Check out the Kansas City Tableau User Group

Cerner, T-Mobile, AMC Theaters, YRC Freight What do these companies have in common? They are all Tableau customers and are based in the KC Metro! Click to join our active local community!

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The #DataPlusMusic project

We all know how amazing and diverse this community is, I want #DataPlusMusic to be this community’s local record shop – join us to discover the new, reminisce the classics, debate the best & the worst. And learn a few things along the way! because this…is #DataFam Vinyl

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Looking for more inspiration? Check out additional #DataViz blogs

Tableau is not what it is without it's incredible, rabid user community. This is just one of the MANY blogs out there. Click the link below to check out an always growing list of some of the other blogs in the community!

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How to make a unit chart in Tableau

The #WorkoutWednesday challenge from week 45 of 2023 tasks participants with creating a unit chart, a common tool in data visualization, with added filtering, coloration, and sorting features. The challenge encourages using a highlight and sort instead of a filter. The highlighted wines appear at the beginning of the chart, as shown in the accompanying solution video.

How to show nothing when “All” is selected in Tableau

Tableau’s filter capabilities are an essential part of what makes Tableau special. But sometimes we don’t want anything to show when we remove a filter or show all dimensions. So how do you show nothing with “all” is selected in Tableau? This challenge from Emma Whyte back in week 2 of 2017 does just that.

Check out the video for my approach. Scroll down to see my calculations that used for the challenge.

How to make an UpSet Plot in Tableau

UpSet plots are a data visualization method for showing set data with more than three intersecting sets. UpSet shows intersections in a matrix, with the rows of the matrix corresponding to the sets, and the columns to the intersections between these sets (or vice versa). The size of the sets and of the intersections are shown as bar charts. 

In this #WOW challenge, watch me as I build this upset plot in Tableau. 

How to compare Year over Year values in Tableau

The challenge that started it all The Alpha #WOW challenge Remember your roots I’m on a mission to complete and record or livestream all solutions to every #WOW challenge since 2017. And it all starts right here with this challenge. This is the challenge that started it all in 2017. Andy, off the heals of

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US Soccer Bonus Pay Gap

How much less does the US Women’s soccer team make in potential world cup bonuses when compared to the US Men’s team?

According to 2019 documents, each player on the US Women’s soccer team is eligible to earn approximately $270,000 in total bonuses for winning the world cup. However, when compared to the US Men’s team, the men could earn more than four times that amount.

The chart below shows the potential bonus per player for the men’s and women’s teams at various stages thoughout the World Cup tournament cycle.

#DataPlusMusic | 2022 | 08 | Music in Video Games

Loud Music and High Scores I’m so excited to be teaming up with the team at #GamesNightViz! They’ve pulled together some great datasets to help jump start your progress. Check them out over on their github Need some inspiration? In addition to their datasets, I also pulled together some datasets to get you started. Check

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