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Formatting

Easy Custom Formatting in Tableau

Johan de Groot · 3 April 2025 ·

Formatting matters.
Inconsistent formatting in your Tableau visualizations can will confuse your audience and make your dashboard look unpolished.

A well-structured dashboard is not just about the right data—it’s about making that data easy to read and interpret. Inconsistent date formats, poorly formatted numbers, percentages, and currency values can make your insights less clear. Especially in tables.

In this post, I’ll walk you through essential but simple formatting techniques in Tableau, from setting a default date format to custom number formats. You’ll learn how to hide unnecessary zero values, align text for better readability, and use custom formatting to create intuitive and informative visualizations.

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Clean your BANs – 3 simple tips

Johan de Groot · 28 January 2025 ·

Three easy to implement tips on BANs: the Big Ass Numbers you put on top of your dashboard.

BANs are a common and good way to display important figures. But while they are seemingly easy to implement, often they can be improved to make them more effective.

[part of the ‘Datafam London 2024 – Deepcleaning your dashboard’ series]

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Improve layout of percentags – Better labels in Tableau

Johan de Groot · 21 November 2023 ·

Often improving a dashboard is about small changes. Have a look a this chart:

[This blogpost is part of a series tips tricks, as being presented at VizIt Berlin 2023]

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