Funnel Plots
As I continue to read through Stephen Few’s “Signal: Understanding What Matters in a World of Noise” there have been some new charts or techniques I’ve come across. In an …
Thoughts on sorting in Tableau
Now with video 🙂 Last week I ran into an interesting situation with Tableau. I wanted to sort dimensions within larger dimensions by a measure. After that sort, I wanted …
Me vs. ETL
I had a great moment today. A moment where I felt like I conquered the beast known as “ETL.” For those of you who don’t know (lucky you!) ETL stands for …
Dot Plots
Today I was reading Stephen Few’s Information Dashboard Design aloud while Josh was doing some fall PC clean up and was on the chapter “An Ideal Library of Graphs.” As …
Getting started in data
Continuing on the path I started the other day, here’s another blog post that I first wrote internally back in March of this year. The question: How do you think …
Quick and easy – parameters to aggregate dates
(Now with video – video uses different data as an example) One of my favorite uses of parameters is to dynamically change date aggregations without the pesky drill symbol. Sometimes …
Data Analysis – First Steps
Earlier in the year (March), I participated in a panel discussion for a data+women series at the Phoenix TUG. As prep I was given a list of questions and asked …
#IronViz Entry – Mobile Design
Part of being involved in the Tableau community means publicly publishing visualizations to learn and grow. It’s also a great way to find inspiration. As I’ve pushed myself to be …
Saturday night reading
Tonight we’re reading Stephen Few’s Information Dashboard Design.