Throughout my years working in data visualization, I have experienced an intriguing evolution. When I started using Tableau 10 years ago, I was interested in two vastly different ends of the spectrum of data visualizations: foundational concepts, such as building a bar chart and calculating aggregations accurately, and impractical concepts, Read more…
Let’s Start Fresh with a Reset! Filters in Tableau allow users to drill down to the data of interest. While this option makes data exploration fun, resetting multiple filters back to ‘All’ one-by-one can be time-consuming, primarily if numerous filters exist. A Reset button that with one click resets all Read more…
Where Did the Data Go?!? In many scenarios, a dashboard displays a cascade of filter options to guide the user to a subset of data in the view. One issue with this method is when a user selects a final filter option (the child) and then selects something different from Read more…
We often see dashboards designed with numerous mechanisms to enable users to slice and dice the data any way they please, hoping these options guide them to crucial takeaways and information. However, providing an a la carte “slice and dice” dashboard often requires revealing all available filters and parameters. Yet, Read more…
It’s not uncommon for me while designing a data visualization to wrestle with two, seemingly, competing priorities: successfully visualize all necessary data elements and charts on the dashboard and minimize the noise so the most important pieces of the data are easy to find. As Kathy Rowell, HDV Principal and Read more…