Johan de Groot | Antichaos

Category: Tableau Desktop

  • Show/Hide – but better

    The default Show/Hide button in Tableau offers a quick way to toggle dashboard elements, but it comes with limitations—especially when dealing with larger components like full-screen visualizations or help panels that can obscure the toggle itself.

    In this guide, I show a smarter approach using Dynamic Zone Visibility and Parameter Actions. By setting up separate “show” and “hide” buttons, you gain full control over what appears and when, all without compromising the user experience. This reasults in a cleaner layout and/or more intuitive interactions, this method provides a flexible, user-friendly alternative to Tableau’s built-in toggle.

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  • 5 Tableau Desktop Tips

    Tableau is packed with small but powerful features that can make your workflow smoother and more efficient. However, some of these tricks aren’t immediately obvious—even for experienced users.

    Whether you’re troubleshooting a calculation, improving collaboration, or just trying to reset your workspace, these tips will help you work smarter in Tableau.

    Here are five tips for using Tableau Desktop:

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  • Easier date drop-down in Tableau

    This small tip is on how to add a filter to a dashboard with the current month on top, so it is easier to navigate for users.

    Not one which will drastically change your dashboard, but a ‘quality of life’ usability tip.

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  • A better date-filter in Tableau

    A better date-filter in Tableau

    When building a dashboard, one of the most common elements is a date-filter. And the most used date filter is probably the infamous ‘Range of Dates’.

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  • How to visualize extreme values?

    How to visualize extreme values?

    Now and then you encounter data with ‘extreme values’. Values which are much larger than the other ones – and so hard to analyse.

    A dataset which is skewed like that needs to have a special treatment when visualized, because otherwise the individual values can’t be identified correctly.

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