Introduction This week’s Workout Wednesday challenge was Numbers of Different Magnitudes, but the bigger lesson for me was this: You can build custom analytical experiences in Sigma using AI. For this submission, I used AI-assisted coding to create a custom Sigma plugin (React + D3) that goes beyond standard chart behavior. It combines a magnitude view […]
2026 Week 07 | Sigma: Building a Custom Plugin with AI Read More »
Introduction Hello everyone, I’m very happy to be back for another year of Workout Wednesday! For my first challenge, I wanted to focus on something that every Tableau learner will encouter: Table Calculations and Level of Detail (LOD) Calculations, and what is the difference between them? Well, sometimes only one of these types of calculations
#WOW2026 | Week 7 | Exploring Table Calcs vs LODs Read More »
Introduction Did you know you can call Snowflake Cortex AI functions directly within Sigma? Sigma Workflow Conference in San Francisco is right around the corner, and we will build an AI Chatbot in a Sigma workbook to help users find answers to conference related questions. This AI App focused challenge will walk you through the
2026 Week 06 | Sigma: Can you build an AI Help Desk? Read More »
Introduction I am excited to begin my third year as a Workout Wednesday coach! This year, I remain committed to providing challenges that help you flex your Tableau muscles and maintain your analytical strength. This week’s challenge is inspired by a real-world scenario I encountered recently. While building a dashboard to track service usage, I
#WOW2026 | Week 6 | Can you account for nulls in your averages? Read More »
Introduction Welcome to Week 5 of 2026! This week, we’re going to explore some new features in Sigma: Single Row Containers and Value Lists. When combined, these elements can easily show a lot of detail with a better end user experience. Good luck! -Ashley Need access to Sigma? Click Here to Sign Up Link to
2026 Week 5 | Sigma: Can you show details? Read More »
Introduction Thanks to tools like Tableau MCP, AI can now handle deep-dive data analysis for us. Ask it “why is this metric dropping?” and you’ll get a pretty solid answer. But before that step — noticing that something looks off in the first place — that’s still on us, looking at a dashboard. This week,
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Introduction This week’s challenge features the new Repeating Container element, which is a powerful new visual that can display feed-like information quickly and easily. Today, I want to show you how you can use this feature to make more detailed KPI-like cards in your workbooks. This feature is still in beta – are there any things
2026 Week 04 | Sigma: Can you Make a Repeating Container? Read More »
Introduction Happy New Year everyone, my turn comes round awfully quickly these days. As it’s still the start of 2026, I didn’t want to go too hard too quick. Hopefully this isn’t too bad. We are flexing our Table Calc, Date and Order of Operations skills in this challenge. Have fun! Click to open in
#WOW2026 | Week 4 | Can you create a dynamic moving average? Read More »
Introduction This week’s Workout Wednesday is about turning feedback into part of the workflow, not a side conversation. You’ll build a lightweight, in-workbook feedback loop in Sigma that lets stakeholders flag issues directly on tables and charts, with context intact. Instead of comments that disappear or Slack messages that pile up, feedback becomes structured, reviewable,
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Introduction Last month I had some colleagues that were able to attend DataFam Europe, and a few of them came back saying how much they enjoyed Tristan Guillevin’s presentation and asked if we could get his viz extensions for our Cloud site. In the process, I decided to play with a few, and since they
#WOW2026 | Week 3 | Can you create KPI cards with viz extensions? Read More »
