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• Quick Tip: The MAKEDATE Function in Tableau DesktopApril 26, 2021
  Have you ever had a pesky data set in Tableau that has Year, Quarter, Month, Day, Minutes as separate fields? Let’s fix that.
• Quick Tip: Hide the Null indicator in Tableau Desktop when you don’t want to filter the dataMarch 16, 2021
  Let’s say you want to leave everything as-is, but don’t want to have that ugly NULL bubble in the bottom right corner of your worksheet view. The way you can do that is LITERALLY THE EASIEST THING EVER.
• The hardest part about making dashboards for Tableau PublicFebruary 5, 2021
  Tableau Public is great. It’s a free option for data visualization developers to publish their Tableau work for the world to see. No matter if you’re a fresh, new developer or a seasoned expert. Publishing […]
• Fails to Deliver and GameStop – A Look InsideFebruary 3, 2021
  Note: Like what you see? I’m available for contract work! Reach out to me (407-906-6902) if you have an analytics project you’re looking to complete! Click here to jump straight to the dashboard You probably […]
• My Top 5 Quick Tips for Speeding Up Development in Tableau DesktopNovember 29, 2020
  What are some ways that a Tableau developer can hop into the next echelon of skill? I’ve compiled five of my favorite quick tips to speed up your workflow.
• 2020 Presidential Election: Florida early and mail-in voting participationOctober 30, 2020
  Election day is closing in! Let’s take a look at one of the swing states current voting stats: Florida. Florida releases early voting and mail-in voting statistics on their Division of Elections site. I used […]
• Twitter still hasn’t unlocked the New York Post’s accountOctober 26, 2020
  Then one must ask, why is the New York Post’s Twitter account still locked?
• What could the polls be missing in this Presidential election?October 26, 2020
  Recently I wrote an article on the New York Post’s Twitter account still being locked. This is still the case, and it made me brainstorm many other topics associated with elections . This thinking session […]
• Quick Tip: Filtering and Searching in Tableau’s Data PaneOctober 13, 2020
  Did you know that Tableau has the option to filter the data pane by field types on top of just their names? As of 2020.3 you can filter your searches by 4 different queries: C:, M:, D:, and F:.
• Some awesome new features announced at Tableau Conference-ish 2020October 8, 2020
  This post will be relatively short. There were a few announcements at Tableau Conference-ish over the first couple days that are a huge deal for Tableau Desktop developers. These new feature announcements are certainly not […]
• Quick Tip: Create and use custom color palettes in TableauSeptember 24, 2020
  Looking to speed up your dashboard development and add a personal touch to your dashboards? I’ve got a quick and easy tip for you. Make your own custom color palettes! Tableau Desktop allows you to […]
• Fixing Empty Spaces in Tableau’s Layout Containers: Part TwoSeptember 8, 2020
  You might’ve come across my previous post about fixing empty layout containers in Tableau. That post was about fixing a specific bug when everything else is configured correctly. This post is about a few common […]
• Quick Tip: Use the SIGN() function in Tableau for easy color indicatorsSeptember 1, 2020
  If you’ve ever developed KPIs or BANs on a Tableau dashboard, there’s a chance you’ve also implemented color indicators for those numbers. Green being good, red being bad, and gray being neutral. This color indicator […]
• Top 5 Quick Tips for Better Tableau Dashboard PerformanceAugust 26, 2020
  There are hundreds of blog posts, articles, and checklists about improving Tableau dashboard performance. I personally don’t like reading through lengthy posts, watching long videos, or drilling through checklists just to have a list of […]
• Where Did PPP Loans Go? Taking a Deeper Dive.August 23, 2020
  Recently, I published a dashboard that took a broad look at PPP loan data. Over the past few weeks, I looked deeper into that data set in order to pull more interesting findings from it. […]

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