Category: Reference

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http://kb.tableau.com/articles/knowledgebase/creating-population-pyramid Check out the above article for creating population pyramid, it is a helpful way to represent gender and age group distribution.  

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Webpages and URL action – Tableau

Good example of using webpages dashboard object and manipulating it using URL dashboard action. (From: https://public.tableau.com/s/gallery/marvel-comic-universe) Observe the changing images in the below workbook as you Hover or select the Bar. This is an Webpage object...

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Data Label Tricks – Tableau

Find below conditional data labels, static and dynamic approach Conditional Data Labels  (From: http://kb.tableau.com/articles/knowledgebase/conditional-data-labels) One way to display labels based on the values of fields is to drag a measure to Label on the Marks...

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Usability metrics/user experience

Check out http://www.amazon.com/Measuring-User-Experience-Interactive-Technologies/dp/0123735580 http://www.amazon.com/Quantifying-User-Experience-Practical-Statistics/dp/0123849683/    

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Useful links (Tableau thought process)

http://www.tableau.com/learn/training?qt-training_tabs=1#qt-training_tabs (Some fundamental videos) http://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/online/windows/en-us/help.htm (Tableau’s complete reference) http://community.tableau.com/welcome (the community is the best way to understand how other Tableau developers are using the application; interesting work-around) http://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/api/js_api/en-us/help.htm#JavaScriptAPI/js_api.htm (Definitely a feature to consider when...

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Color tools for dashboard design

Tools for creating the color palette during dashboard design Eye Dropper for Chrome [Browser Extension] Can be used to pick RGB or  HSL color codes from webpages Degraeve.com Can be used when the palette...

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Big Data checklist

Below is a list of Big Data concepts to explore Hadoop Ecosystem Overview Deploying Hadoop in a physical cluster or in the cloud Best practices for cluster deployments Importing and exporting from a database with...