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 →
A quickie on maps
For today I have just a super tiny tip. Sometimes, your dataset only consists of data like [city name], the [latitude] and the [longitude]. No further information available. If you put that on a map, Tableau will automatically draw the dots and the map in the background like this: That is ok but not really... Continue Reading →
How to select the last day of a dynamic period in Tableau || Let’s have (a word about) date(s) (6/6)
For today, we will do a rather short quickie. Imagine you are tasked with providing a dynamic view that can alter between say weekly, monthly, yearly and you want to show always time-period end values. Create a string parameter and insert there whatever you need, for example the values outlined before. Then, create this calculation:... Continue Reading →
Quickie on combining index and sub totals
In case you encounter the problem that you want to number your table by using index and still add a subtotal and thereby run into this here is the workaround: Copy your dimension which you intent to number using the index. In the above example, it is customer name. Put the original customer name to... Continue Reading →
Another quickie on aliasing
Have you ever encountered that you were creating BANs (Big (Buttocks) Numbers) and wanted to show sub-segments as well as the total side by side all in one sheet? Let's do an example: Connect to superstore sample data and but segment on columns. Sales goes on Text. Add "Totals" from the Analytics pane This is... Continue Reading →
A Quickie on bar chart labelling
For today I have a quick tip on creating a specific labelling for bar charts. This has come out of Workout Wednesday 2021 Week 44. Usually, labels are either at the end of the bar chart (automatic / right), at the end but inside the bar (left) or inside centered (center alignment). But what if... Continue Reading →
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