Category: Tips & Tricks
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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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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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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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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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Formatting Tips for Power BI Matrix Visuals
If you’ve ever used Power BI in any capacity, I am confident you’ve come across a report with at least one matrix visual. Matrix…
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Data democratization is dead. Long live data democratization.
This year, I had the opportunity to attend my first Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, one of the leading community events for analytics leaders…
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3 Ways to Avoid Data Visualization Desire Paths
Desire paths are unplanned trails that form when users circumvent the carefully constructed paths before them in favor of routes they perceive to be…
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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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Preattentive Attributes Comparison
Preattentive attributes are something that you most likely encounter unintentionally every day, whether you are browsing the web, navigating an app on your phone,…
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3 Ways to Fix Null Values
Have you ever experienced this situation or a similar one? You are working with your data, building out some sort of data prep process…
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Collaborative Communication Tips for Visual Analytics Architects (Designers)
Working in team settings can be challenging. Coordinating schedules, balancing multiple opinions, and ensuring clear communication are already demanding. Managing your own workload is…
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Why It’s Important to Understand the Granularity of Data
When kicking off a project involving data, one of the first questions will be, “Do we have the right data to complete this project?”.…
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Simple Fonts: Mastering Font Essentials in Figma
Choosing the right font or combination of fonts can significantly influence the overall style and perception of your dashboards. The typeface you choose for…
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3 Innovative Ways to Use Tableau Scaffolding
If you have been working with Tableau for any length of time, you have probably come across tutorials utilizing the “MIN(0)” trick to create…
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Tableau Careers You Didn’t Know About
Many believe that getting a job as a Tableau engineer means you will be using Tableau Desktop to build data visualizations. While this is…
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How to Account for Leap Year in Tableau
Brace yourselves – 2024 is a leap year! Here are a few strategies to keep your Tableau workbooks accurate this February. This year will…
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The Ultimate Guide to Getting High Resolutions In and Out of Tableau
What makes dashboards attractive, engaging, and thought-provoking? While data can craft a compelling narrative, the human eye is naturally drawn to visually appealing things.…