Show Me! - When less is definitely more

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.

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Making Table Calculations work in Tableau

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.

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