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Entries from January 1, 2012 - January 31, 2012

Tuesday
Jan312012

Tableau for Excel Users – Part 1 – Recreating the pivot table

The first in a series of posts helping excel users understand Tableau functionality in Excel terms. This posts describes the recreation of a pivot table in Excel, and will be followed by more on conditional formatting, vlookups and more.

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Wednesday
Jan182012

Scaling a Filled Country by a Measure…Sort Of

An attempt using the new filled map mark type in Tableau v7 to create a map of countries scaled by any measure. A good first attempt but still some room for improvement.

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Monday
Jan162012

Creating a Compact & Ordered Table in Tableau

We all know how great Tableau is at visualising complex data, however there are certain times when just want a simple grouped table, usually to become a filter on a dashboard. Tableau’s Index function allows us to do exactly that and a whole lot more.

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Thursday
Jan052012

How do I get Tableau V7.0?

Tableau Version 7 is coming soon - but how do you go about getting your hands on it? And what should you worry about as you upgrade?

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Thursday
Jan052012

Filled maps in Tableau V7

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...

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