Draw circles with exact distance radius on maps in Tableau
Tableau 2018.1 introduces a lot of new features, especially geospatial features that open a whole new world of data exploration
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Hex Map Spatial File
I love hex maps! Especially for the United States, you can keep states in a basic geographic orientation, but eliminate
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Hot Swapping Geographic Levels of Detail in a Tableau Viz
I used to think you couldn’t hot-swap geographic levels of detail in a Tableau visualization. And, before Tableau 10,
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The Need for Speed: How to build Tableau visualizations quickly
I recently competed in the Tableau Iron Viz where Tristian Guillevin, Jacob Olsufka and I raced to build a dashboard
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Don’t miss the miracle of Tableau: It’s more than just DataViz!
I was part of a conversation recently where something like this was said: “We need a data model that will
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Design technique for Tableau dashboards: semi-transparent images
Wow! I’m still stunned to have won the first IronViz feeder contest for 2017! And excited! And humbled. And honored.
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The Changing Shape of History: From the Colonies to the United States
I previously shared the fun I had with Tableau 10.2’s ability to connect to spatial files. In that case, I used historic
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Storytelling with Data Visualization
Recently, I gave a presentation on storytelling with data visualization. I described the elements of a story, how to leverage
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4 Dangers to Avoid in Data Storytelling
Stories are powerful. They connect an audience with people, facts, emotions and action. They help us understand difficult concepts and
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Fun with spatial files in Tableau 10.2
Tableau 10.2 is almost here! And it’s time to celebrate! One thing I’ve always wanted to do in Tableau is
Joshua Milligan is a five-time Tableau Zen Master. His passion is training, mentoring, and helping people gain insights and make decisions based on their data through data visualization using Tableau.
He is a principal consultant at Teknion Data Solutions, where he has served clients in numerous industries since 2004.
Joshua served as technical reviewer on several Tableau titles and is the author of the book Learning Tableau.
