This week I’m tackling a topic that nearly everyone has been asked – visualizing good/bad as performance indicators that are red or green. At least here in the western world, the busy executive tends to think about things in terms of traffic lights. So this week your task is to create something that satisfies their …
Week 38: Can you build a sales comparison chart with performance indicators? Read More
Have you ever been asked to make a tool that allows end users to dynamically select two periods and compare them? The challenge this week takes inspiration from this all too likely to be asked request. At surface level it can be an easy ask, but how can you add on additional context along with …
2019 Week 18: Let’s Compare Quarterly Sales Performance Read More
A few weeks ago I had this problem: I needed to create a dynamic table that showed the last 12 full months of sales for a particular channel/category of the business but I also needed to show the month-over-month and year-over-year totals. I didn’t know how to do it right away so I asked the …
Week 17: Can you build an automated monthly report Read More
This week’s challenge is plucked directly from #IronQuest. If you’re not aware of what #IronQuest is, it’s a monthly challenge during the off season of Tableau Public’s Iron Viz feeder contest. It’s run by Sarah Bartlett and each month a different theme is chosen. Participants are allowed to submit for feedback (the idea is to …
2019 Week 10: How Has Our Profit Ratio Changed Nationally? Read More
When I started Workout Wednesday I made a list of potential challenges. This challenge was the second challenge I wrote down. After more than 20 challenges I’ve finally gotten around to sharing it! Challenge Click to view on Tableau Public Requirements Format: 1000px by 600px Create a visualization with bar charts that show total sales, …
Those of you who know me well know that I like to create visualizations that include both detail and aggregate in the same view. I have a particular interest in showing how the smaller components contribute to the overall. When there’s one major chart on a dashboard I think it works out particularly well – …
Last week I had the honor of attending Tapestry Conference in Miami. While I was there Jon Schwabish gave a quick 6 minute talk that connected every chart to every other chart. This along with some of Elijah Meek’s keynote mentioning that data viz is getting more custom and funky got me curious about some …
