Introduction We know that Tableau can be used for really great executive dashboards and analytic explorations, but one of the things that I love using Tableau the most for is storytelling. Especially whenever you can combine that with a map, Tableau can do some pretty incredible things. This week, for Workout Wednesday, we’re going […]
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Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week I wanted to use Tableau Publics WebEdit to build a viz with one of their published datasources. Granted not all of the formatting options are there that I would like, so some of the chart choices are a bit wackier than they would be in Desktop. I would have love to have
Introduction This week is all about maps. Tableau has always been strong with maps, but this time we’ll push it further using Dynamic Spatial Parameters, added back in 2025.2, to build something a little cooler. It’s a technique that’ll come in handy for real-world work too, so have fun with it and give it a
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Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Sometimes you’ll have products that launch at different times, and so questions come up of how is this most recent launch comparing to other launches in the past? So this week, we’ll have a view of the past year for 5 different products, and then a view with all of those products from a
#WOW2026 Week 33 | Can you visualize a common starting point? Read More »
Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Last week I was reminded of an Old Workout Wednesday from TC18. This week I chose to replicate (but simplify) the task. No super fancy calcs, simple Sets (and maybe an IF statement or two) Click to open in Tableau Public Requirements Dashboard 1000 x 800. 1 Sheet Create Sets for Top & Bottom
Introduction I have been running an experimental fork of the Tableau MCP server, trying to make dashboards live inside an AI chat. The piece I am most excited about is the viz state snapshot. You filter the embedded dashboard, the model gets told what you are now looking at, and it can go query the
#WOW2026 | Week 31 | Let’s Build an MCP Apps-Ready Dashboard! Read More »
Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction For this week’s challenge, I’m asking you to build a viz I put together that visualises the the tennis career of the current men’s world #1 and 2026 Wimbledon champion, Jannik Sinner. There’s a fair amount going on, so I appreciate this may take a while to completely replicate. If time is short, the
#WOW2026 | Week 30 | Can you build a ladder chart? Read More »
Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Welcome to week 29! I’m so excited to be back with another interesting challenge. It occurred to me recently that we’ve been using Sample – Superstore for decades and there is no shortage of date filter tips and tricks but they are all based on traditional Gregorian calendars. And I’ve yet to work with
#WOW2026 | Week 29 | Fiscal Fun Read More »
Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week we have a challenge by Lisa Hitch, Coach of the New York Data School and Winner of the Tableau Conference Tips Battle. This week we’re putting a fresh spin on a classic chart: the Pareto chart! The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule) tells us that roughly 80% of outcomes
2026 | Week 28 | Can you build a Pareto Chart with Colored Backgrounds? Read More »
Tableau, Workout Wednesday
Introduction The other day, at the Hokuriku Tableau User Group, I had the opportunity to talk all about trellis charts with a room full of practitioners—covering everything from the basics and handling missing values to the aspect ratio of individual line chart panels, and more.This week’s challenge features trellis charts as its theme once again,
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Tableau, Workout Wednesday