Data Visualization with Tableau Answering your advanced Tableau user questions. @joemako on Twitter Post a question on the Tableau Forum and I may make a video response. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-6547635-3']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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45 degree line to a scatter plot with table calculations in Tableau.</p> <p><a title="Large Video" href="http://vimeo.com/20967066">45 degreee line on scatter plot</a></p> <p>In response to a <a title="how can I add 45 degree line" href="http://tableausoftware.com/%E2%80%8Bsupport/%E2%80%8Bforum/%E2%80%8Btopic/%E2%80%8Bhow-can-i-add-45-degree-line">question from the forum</a>.</p>http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3818755232http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3818755232Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:47:18 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/20815794" width="400" height="212" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Creating a worksheet to look like a legend and sorting the marks in the legend on the result of a custom table calculation.</p> <p><a title="Large Video" href="http://vimeo.com/20815794">Creating a legend sorted on a table calculation</a></p> <p>In response to a <a title="sorting color legends" href="http://www.tableausoftware.com/support/forum/topic/sorting-color-legends">question from the forum</a></p>http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3734611805http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3734611805Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:43:00 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19919944" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a title="Watch on Vimeo" href="http://vimeo.com/19919944">Preprocess shapefile for Tableau Tutorial Video</a>:</p> <ol><li>Get your shapefile</li> <li>Open shapefile in Quantum GIS (QGIS)</li> <li>Copy attribute table data to a text file</li> <li>Run my VBScript on the text file to generate two text files ready to be dropped into Tableau</li> </ol><p>VBScript: <a title="Download my VBScript" href="http://makomethod.com/files/qgis_to_polygon.zip"><a href="http://makomethod.com/files/qgis_to_polygon.zip">http://makomethod.com/files/qgis_to_polygon.zip</a></a></p> <p>Quantum GIS (QGIS): <a title="Get QGIS" href="http://www.qgis.org/"><a href="http://www.qgis.org/">http://www.qgis.org/</a></a></p>http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3289363623http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3289363623Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:23:00 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19853548" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Tableau Filter Action and Data Blend instead of Table Calc Tutorial Video:</p> <p><a title="Large Video" href="http://vimeo.com/19853548">Selecting field for a filter action, and how to use a self data blend instead of a table calculation</a></p> <p>In response to a <a title="More on Diff in Market Share" href="http://www.tableausoftware.com/support/forum/topic/more-diff-market-share">question on the forum</a>.</p>http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3243866219http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3243866219Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:25:31 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19815511" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Tableau Parameter and Table Calc Tutorial Video:</p> <p><a title="Large Video" href="http://vimeo.com/19815511">Using a parameter to select what table calc to display</a></p> <p>In response to a <a title="Can Formatting be Changed Based on a Parameter?" href="http://www.tableausoftware.com/support/forum/topic/can-formatting-be-changed-based-parameter">question on the forum</a>.</p>http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3227459077http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3227459077Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:03:57 -0500<object id="scPlayer" class="embeddedObject" width="400" height="311" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://content.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/2847ca39-4cbf-4078-9114-2f565f6a6433/jingswfplayer.swf"> <param name="movie" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/2847ca39-4cbf-4078-9114-2f565f6a6433/jingswfplayer.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" 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href="http://www.tableausoftware.com/support/forum/topic/conditional-data-labels">question on the forum</a>.</p>http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3211968294http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3211968294Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:11:06 -0500<object id="scPlayer" class="embeddedObject" width="400" height="294" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://content.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/c87e4c1f-c423-4384-a37f-13bfc4a8471e/jingswfplayer.swf"> <param name="movie" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/c87e4c1f-c423-4384-a37f-13bfc4a8471e/jingswfplayer.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" 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forum</a>.</p>http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3190372431http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3190372431Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:23:30 -0500<object id="scPlayer" class="embeddedObject" width="400" height="295" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://content.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/363a0dc0-96e7-44b2-9cf4-8d68d7ffb7a3/jingswfplayer.swf"> <param name="movie" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/363a0dc0-96e7-44b2-9cf4-8d68d7ffb7a3/jingswfplayer.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="containerwidth=882&containerheight=651&thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/363a0dc0-96e7-44b2-9cf4-8d68d7ffb7a3/FirstFrame.jpg&content=http://content.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/363a0dc0-96e7-44b2-9cf4-8d68d7ffb7a3/2011-02-07_2222.swf&blurover=false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showall" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="base" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/363a0dc0-96e7-44b2-9cf4-8d68d7ffb7a3/" /></object><br/><br/><p>Tableau Simple Rank and Hide in Total Row Tutorial Video:</p> <p><a title="Large Video" href="http://www.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/363a0dc0-96e7-44b2-9cf4-8d68d7ffb7a3">Simple Rank, and hiding value in Grand Total row</a></p> <p>In response to a <a title="Suppress Some Grand Totals" href="http://www.tableausoftware.com/support/forum/topic/suppress-some-grand-totals">question on the forum</a>.</p>http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3175159064http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3175159064Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:32:26 -0500<object id="scPlayer" class="embeddedObject" width="400" height="295" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://content.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/eb62dec7-287c-413f-bc28-e3d012993b82/jingswfplayer.swf"> <param 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href="http://www.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/eb62dec7-287c-413f-bc28-e3d012993b82">Double Dual Axis Combo Marks - Points and Polygons on the same pane</a></p> <p>In response to a <a title="map, shapefiles and points" href="http://www.tableausoftware.com/support/forum/topic/map-shapefiles-and-points">question on the forum</a>.</p> <p>Correction: In the video I forgot to turn on “Synchronize Axis” for each of the secondary axis.</p>http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3174038705http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3174038705Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:33:00 -0500 <object id="scPlayer" class="embeddedObject" width="400" height="295" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://content.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/1416d9fe-9274-446e-89eb-da233d20d88e/jingswfplayer.swf"> <param name="movie" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/1416d9fe-9274-446e-89eb-da233d20d88e/jingswfplayer.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param 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Percent" href="http://www.tableausoftware.com/support/forum/topic/difference-last-year-column-percent">question on the forum</a>.</span></p>http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3154354166http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3154354166Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:42:53 -0500<object id="scPlayer" class="embeddedObject" width="400" height="313" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://content.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/52c75b77-8968-4812-aa15-fde9d632937f/jingswfplayer.swf"> <param name="movie" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/JoeMako/folders/Jing/media/52c75b77-8968-4812-aa15-fde9d632937f/jingswfplayer.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" 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href="http://www.tableausoftware.com/support/forum/topic/issue-stacked-bars-linked-tables">question on the forum</a> asked by <a title="Alex Kerin" href="http://twitter.com/#!/alexkerin">Alex Kerin</a>.</p>http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3125031999http://joemako.tumblr.com/post/3125031999Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:47:00 -0500