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Easier date drop-down in Tableau

Johan de Groot · 20 February 2025 ·

This small tip is on how to add a filter to a dashboard with the current month on top, so it is easier to navigate for users.

Not one which will drastically change your dashboard, but a ‘quality of life’ usability tip.

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Deep Cleaning: Icons

Johan de Groot · 12 February 2025 ·

Using the right visuals (images) on a dashboard is very important. Icons are often used go guide users into the right direction, so we don’t want to confuse them with unclear images

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

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My Tableau Resources

Johan de Groot · 10 February 2025 ·

During my Datafam London presentation I briefly showed a slide with a screenshot of my RSS reader – my main source of inspiration on everything Tableau. Afterwards I have got several requests to share this list of website.

Every time I stumble upon an interesting blog (or website with a feed) I add it to my Feedly account.

For this post I have exported all these links, and I will update it regularly. If you want to share an interesting Tableau/Data/Data Visualization blog, please let me know and I will add (and follow) it!

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Drill Down in Tight Spaces

Johan de Groot · 6 February 2025 ·

A different way to make drill down possible/usable in a small sheet.

Sometimes you don’t have all the space to do what you want.

Or you are almost finished with a dashboard, and suddenly someone mentions: “Wouldn’t it be nice if we could drill down on this chart…” – but the sheet is just too small for another column. There are multiple ways so solve this issue – each with its own pros and cons. Viz-in tooltip (hard to read on larger drill-downs), hiding nearby sheets (tedious), enlarging the row-height (ugly when not drilled-down), misusing totals (even uglier), …

In this article I describe a different solution – which definitely has its disadvantages, but can be useful in certain situations where the drill down functionality is important.

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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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