Running Sum in Tableau Prep
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Running sums are possible in Tableau Prep, this post goes over how to compute them in Tableau Prep Builder as of May 2020.
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Tableau Padawan - Getting the Most Out of Tableau Conference 2016 #TC16
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The 2016 Tableau Conference is a month away, here’s a list of tips for first-timers (and reminders for those who've forgotten). Thanks to @prashud for asking!
Read MoreTableau Padawan: Faster Nested Sorts
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Tableau's sorting behavior is somewhere between "a little weird" and "WTF?!?" for those of used to the nested sorting behavior we can get in Excel and other tools. This is one case where Tableau's "mental model" of sorting doesn't match the mental model of many users, if you'd like Tableau to change this you can vote for the Independent Sorting feature request. Explaining why Tableau sorts the way it does would take a much longer post, for now, I'm going to skip the "why" for the "how" and the "what" and jump into my preferred & faster way to do nested sorting using an ad-hoc calculation.
Read MoreTableau Padawan - When the Pill You See is Not the Pill You Use
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Today’s lesson is about understanding Tableau as a data driven drawing engine: change the data and we’ll change what Tableau draws. In this case we’re going to change the data to change the color. Recently I received a question where someone had created a heatmap with a diverging color palette like this (demo built using Tableau’s CoffeeChain sample data).
Read MoreJonathan Drummey joining DataBlick full time!
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Last fall, man-about-Tableau Jonathan Drummey (Tableau Zen Master , Tableau Forums Ambassador, leader of the Tableau Healthcare User Group https://community.tableau.com/groups/healthcare, Tableau blogger, etc.) started working with DataBlick part-time. He’s launched the Help Me DataBlick service and @helpmedatablick Tableau tips tweet stream and has had so much fun he’s joining DataBlick full-time! That’s right! You can have the amazing Jonathan Drummey work on your project! Besides project-based work Jonathan is leading our Tableau trainings, with proven, effective coursework tailored to your organizations needs.
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