Category: Intermediate
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Dashboards aren’t dead. They’re just explanatory.
The problem isn’t that companies don’t have enough data. There’s never been a time in history when businesses have had more data, and data…
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3 Reasons the Analytics Maturity Framework Is Broken (and What’s Better!)
During our Decision-Ready Data strategy workshops, one focus area is ensuring practitioners and stakeholders align on the type of analytics being delivered. We’ve shared…
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Visualizing Novel Use Cases with Claude Sonnet 4.6
Like so many others, I have been intrigued by the capabilities of advancements in AI and its potential to make data visualization and analytics…
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3 Totals Hacks to Transform Your Tableau Bar Charts
I’ve recently had a fantastic run of totals-based discoveries. I’ll admit – I’ve overlooked the humble Totals feature. At the Tableau Conference, a friend…
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Data vs. Analytics vs. Visual Analytics: What’s the Difference?
As tradition holds, Playfair Data shares our analytics trends and predictions going into each new year and recaps it by sharing the Playfair+ tutorials…
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Tableau vs. Power BI vs. Oracle Analytics Cloud: 2026 Comparison Guide
Okay, I get it. Searching for “Tableau vs. Power BI” leads to over 25 million results in Google, and that is if you can…
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3 Ways to Make Stunning Scatter Plots in Oracle Analytics Cloud
The scatter plot is a chart type that has many uses in visual analytics. They’re used to visualize relationships between two measures, reveal trends,…
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How to Make a Biggest Movers Chart in Power BI
Biggest movers charts in Power BI are powerful charts that show the performance of dimension members with the largest absolute period-over-period change. Typically, report…
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3 Ways to Make Beautiful Bar Charts in Oracle Analytics Cloud
When it comes to comparing discrete categorical values, rarely is there a better choice than the bar chart. Invented by our company’s namesake, William…
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How to Insert Custom Images in Power BI Matrix Visuals
Matrix visuals are extremely popular and easy-to-use charts in Power BI. Their familiarity to spreadsheets makes them easy to adopt, especially for beginners. While…
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3 Ways to Make Lovely Line Graphs in Oracle Analytics Cloud
As far as I’m concerned, boring chart types are always in style. The problem-solving principle of Occam’s Razor states that, the simplest solution is…
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How to Create Balance Scale Charts in Power BI
The Balance Scale chart is a Playfair Data innovation that was originally created for our Financial Analysis Swift in Tableau. Recently, we were able…
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Introducing Balance Scale Charts in Tableau
The “Balance Scale chart” came to life during a team brainstorming session while building the Financial Analysis Swift as we discussed different chart types…
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Describing Your Data with Tableau Prep
Being able to take a new dataset and create an actionable visual analytics tool with it can be a challenge. In fact, sometimes figuring…
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Bringing Tables Together: Working Across Independent Data Sources in Tableau
Welcome to the fourth part of our series on bringing tables together! This article covers working with multiple data sources without using Joins, Relationships,…
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Icon-Based Navigation in Power BI
Icon-based navigation in Power BI is one of the most effective ways to improve the user experience of your reports. Using an icon as…
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Bringing Tables Together: Blending Data Sources
Welcome to the third part of our series on bringing tables together! This article covers using blends to work with multiple related data sources.…
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Toggle Visuals With Bookmarks in Power BI
Bringing a Power BI report to life through interactivity is a great way to improve a report’s user experience. What better way to do…
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5 Lessons Learned from Designing Executive Dashboards: the Financial Analysis Swift
Creating a great executive dashboard for finance takes careful attention to design principles and a solid understanding of user needs. In this tutorial, we’ll…
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Nested Parameters in Power BI Desktop
Parameters are a great way to customize your Power BI Desktop reports. Using parameters in your reports allows users to change their analysis with…
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The Parallels Between Storytelling and Data Visualization
Think of the lyrics from your favorite song – or any song for that matter. I guarantee it contains the words “I”, “you”, or…