Number of Records is missing in Tableau
Have you noticed the Number of Records field in Tableau has disappeared? If not you’re using a version of Tableau pre-2020.2. The release of Tableau …
Boolean in Tableau – true or false?
The Boolean data type is the most efficient for Tableau to process. Yet it is very under-used. It seems many developers do not make proper …
Excel Product function in Tableau
I stumbled across a question on the Tableau forums asking how to write the Excel Product function in Tableau. Full credit for the answer goes …
Tableau Sort Table by Measure and dimension
Do you want to know how to sort a Tableau table? Sometimes the user may want to sort by a measure, sometimes by a dimension. …
Tableau Filter the data on display without impacting results
There are often situations where you may want to filter a Tableau dashboard without affecting the totals. There are many examples where you want to …
Waterfall Charts in Tableau
Waterfall charts in Tableau are very useful to show the different contributors to a total. For example, a common use case is to show the …
Improve Your Tableau Dashboard Performance
Do you want your Tableau dashboard to speed up? There are a number of things that can cause poor Tableau dashboard performance. Ideally before the …
Tableau Top N values by category
This article will explain how to show the Top N values in Tableau; the Bottom N values; and also both the Top AND Bottom N …
Using tooltips to show Tableau dashboard Help
To brand your Tableau dashboard is simple and important. I strongly encourage Tableau developers to appropriately brand their dashboards. As well as giving your Tableau …
Basic Maps in Tableau
I’ve been meaning to write about the maps in Tableau for some time now as I’m really impressed with how they look, how easy they …