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 →
Let’s build: Creating a Carousel in Tableau
By popular request: Are you tired of ordinary visualizations? Unveil the magic of building a captivating carousel in Tableau with just one parameter and five calculations. Skip the "why" and plunge into the how, or join me for a deep dive into the process. Harness the power of X and Y calculations, dynamic positioning, and more to create an awe-inspiring, interactive carousel.
How to do a count distinct over a rolling window
Recently a user on the forums asked how a distinct count over a rolling window could be done. Easy, you might say at first. Just use countd() and all be good. And that is true - and it is not. The problem we are facing here is that the usual countd() combined with say a... Continue Reading →
Keeping a constant number of returned rows
In today's question we will be answering how we can keep the returned results limited to a defined/definable number of rows. That means for example if we say we want only 200 rows to be returned but we have four different segments then each segment should only hold 50 results. If we increase to 300... Continue Reading →
Workout Wednesday – 20201 | W21
I thought it was time to deliver on what the blog is promising, i.e. to from time to time provide solutions on Workout Wednesday Challenges and this time we will be looking at an - by now - older challenge dating back to week 21 of 2021.
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