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Tableau Certified Consultant Exam
I recently passed the Tableau Certified Consultant exam! This exam – Tableau’s newest top-level certification – is definitely challenging, and preparing for it can be difficult. In today’s post, I’ll share some of my thoughts, tips, and opinions on the exam structure and the certification itself. What’s the exam about? Let’s start at the beginning:
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Parameter Changing Buttons
Ever wanted to change a parameter with a click of a button in Tableau? While there’s no built in parameter button option in Tableau (sadly), with an extra sheet and a few parameter actions you can build something that does the job. In this post, I’ll take you through a method for building a parameter-changing
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Reveal Charts in stages (Dynamic Zones #6)
Have you ever created a Tableau chart that’s just… too much? When a visual contains a lot of data, many marks, or lots of detail, it can easily become overwhelming for a viewer. And when your viewers become overwhelmed, they may just move on. In today’s post, we’ll look at how dynamic zone visibility can
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Level Up: Custom Legends in Tableau
Tableau does a pretty good job with its default color legends for charts – little squares of color, labels, the usual – but sometimes you just need something a little more special. In today’s post, the next in the Level Up Series, I’ll show you a couple of use cases where you might want a
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6 Tips For Inheriting a Dashboard
When you work with Tableau professionally, one thing is inevitable: Sooner or later, you’re going to inherit a dashboard that someone else built. If you’re lucky, it’ll be a dashboard from a reliable team member who is still around to answer questions. If you’re less lucky, it’ll be from someone who left the company and
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Advanced Tableau Color Palettes
Good Tableau visualization relies heavily on good use of color. Tableau provides a selection of default color palettes, which are a pretty solid place to start; however, there’s plenty of room to do better! Last year, I wrote about how to create your own custom color palettes in this blog post. Today, we’ll zoom in