The ‘shapes’ functionality in Tableau is a nice way to enhance and personalize a visualization. But be aware what exactly you are decoration – especially on maps.
The Top 2000 of Radio 2 (a populair Dutch radio station) has been broadcast for the 25th time – and traditionally I am trying to turn this into a ‘different’ interactive data visualization…
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]
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,
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:
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
The Tableau 2020.4 release comes fully-loaded with tons of great features, including several key updates to boost your geospatial analysis. In particular, the new multiple marks layers feature lets you add an unlimited number of layers to the map. This means you can visualize multiple sets of location data in context of one another, and there’s no need for external tools to build custom background maps.
