Tableau URL action
My Use-case We can carry out various external interaction using the URL action. We can use this to redirect users to google search results, intranet sites, REST methods or predefined URLs 1. Google search...
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Tableau parameter as a filter
My Use-case They are three different workbooks with data across years. Must link the workbooks together based on user selection of a year using parameters. Steps 1. Create the Year Parameter 2. Drag the...
Tableau Pie chart on a symbol map
My Use-case Display pie chart over every state, sized by the total number of stores. Size the slices of the pie chart by store categories. This will help us understand which states have more number...
Tableau combination chart
My Use-case To display a chart with Number of stores across years, differentiating each year by category of the store. In addition, have an overlay that would show the total for the given year...
Tableau fixed axis length
My use case: The underlying data is percentage turnover for different regions. The maximum value was around 21. Tableau default axis length settings is automatic. It created a chart with a range of 0...
Tableau maps background colors
My use case: Tableau maps visualization for data from a Single state I have data for teacher turnover in schools within Austin, TX (2004 – 2013). I used the user defined latitude and Longitude...
Tableau filter excluding All
The default filter will start from “All” Change the custom filter settings Filter excluding “All” My Use-Case: When a data-set consist of data across multiple years or multiple categorical separation. The visualization is expected...
Changing the name and logo in Tableau server
Tableau online help provides instruction to change the logo and name from tableau server to your company specific logo and name. Simple commands are provided which can be run in windows command prompt(cmd). This...
SQL practice experience
SQLZOO is one of the best sites I found to practice SQL. It is a good site to use if you know the basics and want to practice SQL by writing queries. check it...
With large data comes great responsilibilites
Working with data as always fascinated me. I worked in a financial services company first and was part of the transaction process group. It was amazing how each transaction data was process by multiple teams...