The ‘shapes’ functionality in Tableau is a nice way to enhance and personalize a visualization. But be aware what exactly you are decoration – especially on maps.
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How to visualize extreme values?
Now and then you encounter data with ‘extreme values’. Values which are much larger than the other ones – and so hard to analyse.
A dataset which is skewed like that needs to have a special treatment when visualized, because otherwise the individual values can’t be identified correctly.
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Often improving a dashboard is about small changes. Have a look a this chart:
[This blogpost is part of a series tips tricks, as being presented at VizIt Berlin 2023]
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Datefilters are one of the most common filters on any dashboard. They are needed to see trends, make decisions on the right period, and analyse within the right context. But most of the times these filters are not optimal – so let’s make them better (and prettier)
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The Radio Top 2000 visualised – edition 2022
I visualized the Top 2000 as broadcast by Radio 2 for the 11th time (I believe) in a different way using Tableau.
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