Tableau Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Tableau has an ever-growing list of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that we as developers can leverage to add functionality to Tableau; personally speaking, this is the most exciting part of the...
Drawing Pareto Charts in Tableau
Pareto Charts is a type of chart that combines both a Bar Chart and Line Chart; this chart type was named after Vilfredo Pareto who came up with the Pareto Principle...
Drawing Candlestick Charts in Tableau
I have been doing alot of research for an article that I am writting about the Salesforce Acquisition of Tableau. As such, I was looking at the Stock Prices and thought...
Hex Maps in Tableau
I have always had a thing for Hex Maps, so I decided to finally write a tutorial on how you can generate some very interesting Hex Maps. With the help of...
Tableau 2019.2: MakePoint and MakeLine
Tableau 2019.2 was released on Tuesday 21st May 2019 and comes with some very nice features. In this article, we are going to spend the next 10 minutes to look into...
Tableau QT: Connected Bar Charts
This is a Quick Tip on how to build a Connected Bar Charts in Tableau, so less reading and more jumping in. We are going to spend 5 minutes or less...
Tableau QT: Custom Colour Palette
Tableau allows you to create custom colour palettes for use in your data visualisation. Now, you can always assign custom colours in your workbooks, however, you may want to create an...
Tableau QT: Custom Shapes
Custom Shapes allows you to add an extra dimension to your visualisation and have the benefit of being very easy to do. As such, in this quick tip, we are going...
Having Fun with Overlay Shapes in Tableau
I am not the biggest fan of using floating shapes and, if possible, like to create all my data visualisations through drawing polygons. However, a lot of people on my Facebook...
Tableau QT: Pyramid Step Chart
This is a Quick Tip on how to build a Pyramid Step Chart in Tableau, so less reading and more jumping in. We are going to spend 5 minutes or less...