Tableau tips Archives

How to integrate Tableau and R: Beyond the Basics

Integrating Tableau and R: Tips and Tricks for Intermediate Users I will assume that you are comfortable enough with both tools and that you know ...

29 May 2019

Dashboard Design

Visual Hierarchy: Can your dashboard withstand the 5 seconds test?

Are your users missing the most essential information from your dashboard? Do you hear often that your dashboards look cluttered? Do you ever wonder w...

4 February 2019

General

An interactive commenting solution for Tableau Server

Something I often hear after finishing a dashboard, as a Tableau Consultant, is the following: "Now can we add comments to this chart/dashboard/report...

9 October 2017

Tableau tips

Tableau’s Order Of Operations Or What Happens When And How

One of my first blog posts as an Analytics Consultant in the Business Intelligence and Tableau space was about Tableau’s data lifecycle. The blog po...

10 August 2017

General

Tableau has become oldskool.

What did you just say?! Yeah, I see some eyebrows raising but let's take a look at the explanation on the internet: This year 2017 has been a ...

26 July 2017

Tableau tips

Quick Tip: Performance Optimization when Using Parameters and Extracts

This is a short post with a useful recommendation regarding performance when working with parameters and extracts in Tableau. One of the common uses o...

6 June 2017

Data analytics

Simple linear regressions – slope and intercept analytics via Tableau

Hi reader, This is Catalina, and today I'm writing my first ever blog which I hope will make your journey with Tableau a tiny bit more exciting. We...

28 February 2017

Tableau Fun

Versatile Tableau #1: Can you use Tableau for invoicing?

Tableau is the best tool for doing visual analysis, building jaw dropping dashboards, and telling great stories. Yet I’m guessing Tableau can do a l...

21 February 2017

Tableau tips