Labels are often an after-thought for many users – we don’t like them, but are necessary. Using some simple steps we can create better labels which are easier to interpret for the users of the dashboard.
[This blogpost is part of a series tips tricks, as being presented at VizIt Berlin 2023]
This week the “DataFam” was reuniting in Berlin. Two days of great talks, great people in a wonderful atmosphere!
On the 26th of September the NL Tableau User Group headed to the office of Nextview in Eindhoven.
In this exciting office – dynamic and inspiring – two sessions where presented. Alex Barakov talked about Addressing Enterprise Tableau Challenges and Advancing Your Career, and a project showcase from Nextview by Luuk Martens and Joeri Matthijssen called Empowerment through data: a Salesforce & Tableau
An impressions of the sessions – and the very nice get together afterwards…
On the 27th of February the Tableau User Group Netherlands organized – together with the Data + Women Netherlands Tableau User Group – the first meeting of 2023. It was a very nice meetup with a perfect reception from Randstad, and two interesting talks:
Watch the Tableau User Group session from the 27th of February:
Datefilters are one of the most common filters on any dashboard. They are needed to see trends, make decisions on the right period, and analyse within the right context. But most of the times these filters are not optimal – so let’s make them better (and prettier)
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I visualized the Top 2000 as broadcast by Radio 2 for the 11th time (I believe) in a different way using Tableau.
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De Top 2000 zoals uitgezonden door Radio 2 heb ik gevisualiseerd met behulp van Tableau.
Dit jaar wat minder nadruk op een de vorm (hoewel ik heb gekozen voor een gedempte sinus, wat niet bepaald een veelgebruikte manier van weergeven is…).
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Tableau has created a nice blog post on Tableau Forum Ambassadors. It describes what these ambassadors do, how they can be used on the Tableau journey,
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The order of operations in Tableau refers to the sequence in which the software processes the data and calculations in a given worksheet or visualization.
The order of operations in Tableau is the order in which Tableau performs its various actions. An action is mostly identified as a filter, but can also be a calculation or another Tableau feature which is computed.
This is Tableau’s Order of Operations:
It shows in which sequence filters are handled with by Tableau: first extract filters, than datasource, context, dimension, measure and table calculation filters. The ‘inserts’ on the right are
