Global Head Coach @ The Data School | Tableau Visionary HOF | Training the next generation of great data analysts. Tweets & threads to help you be great too.
6 guides I use to find the best chart:
1. Financial Times Visual Vocabulary
2. Chart Guide Chart Chooser
3. The Data Visualisation Catalogue
4. The Tableau Chart Catalog
5. The Data Viz Project
6. The Visualization Universe
How freaking cool is this?!?! I'm a huge fan of the blue plaques I see around the UK & now I have my own! Thank you so much
@TahaEbrahimi1
& the
@tableaupublic
team! And thanks to
@eleanorpd
for creating Tableau Public in the first place! It changed my life! On to the next 1000!
Tableau Peeps: I have another labor of love for you. The Great Workbook of Table Calcs, LODs, & Actions. (The name is inspired by the BBOD) Keep an eye out for the version
@flerlagekr
is creating too! I'm interested to see his examples & learn from them.
Everything must come to an end. Now is that time for me. To the
#MakeoverMonday
Community: Goodbye & thank you!
@CharlieHTableau
is taking over for me in 2020. Charlie is the only other person to have completed EVERY MM since 2016 and he deserves this.
Are you looking to improve your data visualization skills? Check out my latest
@tableau
tutorial on 18 ways to create bar charts!
Inspired by my colleague Rosa Mariana de Leon-Escribano and her
#VOTD
.
#MakeoverMonday
Week 39 is week 300. After this week, MM is going on an indefinite hiatus.
For this week, we go back to my viz from week 1. Get the data here -
Thank you
@TriMyData
@CharlieHTableau
@acotgreave
for their help through the years.
Learn how to build 75 Charts in 75 minutes in
@Tableau
. This is a great resource for anyone looking to expand their skills and increase the library of charts they know how to create.
Thank you
@tableau
for the incredible honor of Data Rockstar tonight. You’ve changed my life in so many ways. I continue to learn every day & I get to pass that along to others. I wouldn’t be able to do any of this without some unknown piece of software I downloaded 13 years ago.
Boom! 3M views of my
#VisualVocabulary
on
@tableaupublic
. Thanks everyone that has had a look!
I've made it downloadable again. However, if I see it uploaded to other TP profiles, I will lock it down again. Please be courteous.
I'm working on a simple social media KPI dashboard. I have all of the charts built. Would it be useful/helpful if I recorded how I create the dashboard? Like how I use containers, padding, shading, etc.
If you have struggled to find the right chart for your data, I have the solution for you. Now with over 3 million views, the Financial Times Visual Vocabulary I replicated in
@Tableau
makes it easier for you to communicate with data.
#TableauTip
: How to Create a Calendar Widget for Filtering
Why have a regular calendar filter when you can have one that adds information to your dashoboard?
We had an epic demo of Mark Transitions at
@dataschooluk
today from
@philna
, so I decided to see how transitions work with parameter actions. I love it!
I can’t believe it’s real!
@TriMyData
and I couldn’t have written
#MakeoverMonday
the book without you, the Community! Hundreds of images created by you! Foreword by
@acotgreave
. Thank you
@WileyGlobal
for taking a chance on us!! The final product looks incredible!
Welcome back to
#MakeoverMonday
! For our 1st week of 2022 (week 35), we're making over this visualization from
@VisualCap
about military spending. I've included additional data for you to explore.
Get the data, links to
#WatchMeViz
and
#VizReview
here.
1/6 Color is a powerful tool in data visualization, and taking the time to find the right color palette can make all the difference in the impact of your work. Here are five sources you can use to find color palettes that will make your work more visually appealing.
Supercharge your
@tableau
skills with this chart-building guide featuring a collection of 84 unique chart types.
You get:
🎥The tutorial video
🎬Starter workbook to follow along
🏁Solution workbook for reference
Use discount code 84CHARTS for 50% off
#TableauTipTuesday
- How to create multiple lines in a single field with a line break | A trick I used in my
#MakeoverMonday
this week to show a single field on two lines. I first learned this from
@HighVizAbility
during one of our TC tips battles.
Table Calcs confused me for 10 years. Then it clicked. Literally instantly it clicked. That eureka moment. I don't want you to have to suffer like me, so I made this tutorial a while back to share how I understand table calcs in
@Tableau
.
We can all become better at
@Tableau
if we are intentional with our practice & commit to our personal development. I spoke about my motivations at
#Fanalytics
#TC18
& it's now up on my YouTube channel. • Why I created the FT Visual Vocabulary in Tableau
I'm going to start something new for
#MakeoverMonday
this week. I'm going to Live Stream from start to finish on YouTube, Monday 10 August at 3:30pm UK time. Join and
#WatchMeViz
here -
Not only is
#MakeoverMonday
coming back next week, so is
@TriMyData
!! She'll host Viz Review on Wednesdays and I'll run
#WatchMeViz
on Mondays. Here's a handy guide for the weekly process.
Subscribe to my YouTube channel for the live stream schedules.
I found a website with a series of Excel dashboard templates. I'm in the process of recreating them all in
@Tableau
. Example 1: Customer Service Dashboard
How to become a Tableau expert:
1. Create vizzes, relentlessly
2. Share everything you learn
3. Deliberately and authentically engage with the community
4. Repeat every day
That’s all it takes. Practice. Practice. Practice.
13 more examples added over the last two days (27 for the week) to The Great Workbook of Table Calcs, LODs, & Actions - Sparklines, Sparkbars, Slope Graphs, Cycle Plots, Control Charts, Bump Charts, Cohort Analysis, Parallel Coordinates. Download & learn!
#ReflectiveLog
: It's time for a change. Why I'm stepping back from
#MakeoverMonday
. Envy is the devil. Haters are going to hate. I hope those who led me to make this decision feel good about themselves.
Ultimately, if you want to learn
@Tableau
, you need to learn Order of Operations. Absolutely fundamental! We cover this is nearly every class at
@dataschooluk
.
I have been truly inspired by
@SimonBeaumont04
's talk today at
@dataschooluk
. As such, I've decided to once again make my
@tableau
version of the
@ftdata
Visual Vocabulary downloadable. I request you do not redistribute without my permission. Download here
Congratulations to the 2023 Tableau Public Ambassadors!
Tableau Public Ambassadors design beautiful vizzes, telling stories through data while inspiring others. They support our programs and have created unique community projects to help others grow their own skills.
FINALLY a
#MakeoverMonday
submission tracker! A simple design for you to keep up w/ your work. Remember to enter your name the same way every week. Click a square for links to the interactive viz & an image. Only submitted vizzes are tracked (obviously).
It's alarming to me how people can take very simple data and make it look overly complex and visually unappealing. What happened to bars and line to communicate quickly and effectively?
#MakeoverMonday
:
@Arsenal
Player Stats 2018-19 | My 800th
@tableaupublic
viz. It took 3178 days (8yr 8mo 14d or a viz every 4 days) and countless hours. I keep learning w/ every viz & I can't encourage you enough to do the same. | Inspired by
@AndSzesztai
Given the table calcs challenge for
#WorkoutWednesday2018
this week (and because I'm teaching table calcs to
#DS11
), I thought I would share this post again -
#TableauTip
: Table Calculations In a Plain English Sentence
In 4 days I've been able to get 16 vizzes onto my
#PowerBI
profile. For me, it's about focus, a challenge, and a relentless pursuit of learning.
1️⃣ Do some
#MakeoverMonday
vizzes
2️⃣ Take part in
#WOW
We couldn’t possibly be any more proud of you
@VizSaiyan
. That was incredible work under intense pressure and you nailed it! You’re a great example of how hard work, dedication, and tenacity help you improve.
For
#MakeoverMonday
2021 Week 37,
@HipsterVizNinja
sent me this viz about the top 20 solar power plants in the World. Please tag Sean in your vizzes.
Get the data here -
I learned this from
@ChiamakaObi
last week in her 2nd
@Tableau
training session at the DS. How many of you knew this? Highlight a field in the calculation window, double click on a function, and the function automatically wraps itself about the field. 🤯
Have you ever wanted to answer the question "How do sales across products compare to sales of one of the products? In this
#TableauTip
, I show you how to use a parameter action to compare values within a chart.
#MakeoverMonday
HQ is happy to announce the Gallery | A collection of all of the MM favorites from 2017 & 2018 (284 vizzes as of this posting). Get inspiration from your fellow vizzers
I was checking out
@stereotyper
's profile on Tableau Public and came across this incredible viz! And it's all done with Map Layers! There are no measures on the rows or columns. Incredible work Kevin!
Today was another day that served as a reminder of why I love my job at
@dataschooluk
so much...teaching table calcs, LODs and order of operations to
#DS16
. I’m building a workbook I’m calling the “Big Book of Table and LOD Calcs”. I’ll publish it at some point.
FINALLY done with
#MakeoverMonday
week 37. I chose to focus on the two books series from
@JP_Books
that I've read the most: Alex Cross vs. Women's Murder Club
Last week I ran a teaching session with
@dataschooluk
that took them through my process for (1) approaching unfamiliar data, (2) choosing effective charts, (3) layout containers, (4)planning the final dashboard. Here's a recap post and what we built.
#MakeoverMonday
the Book is available for pre-order on Amazon.
@TriMyData
and I can’t wait to share this with you, the Community. It’s for you and about you. You are Makeover Monday.
If you were hoping for some pre-TC vizzing this year,
#MakeoverMonday
was rejected as a session. Sorry folks. Maybe I'm being selfish, but it sure seems short sighted or ignorant by those selecting sessions to not include what has always been a huge draw. Oh well.
#TableauTipTuesday
: How to Automatically Apply Worksheet Actions as Dashboard Actions • Who's been annoyed having to recreate action from a worksheet to a dashboard? 🙋♂️🙋♂️ I thought it was impossible until
@rosariogaunag
told me otherwise. Genius!
For
#MakeoverMonday
week 1 2019, I wanted to practice building a KPI dashboard. My viz shows team by team NHL attendance from 2000-01 to 2017-18. (NOTE: Containers are the devil when you need about 100 of them 😈) Thanks
@TriMyData
for the feedback!
This morning I recorded a video showing how to build these 10 KPI cards in
@tableau
.
They’re actionable and easy to understand.
Want early access? DM me and I’ll let you know how.
#MakeoverMonday
Week 29 - Non-religious people are more accepting of homosexuality than the affiliated • Took ages to get the background right since you can't move annotations to the back. Gave up and used PPT.
Traditional income statements provide very little insight. Maybe that's the point. But why not make an income statement that is actionable? Check out how I designed an interactive, visual income statement.
In this week's
#TableauTipTuesday
, I show you how to use a parameter action for drilling down in a chart. This is a much simpler alternative to a set action. Thanks to
@VizSaiyan
for showing me this trick.
@lorna_eden
I am so ridiculously proud of
@VizSaiyan
for winning the last
#ironviz
feeder. He worked so hard to get into
@dataschooluk
, has shown incredible passion for his work, and is one of the most humble people you’ll ever meet. Check out his winning viz here.
I'm incredibly honored to be included in this group. Helping people is my passion. Now onto launching the next few thousand people into great careers in data.
And of course thanks to
@_tombrown_
@craigbloodworth
and
@Odbin
for taking a chance on me 8 years ago.
Congratulations to our Managing Director
@_tombrown_
& The
@dataschooluk
Global Head Coach
@VizWizBI
on being named in
@TheDataIQ
Top 100 'Most Influential People in Data' 2023 list!
What an incredible achievement! 👏
ICYMI: Yesterday I did a livestream of how I use containers in
@Tableau
. This was the first of several videos I hope to create on the topic. This one will probably be the most straightforward. Check out the video and viz on my blog -
The Most Confusing Aggregation in
@Tableau
- ATTR()
In this tip, I will teach you about the ATTR (attribute) aggregation. The god, the bad, the ugly, and the work around.
#MakeoverMonday
Week 50: What's more important? Sales or Sales per Location? Ranking America's Biggest Fast Food Chains (No time for a blog post this week)
Another day, another
#PowerBI
dashboard. In my experience, the best way to learn is to practice. Take inspiration from others and see if you can make it work while only looking at the image.
This online retails sales dashboard is inspired by
@Kavin_g_K
.
For my final
#MakeoverMonday
(2021 week 39 & week 300 overall), I created a dynamic scatterplot showing the players that are above the average of the top 200 players in Major League Baseball. You can compare WAR to a selection of the other advanced stats.
This week for
#MakeoverMonday
Week 29, we'll continue to look at the disparity that ethnic minorities face during the COVID crisis. We'll look at this great viz from
@infobeautiful
analyzing mortality rates in the UK.
Get the data and resources here -
What a year for
#MakeoverMonday
! 23 people completed all 53 weeks. 1700+ participants. 7300+ submissions. Incredible! And this is only the people that chose to submit. Well done everyone! 2020 tracking starting next week. See how you did for 2019 here:
#WatchMeViz
- How I Use Layout Containers - Check out this video get some tips for creating a simple dashboard layout. Thanks for those who watched along at the last minute. And thanks to
@curtisharris_
for shining the light on containers.
Yesterday on
#WatchMeViz
, I tried to create a tornado chart comparing US Debt vs GDP for
#MakeoverMonday
week 47. I didn't quite get there, so I finished it up this afternoon. I like how it turned out. Thoughts?
@CharlieHTableau
@TriMyData
“Walk away from anything that gives you bad vibes. There is no need to explain it or make sense of it.” ~Pura Vida ... Exactly how I promised myself to live my life. Think about the things you don’t enjoy and stop doing them. You’ll be amazed at how much better you’ll feel.
If you want to get started with templates in
@tableau
, then this blog by
@ProfDrKSchulte
is absolutely essential reading. I’d never used templates before, Klaus took us through his tutorial and it was magical.
Inspired by
@datavizlinds
, at
@dataschooluk
we rebuilt her amazing use case of using parameter actions to update parameter values. What a great learning experience recreating it without knowing the solution! Give it a try! Here's the link to our solution.
Since the
#MakeoverMonday
website went live,
@macdonaldj
has been hosting it on his personal server and providing support. As the project became bigger a new host was needed and
@infolabUK
stepped in to support us. Please thank them both for all they've done for us.
#MakeoverMonday
: Are Americans sleeping more or less than they did in 2003? Note that the data isn't really accurate since it accounts for naps and sleeplessness. I did get to practice parameter actions though!
@TriMyData
@sleepdiplomat
@BLS_gov
How to Get Your Data from
@Strava
to
@tableau
• Getting Strava data into Tableau can be a pain! This will simplify the process, especially if you have
@alteryx
. Also included is a template with several visualizations you can use with your own data.