Tableau 6 is a major leap forward in providing personal data analysis capabilities. I reviewed the capabilities of Tableau 6 prior to the Tableau Customer Conference 2010 and found myself stunned at the major achievements forthcoming in Tableau 6. There are several capabilities in Tableau 6 that will radically change how people think about and use data in their daily work.
The achievements previewed in Tableau 6 will have a significant impact on analysts of every type and in almost any industry. Because of the new possibilities, I believe Tableau has created a new
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Tableau has three desktop products available for download. The last two are absolutely free for anyone to use!
Tableau Desktop is the full-featured version of the revolutionary visual data analysis software. Connect to almost any data source to explore, visualize and quickly gain insights. Wrap it all up with dynamic, easy to create dashboards! Go to
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A recent training attendee asked how to show year over year growth in a map. In particular, they wanted to use the Year over Year growth selection from the Quick Table Calculation menu. This simple dashboard
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As TDWI and vendors catch on to the success of “Agile BI” being created with products like Tableau, I find the need to reply to the idea that the same old technology will work in this new world. This article from TDWI energized me to write a response to this frequently cited idea. In case you aren’t familiar with the acronmym “BI”, it simply means business intelligence, typically referring to traditional tools like Cognos, Business Objects, Excel, Microstrategy, SAS and many other products.
What is Agile BI?
“Agile BI” is new-found jargon that describes what
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Time magazine recently published a map of state budget shortfalls for 2011 by state. While this was a good attempt, I thought it would be informative to show this data in Tableau to offer additional insight. The image of Time’s map is not as clear as a regular scanned image since I used my iPhone- taking the photo on a flight!
There are three primary areas for improvement
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From datadoodle,
So many people who should know better seem to miss the point when they mention Tableau. Why? I asked BI veteran Stephen McDaniel for his thoughts — which he gave, but then went on to suggest an almost unheard of challenge: a data analysis face-off among vendors
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I read with fascination that this visualization won the Sunlight Foundation’s $5,000 prize for “Best Visualization Using Data about US Spending”.
This graphic is
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A great summary of key requirements to build a data-driven culture, by Chris Stolte, Tableau co-founder:
1. Don’t fear the user,
2. Encourage corporate curiosity,
3. Manage to the outliers,
4. Measure, experiment and then measure again, and
5. Build trust and understanding.
I would add two more points, one of which Chris is too modest to state,
6. From my experience working at Netflix, no matter the level of decision-maker, ask them for the data to back up their decision and to examine the results of their decisions.
7. Deploy Tableau in your business- speed of insight is critical to the value of data in many business needs. Tableau quickly delivers beautiful insights that are understandable by all of your employees. There is no other application like it!
Read the article and see Chris’s comments first hand.
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The “Simple Business Dashboard Design Strategies” presentation can be downloaded here. I am presenting this presentation today at 4 PM Pacific on Stacey Barr’s Measure and More Webinar.
The dashboard example in this presentation is available below.
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Inspired by a post at Flowing Data, I present three visuals that demonstrate how the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine could improve the presentation of this vital information. I personally found it shocking that US agricultural subsidies were so small
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Win a great trip to San Francisco to attend the Web 2.0 conference and be featured on the Tableau Public home page and Read Write Web! Enter the Tableau Visualization Contest!
No matter what happens, you will have your own copy of tableau public to use as long as you like, which includes free hosting of your content to share with the world on your web site!
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SAS 9.2 is a big leap forward in many areas. One of them is a variety of new graph types and easy access to creation in SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2. I think these two charts offer a fascinating look at the 2008 Presidential Election Results using SAS Maps and Tile Charts from the upcoming book, “SAS for Dummies”, updated for SAS 9.2 and available for purchase this Spring!
One of my favorite new examples added to the 9.2 edition of the book shows the 2008 presidential election results in two views: a map of the US with the winner by % margin of victory and a tile chart showing the state size, the winner and their % margin of victory. Due to the black and white nature of the book, these are shown in grayscale in the book and here on the blog.
2008 Presidential Election Results on a Map, Winner by State with Margin of Victory
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The 1st workbook walks you through building a standard Waterfall chart in Tableau. Waterfall charts are intended to show you how cash balances change over time based on transactions that either add to or subtract from the cash account of a business.
As this example demonstrates, many non-standard chart types can be created in Tableau using advanced features of the product. This chart type is a frequent request of students in our public and on-site Tableau training courses.
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