So, you want to be a Tableau dashboarder….
So you want to be a Tableau Dashboarder? Have you seen IronViz and thought you wanted to be on that
Rearranging Furniture: Dashboard Design, Placement & Movement
“Did you really have to move that?” It’s a common (and fair) question that applies both to my house and Tableau dashboards.
IronViz Webinar – Hot off the Press!
Tableau’s IronViz competition is so hot, it melts hard drives (true story). That said, I got to deep dive into
Some things are really cool – What analyzing the IronViz feeders taught me
I’m doing a webinar on IronViz and got a chance to really look at the entries of a few people. I look, but I
Musings on Mentorship
Emily Kund recently discussed mentorship during the Tableau Fringe Festival. And it got me thinking. I’ve have many mentors in
How the EXCEL does Tableau work?! The Humans’ Guide to Vulcans
Humans are mystifying creatures, as Spock can surely tell you. Much like humans, Excel is quite baffling. What started life
An Open Letter to Public Data
Dear Public Data: How I love that you’re available to me, that in theory, I can answer the questions to
If I were New to Tableau Again: 3 Things No One Told Me
Some people write posts about things they’d tell their 22-year-old (or pick some other age) self. I wouldn’t have listened,
Women in the Pipeline: A Tableau Poster for Makeover Monday
I’ve fallen more than a little behind on the Makeover Monday series. Sometimes, I save a data set for later,
How the EXCEL do I Even Begin to Calculate that in Tableau? A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Complex Calculations
I recently did a webinar where I showed an automated holiday calculation in Tableau. A LOT of people told me they wouldn't even know where to begin.
Teknion Tips: Lovely Logistics!
Teknion hosted a Tips and Tricks panel. After following Joshua Milligan (the student of Merlin, as he’s a real wiz),
How the EXCEL do I calculate that in Tableau? Out of this World Expressions for Excel Users
Let’s face it: moving from calculations in Excel to those Tableau can feel a bit like steering the NSEA Protector for
The Art of Discovery
I don’t design dashboards. I discover them. Like clay or a blank canvas, their lines and facets slowly unfold, curves gently
Humans and Dashboards = Tableau Design meets IDEO (AKA Design Thinking)
A friend of mine recently asked about my process for designing dashboards, namely “requirements gathering.” When left to my own
Pop Dashboards: Playing with Color in Tableau
I recently got asked about color palettes when I posted a sample to Twitter. Tableau allows you to customize your