Measure Values, Toil, and Trouble: Avoiding the ‘Dead on Delivery’ Dashboard
Tableau has this nifty feature: measure values. Its swell companion, measure names, makes doing certain types of analyses painless. This
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What is a dashboard?
As an Tableau analyst, I feel like I answer this question quite often. And when I ask it, I get
Continue ReadingThe Shape of Stories: Analyzing Film Cutting Speed for Tableau’s IronViz
I often tell people I’m “sound and lights” when it comes to getting attention. Given a choice, you’ll find me
Continue ReadingIronViz – A Local Safari
The IronViz feeder contest sure brings the heat. The last one where I participated quite literally melted a hard drive.
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 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 ReadingPop Dashboards: Playing with Color in Tableau
I recently got asked about color palettes when I posted a sample to Twitter. Tableau allows you to customize your
Continue ReadingMinimalistic Maps Redux
I’ve gotten a tremendous amount of feedback in response to to original, so like The Matrix, I decided it was time
Continue ReadingBeautiful Minimalistic Maps
I just wanted the map to disappear. Not completely off the page, mind you. No, I wanted the information, but
Continue ReadingAlice in Wonderland: A Linguistics Approach to Data Visualization
“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re
Continue ReadingRevenge of the Chain Data Fairies – Tableau Meets Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Some people listen to some really mellow music. It calms them, soothes their soul, and takes them somewhere…probably an island
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
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