Category: Tableau

Feed: What's New. Author: Kent Marten. The second function we added to Tableau is called MakeLine. This function is useful when you want to visualize the connection between two points on a map. If you have ever built an Origin-Destination map or worked with pick-up and drop-off datasets, MakeLine makes connecting the dots simple because you do not have to replicate rows of data or perform any pre-processing, so long as you have the latitude and longitude for the start and end of your data. A great use case for working with origins and destinations are flight routes. You will ... Read More

Feed: The Information Lab. Author: Gwilym Lockwood. 14 June, 2019 How to highlight viz-in-tooltips in Tableau 2019.2 I recently discovered that you can use parameter actions to highlight (rather than filter) viz in tooltips. It’s pretty straightforward to set up, and it means you can add a nice bit of extra context to your graphs. You can follow along with the example I use here by going to this link and downloading the workbook. I started out by making a radial graph of this year’s Giro d’Italia results. I wanted to make something circular to look like a bike wheel ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Lilach Manheim, Mike Cisneros. What do we mean when we say “design?” We did mention one reason there’s so much bad design in data visualization. Another reason that “design” causes so many disagreements in data visualization is that different people in the conversations are using “design” to mean different things. Design is a loaded term. It means many different things in many different contexts. Maybe most commonly in general usage, it’s a synonym for “aesthetics.” Maybe in some people’s definitions, design is a term solely reserved for how things look, which others might also include how ... Read More

Feed: The Information Lab. Author: Sophie Sparkes. 31 May, 2019 Tableau 2019.2 New Features This is a guest post by Data School Alumni Marc Reid. This post first appeared on Marc’s blog. Please check out Marc’s blog for more great posts on recent Tableau features. Version 2019.2 of Tableau is probably the biggest release I’ve seen since starting to use the product in early 2017. The ability to dynamically show and hide floating containers along with the functionality to pass values from your data in the view through to parameters with the new Parameter Actions has opened up some really ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Neal Myrick. In 2015, world leaders from 193 countries committed to achieving gender equality by 2030 for every girl and every woman when they signed on to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). On June 3 at the 2019 Women Deliver conference, Tableau Foundation partner EM2030 released the SDG Gender Index, the most comprehensive accountability tool available to explore gender equality in 129 countries aligned to the UN’s SDGs. The Index, displayed through interactive data visualizations using Tableau technology, is now accessible on EM2030’s Gender Advocates Data Hub, an online platform designed for advocates working ... Read More

Feed: The Information Lab. Author: Ben Moss. 12 June, 2019 | Ben Moss ReplaceMultipleChars() Hat tip to my former colleague Phil Mannering for this one.In Alteryx there are are probably hundreds of ways to replace characters, for example the data cleanse tool, or via regex; but personally my most often used method is a simple replace() function, something like…replace([Field],”,”,””)In this function I am replacing commas with nothing.If I want to remove something else in the same text, I do the following…replace(replace([Field],”,”,””),”£”,””)I am now replacing both the comma and the £ that exists in our text, so £4,540 would become 4540, ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Amanda Boyle. Demonstrate Leadership and Evangelism. Tableau ambassadors represent the spirit and voice of the community. They keep us honest and push us to do more. They teach and share while fostering positive and supportive behavior within the community. They give credit where credit is due, and help nurture inclusivity. They shine the spotlight on new voices, innovative ideas, and allow us to reach more people to help them see and understand their data. Ambassadors are selected to serve a one-year term in one of five branches: Social Media champions are led by Marissa Michelotti Outstanding ... Read More

Feed: The Information Lab. Author: Jonathan MacDonald. 11 June, 2019 | Jonathan MacDonald Hiding the home screen banner in Tableau Server 2019.2 Yesterday I had someone ask if it was possible to hide the new “Welcome to your Tableau Site” banner that appears on the Home Page of every site in the new version of Tableau Server (2019.2). Each user can hide it themselves by clicking the little ‘X’ in the top right corner of the banner which ensures that it is not shown again. However, this particular server admin wanted to hide it for all his users. Digging a ... Read More

Feed: The Information Lab. Author: Ben Moss. 10 June, 2019 | Ben Moss Developing your data dictionary with Sample Values I recently wrote a blog which looked at how we can ‘reject’ inputs with the use of a data dictionary and the test tool.The data dictionary gave detail on the name of every field in a dataset, the data type of those fields and also the size.We also created a placeholder field which allowed users to add a definition to the file should they wish to allow others to understand the source in more detail (a great idea for handover!) ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Francois Ajenstat. Hello Tableau Community, We have big news to share, Tableau has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Salesforce. I know, shocker, right?!? This emerged as a really special opportunity to accelerate our mission. We’ve been at this for a while, from those original days at Stanford when Chris, Christian, and Pat came together with the crazy idea that they could make data understandable by ordinary people. That turned into a revolution with visual analytics that are now used by millions of people worldwide. At the same time, despite the success, we have ... Read More