In this brief tutorial, Brian Armstrong, Alight Analytics’ Senior Report Developer, walks viewers through a unique way of heat mapping time data for superior insights in Tableau. Want to learn more helpful hints and tricks to spice up your Tableau reporting? Contact us today!
Building Dynamic Tableau Dashboards Using Parameters, Filters and Containers
Sean McLerran, a report developer with Alight Analytics, walks you through a dashboard that gives the end-user the option of how he or she views the data in one, single click.
How to Use Strings and Numbers in a Tableau Calculated Field
Transcript: Hi, this is Sean McLerran with Alight Analytics. Today, I’m going to walk you through a few functions in Tableau’s calculated fields, how to embed both text and numbers into the calculated field, and how to format your field to present your data in …
Understanding Tableau Dimensions and Measures
Alight Analytics’ Brian Armstrong, Senior Report Developer, explains how to use dimension and measure field types in Tableau. Watch the full video here!
Tableau Techniques: Blending with Dates
Tableau opened up a whole new world of possibilities when they introduced Data Blending in version 6.0. Not only did this allow users to combine data sources without relying on SQL or a database developer (although joins can be more efficient), you could now combine …
Embedding Tableau Workbooks into WordPress Blogs
After a recent blog post containing Tableau workbooks stumped the Alight team, we put together a guide for embedding tableau workbooks into WordPress.
Getting Data Out of Tableau Server
At Alight, we use Tableau Server – branded Channelmix.com – as our client reporting portal. This works wonderfully for getting data to our clients, but they may need it in another form for further distribution to their customers. Here are some pointers for getting data …
Dynamic Date Parameters in Tableau
Date filters are one of the most common controls we put on our Tableau dashboards here at Alight. Normally, we use parameters (not quick filters) to allow our clients to choose the timeframe they want to see: this makes it easy to apply them across …
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