashboards makes positioning and sizing everything in your dashboard a piece of cake, once you have mastered how they work.
#WOW2023 | Week 12 | Can you build a dashboard using containers? Read More »
Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Brad Werner is responsible for this week’s Workout Wednesday Challenge. Here are all the details in Brad’s own words: I have a confession. When I first started using Tableau, I was a strict advocate for #TeamFloating. Yes, I used to float ALL objects on my Tableau dashboards. I would decide on a dashboard layout
2020 Week 53: Can you build with containers? Read More »
community, Tableau, Workout Wednesday