In today's episode of "Let's build" we will create a dashboard (or: a sibling thereof) that I presented during our E&V Tableau Days 2023. Given that during that session I only had 35 minutes to do the data source prep and explanations, the calculations (20+) and then the actual dashboarding, I was a bit under... Continue Reading →
How to create a multi-language help-overlay
Dashboards often come with supportive overlays that help users to better understand the charts, data or even insights they are looking at in order to make the most of the data provided (and eventually: to make the most of your work as the designer of the dashboard). Let us leverage the utility of these overlays... Continue Reading →
How to do a Series of Year-over-Year comparisons in Tableau || Let’s have a (word about) date(s) (4/6)
In the previous post we had a look at how to do a series of year-over-year comparisons using a self-union. But what if you can't use a self-union, for example because your data source does not allow you to do that? Also, we wanted to have a bit more insights into how to do some... Continue Reading →
How to do Series Year-over-Year comparisons in Tableau || Let’s have a (word about) date(s) (3/6)
In the last episode we learned how to do a year-over-year comparison when only two years are in the game. However, there may be cases when you want to show multiple years and their year-over-year development in a table - mostly this is something that senior management wants (why the heck do they love tables... Continue Reading →
How to do Year-over-Year comparisons in Tableau || Let’s have a (word about) date(s) (2/6)
For today, we will be looking at how to do year-over-year comparisons avoiding one of the most annoying effects when creating such a comparison out of the box. Using sample superstore, assume you want to compare two years and their difference. Your initial build will look like this: Next, you will be adding a quick... Continue Reading →
How to remove null values from date fields || Let’s have a (word about) date(s) (1/6)
Assume you have a data source with dates and some other values but some rows in your date column are empty. These will show as null values in Tableau: So, how can we replace these null values with something else, an alias? With any ordinary dimension, you can simply right click and select "edit alias".... Continue Reading →
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