Introduction Welcome to the final week of 2025! Since it’s a holiday week, we’re keeping things simple with a classic but powerful visualization: the Pareto chart. Your challenge this week is to build a Pareto chart in Sigma that highlights which issue categories contribute the most to overall incident reports. By combining a sorted bar […]
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Welcome to Week 49 of 2025! Going back to data applications this week. I come across a constant request from clients when building data apps: How can I let users view all the records but not be able to edit them? This week we are going to figure out how we can do this
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Welcome to Week 45 of 2025! This week we have two guest authors: Nick Haylund and Thomas Larsen! A lot of data folks have heard about the Waffle House Index being used as a disaster indicator for FEMA. Linked there is one of the first, and quite comprehensive, Medium articles we could find on
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Welcome to Week 42 of 2025! Tired of dashboards firing off queries with every filter change? This week’s challenge is all about control. You’ll learn how to use controls, actions, and modals to pause live queries, open a filter popup for selections, and resume queries only after users make their final choices. It’s a
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Welcome to Week 37 of 2025! Numbers tell the story, but sometimes a picture says it faster. This week we’re charging up our Sigma skills by adding images into table cells and playing with maps. You’ll learn how to make your tables more visual, show dynamic elements like battery levels or icons, and bring
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Welcome to Week 33 of 2025! We’ve all been there: you want to cross filter a dashboard by clicking on a field, and just as easily clear the selection. With charts, it’s easy – just click the white space. But with tables, it can be a little trickier. This week’s challenge: master cross-filtering from
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Welcome to Week 29 of 2025! This week’s challenge is all about bringing back a tried-and-true classic: the Gantt chart. Whether you’re mapping out project timelines or visualizing task dependencies, this is your chance to put a clean, modern spin on one of the original BI visuals. Build something in Sigma that’s as functional
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Welcome to Week 25 of 2025! This week, we’re going to work with tabbed containers and show how to easily navigate the end user to new content without the need for additional pages in your workbook. This helps save precious real estate on your dashboard and creates a seamless user experience. Good luck! -Jess
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday