Uplifting a Tableau Accelerator to Design, Delight, and Deliver for an Education Admissions Dashboard – Part 1: Assessment
How do you use a Tableau Accelerator and still make it your own? Often, when we try to adapt someone
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Analyzing Literacy’s Impact on Synapse Formation AKA Making Brains in Tableau
I’ve always been moderately obsessed with the brain. For starters, it’s creepy looking. I remember a cartoon where the villain
Continue ReadingWe are all made of stars – A Tableau Conference Recap of my New Data Heroes
Thasia Madison. Katherine Peterson. Brandon Hendrix. Alicia Bembenek. Phil Naranjo. Do you know these names? They’re my new heroes I
Continue ReadingWhat is a dashboard?
As an Tableau analyst, I feel like I answer this question quite often. And when I ask it, I get
Continue Reading10 Intro Tips to Tableau When You’re Handed Someone Else’s Workbooks
AKA the guide to fake it until you can make it. I’ve been there. Every now and then, we start
Continue ReadingHow the EXCEL to do I trust this Tableau thing?
Let’s face it: change can be a bit like parachuting for the first time. You jump off a helicopter with
Continue ReadingHow the EXCEL do I structure my data for Tableau?
Data is magical. When I talk to members of my family, I get the impression they view it like the matrix,
Continue ReadingHow the EXCEL do I use Tableau to transform my organization?
Or perhaps, the better question is ‘how do I make a change?’ Since giving my talk at the Tableau Conference,
Continue ReadingThe Magic of Tableau: Small Multiples and Faceting by Design
Every now and then, one of my clients will ask a question that sends me down a rabbit hole. I
Continue ReadingTableau TEN-ured: Serendipity, Sign Language, and Storytelling
Tableau recently launched version 10 of its software and has invited members of the community to share their story. Here’s
Continue ReadingRearranging 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.
Continue ReadingIf 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,
Continue ReadingAn Interpreter’s Approach to Dashboard Design
Designing a dashboard is a lot like interpreting. And anyone who has ever worked with an interpreter knows we try
Continue ReadingThe Excel Power User’s Guide to Tableau: Bring Your Towel
Far out in the uncharted plains of the Gartner BI Quadrant of the data visualization software options of the data universe lies a
Continue ReadingThe Spice of Life: A Look into #DataChain Challenge #1
When Brittany Fong reached out on Twitter to start “Dear Data 3” or “Data Chain,” I was surprised and delighted. I’ve
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