Tom Brown Another great new visualisation type in Tableau Version 7 - Filled Maps. This posts shows that this new technique can be used for more than just maps...
Tom Brown Area charts are coming in the next release of Tableau. Version 7 is due during January 2012 - here's how to make use of area charts...
I know there are people out there who look at the 'Show Me!' button in Tableau and think it looks small and limited when compared to Excel's chart wizard library (I know this because I was once one of these people when I first saw Tableau). What worries me now however is there are still people who directly compare them, who even go as far as to dismiss Tableau because it doesn't have this big charting library. If you're in the group of people who think Excel can create more charts than Tableau then please put your Starbucks coffee down and read on.
Tom Brown Table calculations can seem mysterious and dangerous. Mastering them can take your analysis to levels you might not have thought possible. In this post we GO BACK TO BASICS to learn how to make Table Calculations work first time, every time.
Tom Brown Why are some things in Tableau desktop blue and other things green? Understanding this is fundamental to learning Tableau...
