Tableau offers some "out of the box" forecasting options. And while these will not be as great as advanced machine learning approaches, they still can offer some guidance on how - for example - your sales might develop. Adding a forecast is simple: as long as you have a decently filled timeline (notice: I will... Continue Reading →
Quicke: 2025.2 Find in data pane
Tableau 2025.2 dropped recently and whilst it has lots of cool new features (dynamic spatial parameters, anyone?) it is also often the small things that can make your life so much easier. Have you noticed Tableau offers "find in data pane"? Just right click a dimension or measure on your view and it will offer... Continue Reading →
Relationships and (Data Source) Filters – Follow up blog post with Kirk Munroe
Following up on my >> previous blog post << I had the pleasure to virtually meet with Kirk Munroe and discuss the issues outlined in my posting. For those of you not yet familiar with Kirk, he is the author of "Data Modelling with Tableau." He is also a frequent guest on renowned Tableau blogs... Continue Reading →
Tableau 2025.1 Relationships, Data Source Filters and an unexpected behavior.
Today at work I ran into an unexpected behavior when using relationships in Tableau 2025.1.1 with the new feature of table specific data source filters. For those of you who might not be aware, this is the new feature I am talking about: Notice how we are now able to select the scope of the... Continue Reading →
Quickie: How to make a parameter “fire” on apply, not on change.
For today just a small tip on how to align your parameter changes and filters to all become effective on clicking the same button, like here: How to do this Parameters in Tableau allow the user to provide single values to their workbook. This feature enables interactivity in dashboards. It also allows for the dynamic... Continue Reading →
Automatically set a date picker parameter to Sunday
This is a question that recently came up and my solution to this is quite simple. Assume you have an empty date parameter, that is a parameter of "date" type with no limitations like this: This will enable your users to click it and be greeted with a calendar style date picker w/o any further... Continue Reading →
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