Introduction Welcome to week 15 and week 3 of Community month! I’m so thrilled to be partnering with Tableau Visionary HOF’er, Linsday Betzendahl! 6 months ago or so, while chatting, she mentioned she was messing around with stacked bars originally for the offset labels but determined that the Mekko concept was actually where she had […]
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Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week, we are picking up the momentum from the map challenge last week, by taking a deep dive into Dynamic Zone Visibility. This project will provide you an understanding of developing dynamic zones in Sigma for the ultimate user experience you want to bring to your audience. Examples include: Drill down, Chart Swap,
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week’s challenge may not be too difficult for some of you, but I created it in order to bring attention to an essential skill – calculating weighted averages. As data analysts, it’s our responsibility to ensure that the data we display is not misleading or innacurate. I didn’t spend too much time explaining
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community, Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week we’re going to build everyone’s favorite Power BI visual, a table! Tables are often dismissed as boring or “not visual enough,” but they’re also one of the most powerful tools we have for making decisions – when they’re designed with intent. In this workout, we’ll start with a very simple table
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Power BI, Workout WednesdayIntroduction Welcome to Week 13 of 2026! This week, we’re going to play with Maps. Let’s practice looking up geographical data, utilizing multiple types of maps, and coordinating actions to cross-filter data. Good luck! -Ashley Need access to Sigma? Click Here to Sign Up Link to WOW Sigma Instance Youtube Click here to Watch: How
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction I noticed this map from Visual Capitalist the other day. I like the idea of showing elevation using height, but since it’s a state average, it seems weird to show the spacial area of the state. I decided to try to make a tile map with the same information. While we could just use color
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Power BI, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Community Month is back! 🎉To kick things off, Hideaki Yamamoto and Tomoki Goda from Japan Tableau User Group are bringing a challenge inspired by one of the Japan Tableau User Group’s beloved events.Here’s a message from both of them! Meet “Viz Tsukurima Show!” (VizTS), a fan-favorite speed-viz event hosted by JTUG.It kicked off in
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Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week we are looking at some newer core visuals and formatting features: cards that in a segmented tile layout, a slicer that supports partial text matching, and a matrix where the percentage-of-total calculation changes meaning depending on whether you’re looking at a subtotal or a detail row. The bonus challenge pushes into SVG-in-DAX
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Power BI, Workout Wednesday
Introduction After years of being on the grid, we can finally break from it (and do some other cool stuff). Using Reports, a newly released pixel-perfect document editor for Sigma, we can add elements, layer elements, and dynamically expand tables. Combining reports with Email Bursting leads to some significant time savings, if your business has
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction I was recently looking into the Radial Viz Extension after Sunburst support was added in Tableau 2025.3, and realized it can also create gauge charts with ease. Turns out this has actually been possible since the Radial Extension first launched in 2024.2! Building gauge charts in Tableau used to require map layers and dedicated
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Tableau, Workout Wednesday