Can you use dynamic spatial parameters? Kyle set this challenge while I was on my holidays. And because I was away and short on time, I’m cheating a bit this week. I’m not going to provide a full solution guide, but am writin…

Solution Guide | #Tableau | #WOW2025 | Week 32 | Can you use dynamic spatial parameters?

blog: donnacoles.home.blog/2025/08/13/c...

cc: Kyle Yetter Lorna Brown Erica Hughes @hipstervizninja.com Yoshitaka Arakawa @yusukenakanishi.bsky.social

Austin TUG August 2025 | Iron Viz Unplugged: Stories & Strategies from Center Stage | Tableau Hybrid Event - Bringing engaging and enlightening content to the Austin Tableau community. Please join us at our monthly in-person, hybrid, & virtual TUG events.

Please join our ATX Tableau User Group on Thursday, August 14th, for in-person networking and hybrid presentations from:

Bo McCready (2025 Iron Viz Champ), and Jane Kamata (2024 Student Iron Viz Winner).

#Tableau #Networking #DataVisualization #Austin #Data #DataFam #tableauusergroup

New blog post from Kasia Gąsiewska-Holc AND her husband Łukasz Holc!

In this blog post, they introduce their new FREE tool, The Tableau Workbook Explorer!

Link; www.flerlagetwins.com/2025/08/intr...

Austin TUG March 2025 | Dynamic Messaging in Tableau | Tableau Hybrid Event - Bringing engaging and enlightening content to the Austin Tableau community. Please join us at our monthly in-person, hybrid, & virtual TUG events.

We can't wait to see all our local #datafam members at our quarterly hybrid TUG event! Don't miss this chance to socialize, network, and snag some sweet swag! And join us afterwards for a happy hour sponsored by XeoMatrix. usergroups.tableau.com/events/detai... #tableau #tableauusergroup

Kevin Wee demonstrated the multi-selection function of a category legend he designed, which a Tableau default legend lacks.

Kevin Wee explained how to transform a traditional colored bar chart into a contextual color legend with expanded functionality.

Kevin Wee showcased how the flexibility in bar labeling may help create an anchor legend with a fixed palette but adaptive texts.

Kevin Wee showed the dashboard action setup to deactivate the undesired bar highlight upon clicking.

NEW VIDEO: Hey #DataFam, check out my latest talk on contextual legends & their applications on #Tableau dashboards: rb.gy/2yllpn

I explained (1) how these legends have a better #UI vs a default one, (2) the creation processes, (3) #dashboard action setups, & (4) the use cases in #data #analytics.

🚨 Back 2 Viz Basics Week 5 is live!

This week’s challenge: Build a Scatter Plot. Explore mobile phone specs and pricing data from Kaggle to spot trends in features and cost.

📊Challenge details: bit.ly/4kw1LCt

#B2VB #DataChallenge #Tableau #PowerBI

The Line Jumper Chart: Combining a Standard Line Chart with a Slope Chart I recently released my 200th viz which was all about the words spoken by the four main characters in Seinfeld . As part of this viz, I ...

New Blog Post: The Line Jumper Chart

The Line Jumper Chart combines a standard line chart with a slope chart to subtly provide even more information to the end user. This blog post discusses when to use it and how to build it in Tableau.

Link: www.flerlagetwins.com/2025/01/the-...

KPI Series: Automatic Highlight Background and Text Swap In last week's blog Use KPI as a Filter! I reviewed several dashboards that allowed you to click on them to filter the rest of the dashboard! This week I want to discuss how to create Zak Geis's heade...

Here is the next blog in my KPI series! Shoutout to Zak Geis on his #tableaupublic dashboard! #datafam #tableau

www.techtipsgirl.com/post/kpi-ser...

I really enjoyed listening to this data story, and couldn't resist exploring Lauren Bauer's (@laurenhlb.bsky.social) dataset myself!
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

My Tableau Public Profile - Tutorials & Tools and Color Palettes categories

My Tableau Public Profile - Tableau Conference Step Trackers + Viz of the Day categories

My Tableau Public Profile - Years in Review, Random Personal Favorites, and 30 Day Chart Challenge categories

My Tableau Public Profile - All Vizzes category

it's the little things - excited to FINALLY have manual control over categories on my Tableau Public profile!

Interactive Text Tables with Custom Sort Order - Sarah Pallett Make your text tables on dashboards shine with an easy, interactive, custom sort order feature.  The concept is simple: give your dashboard viewers a handy-dandy drop-down menu so they can sort their ...

✨New blog post! Make your text tables on dashboards shine with an easy, interactive, custom sort order feature. ✨
sarahpallett.com/index.php/20... #Tableau #DataFam

Arrow plot showing the estimated impact of the budget bill passed by House Republicans on 2/25/25. $880 billion will almost certainly gut the Medicaid health insurance program.

New #dataviz in #Tableau: House Republicans celebrate passing a budget resolution that would almost certainly gut the Medicaid health insurance program. One in four Americans depend on Medicaid for health insurance coverage.
tabsoft.co/3QVSFSd

bright blue bar chart against a light gray background showing the percentage of responders who want previous fields in the tableau conference step tracker to stay

Which fields for this year's #Tableau Conference Step Tracker should stay? Which ones should go? Let me know through the form (forms.gle/L7af3VrHctTB...) and I'll send you a reminder when the project is live.

Note: I am planning on nuking the twitter field as I can't in good conscience promote it.

Variable Offset Label Bar Chart I recently released a viz about th e Saturday Night Live Five-Timers club - stars that have hosted the show at least 5 times . In that v...

New Blog Post - Variable Offset Label Bar Chart

Ever had so many header labels on a bar chart that they wrap and get cut off? Well, this variable offset label technique might be your solution. Check it out:

Link: www.flerlagetwins.com/2025/02/vari...

Apply or Nominate the 2025 Tableau Visionaries Applications to become a 2025 Tableau Visionary are open. Here’s everything you need to know.

Fellow Proscratinators: There's one day left to get your submissions in for the 2025 Visionary Program. Now is your time!

tabsoft.co/3Vm3nnr

HNY, #datafam! The first Workout Wednesday of 2025 is live! If you’ve been wanting to try a community project, now is awesome time to jump in, build your skills, try new chart types, & connect with the #datafam! 📊

workout-wednesday.com/2025w1tab/

Bringing Tables Together: Tableau's Physical Layer Learn about the physical layer in Tableau, including unions, joins, and custom SQL to bring tables together.

My new 5 part series Bringing Tables Together covers everything you need to know about Tableau Data sources, including:
📊 How is a blend different from a join?
📉 Why are my null rows missing?
🧐 How can I make a real join?

Read the series here: playfairdata.com/bringing-tab...

Starting to Figma it Out I still remember the feeling when I first opened Figma. I was totally overwhelmed. The clean interface was promising, but where do you even…

New year, new skills! 🎉 My first blog post, “Starting to Figma it Out,” is live!

If you’re a #Tableau user looking to level up your dashboard designs with #Figma, this guide is for you. From gradients to rounded corners, let’s get creative, #datafam! 🚀

💡 Check it out: medium.com/@blakefeiza/...

Never seen LinkedIn do humble

Ducking true man

Viz Office Hours! Have a viz you’re working on and you’d like a set of eyes on it? Have a viz idea but no idea where to start? Just want to hang out with…

Join me & @nicoleklassen.bsky.social for #VizOfficeHours Wed, 12/18 @4pm ET. Discuss ideas & get feedback on #DataPlusTV, #B2VB, #MakeoverMonday or other projects. Learn more at Nicole's blog post nicole-klassen.medium.com/viz-office-h... & our dashboard public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

Secrets of the Viz: Side Stories - A Visual Analysis YouTube video by Louis Yu

A treat for #datafam in #SecretsOfTheViz 📊 today, I have Brian Moore sharing his mind-blowing gradient 🤯 techniques he used in his #IronViz, analyzing what makes #DataPlusTV spin-offs great (and not so great)! Lots of amazing learnings in this one 😉

youtu.be/57EHkidovfI

Never a bad time to catch up with #B2VB Week 2 on
@tableaupublic.bsky.social

t.co/lbghfMRELZ

In case you missed it, here is our podcast on Cats, Coffee and #Tableau! We had cat trivia, a coffee discussion and reviewed our favorite #Tableaupublic dashboards. www.youtube.com/live/cqFhsvF...

#TinyTableauTip If you have multiple reference lines in @tableau, you can multi-select them by holding the CTRL Key down + selecting each line.
When all are selected, you can format all at once, the width, font, color etc.

I know most people are focused on the upcoming holiday season, but I'm looking ahead to Groundhog Day!

My new @tableaupublic.bsky.social viz displays data for the 38 Groundhog Days shown in the 1993 movie.

🔗 bit.ly/3ZvryRs

Many thanks to @zachbowders.bsky.social for providing feedback!

lol. “Is Cookie?”

You love charts, right📊? And you love TV📺 too?

Then join us next Thu, 11am ET for our rundown on our Top 10 TV Charts.

👉www.tickettailor.com/events/datarevelations/1...
cc: @abmakulec.bsky.social , @datarevelations.com

Secrets of the Viz: Fat Bear Week YouTube video by Louis Yu

Every year we can enjoy watching bears go into hibernation (who knew!). Join me in #SecretsOfTheViz 📊 as I chat with
@brrosenau.bsky.social on why it has gained such popularity. Some #datafam might be tempted to pet bears after this, but please don't😅

youtu.be/FGEiZAER_PI