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Data to Information Ladder
How to turn data into information Many organisations have a lot of data without much idea what to do with it. Converting data into useful information is a journey. The Information Ladder shows that journey, starting from the simple, all the way to complex machine learning. [...]
Sheet swapping in Tableau
This article describes how to do sheet swapping in Tableau. Sheet swapping is where sheets are hidden/displayed (swapped!) depending on user dashboard selections. Later versions of Tableau (2019.2+) provide more ways to swap sheets. However, whichever technique you choose, it is a little fiddly. But if [...]
Tableau Scaffolding Dates – Calculating Deferred Revenue
There are a small number of use cases where Tableau scaffolding is the solution. In Tableau, scaffolding dates is used to "fill in" missing dates, where these dates actually need to exist in the data source. For example sometimes each date, even those not in the [...]
How to remove the abc column in Tableau
How to remove the abc column may be the most commonly asked Tableau question. Hiding the abc column is one of those Tableau tasks that should be very simple...but actually requires some tricks to do. This article will show you five options of how to hide [...]
How to shade a Tableau bar chart
How do you shade a bar chart in Tableau? I saw a simple bar chart on the BBC website with the shading of the last few values. In this case the shading of the bar graph indicates the data is subject to change. This article demonstrates [...]
Build responsive Tableau dashboards for mobile and desktop
Tableau automatically optimises a dashboard to fit the device, meaning it resizes for viewing on mobile devices. Whether a desktop, tablet or various sizes of mobile phones, Tableau is responsive and can resize to fit the screen. Even better, it is possible for the exact same [...]
Track Coronavirus in the regions of England
Our dashboard enables you to track Coronavirus in England. Monitor coronavirus trends from Region down to Local Authority. Charts of Coronavirus in England If the dashboard does not load use this link to the Coronavirus in England tracker on the Tableau Public site. It shows the [...]
Track Coronavirus in the UK
Do you want to track the spread of coronavirus in the UK? The below dashboard, based on UK govt data, enables monitoring of coronavirus trends in the UK. Trends of Coronavirus cases in the UK The dashboard below monitors coronavirus deaths in the UK. Or, to [...]
Data Insights Iceberg to manage analytics project expectations
Over the years we have completed many data and insight projects. Sometimes in the early stages of these data projects it can be a challenge to manage stakeholder expectations. Data sourcing and associated analysis can be particularly time consuming. Much of this work isn’t visible, hence [...]
Data Insights for Asset Management
A key challenge for asset managers is how to extract value from all of their asset management data. Many Asset Managers are large and globally dispersed organisations. This tends to lead lead to a lot of disparate data. All of that data generally leads to opportunity [...]