Tableau Hacks: Vertical Synchronised Scrolling Endless Row-by-Row
Instead of scrolling page by page, what about scrolling row by row instead? Picking Up Where We Left Off Let’s reuse our dashboard and views from the previous Page by Page Vertical Synchronized Scrolling blog and make some small changes to go from page by page to row by row scrolling. We can keep the […]
Track Your Weekly Fantasy Football Scores With Python and Tableau
It’s one of my favorite times of year. The weather is cooling, kids are going back to school (phew), and the thrill of Fantasy Football seasons are upon us. Since 2010, a group of my college friends have played in a competitive Fantasy Football league that awards a trophy and a lot of pride to […]
Tableau Cloud Admin Insights: Unveiling the Secrets Within
As a Tableau admin or enthusiast, you’re always on the lookout for ways to elevate your data management game and gain invaluable insights into your environment. That’s where Tableau Cloud Admin Insights steps in, igniting your curiosity and driving you to explore further. Imagine a world where you have unprecedented visibility into user activities, allowing […]
Tableau Hacks: Vertical Synchronised Scrolling Page-by-Page
Following up from the previous post, vertical synchronised scrolling can be even more of an issue. We’ve come up with two options here depending on the use case (and preference). The first option is pagination. Our business is selling stuff all around the globe and we would like to give a quick overview of SUM([Sales]) […]
ST_SIMPLIFY: Shape-Shifting in Snowflake
SHP Files in Tableau Shape files (.shp) allow us to encode geospatial information like countries, continents or more specific custom regions specific to our use cases. These work similarly to dot-to-dot puzzles. One file stores a series of shapes, each with a series of points (or vertices) featuring a coordinate. The order of the vertices […]
Tray Snowflake Connector: SQL Compilation Error – “ninvalid identifier”
Tray.io is an easy-to-use low code API Integration tool that’s great at streamlining your workflows and data in the workplace. I recently tried it out! I wanted to create a basic data flow that pulls Typeform survey data into a Snowflake server for use later in an internal Tableau dashboard. The flow is “triggered” when […]
Tableau Hacks: Horizontal Synchronised Scrolling
Have you ever been in a situation with Tableau where you have developed a couple of great views, you put them in a dashboard, and they won’t fit to width unless you squash everything up? And then you cannot make sense of things anymore and you end up with multiple scrollbars? Do you flip the […]
Unleashing the Power of Tableau Cloud: Elevating Data Security and Administration
Step into the realm of data security and embark on a thrilling journey with Tableau Cloud! Get ready to witness the fusion of innovation and protection as we unveil a series of captivating blogs. Join us as we delve into the cutting-edge features that safeguard your data fortress. Brace yourself for an adventure that explores […]
Converting Geospatial Coordinate Encoding in Snowflake
Recently, I was involved in a project which required using geospatial (basically maps) data for an analytical application. Now, with ESRI shape files being around for more than three decades, any sincere BI application like Tableau can easily read and work with these spatial files. But Snowflake has geospatial data types available, too; and when […]
2023 Tableau Fantasy Football Draft Kit
Football season is almost upon us. While we slog through the purgatory that is preseason matchups, some very real preparations are starting to get underway: drafting the perfect fantasy football lineup. Drafting your favorite players and hoping for the best is, uh, one strategy. Another strategy is using actual data to inform your decisions. While […]
