Tableau Trek: Exploring and Using New Features of Tableau and Tableau Prep at #DATA19!
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, Calculations, Dashboards, Data Blending & Joining, Data Shape & Structure, DataViz, Fun, Level of Detail Calcs, New Features, Pushing the Limits, Storytelling & Commentary
- On November 25, 2019
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When I was young I used to watch reruns of the original Star Trek. But I didn’t know they were
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Tableau Prep Tackles Nest Thermostat Data
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, Data Shape & Structure, DataViz, Fun, Tableau Prep
- On October 11, 2019
- 2 Comments.
Last year, I went home from the Teknion Christmas party with a shiny, new Nest Learning Thermostat. Sure, I was
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Parameter Actions in Tableau 2019.2 Sneak Peek
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, DataViz, New Features
- On April 17, 2019
- 4 Comments.
Tableau 2019.2 is currently in its second beta* which means it is getting closer and closer to release! And I’m
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Draw circles with exact distance radius on maps in Tableau
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, Calculations, DataViz, Mapping / Geographic Visualization, New Features, Tips and Tricks
- On April 24, 2018
- 21 Comments.
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
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, Data Shape & Structure, DataViz, Mapping / Geographic Visualization
- On December 21, 2017
- 27 Comments.
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
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, Calculations, Data Blending & Joining, Data Shape & Structure, DataViz, Mapping / Geographic Visualization, New Features
- On November 13, 2017
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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
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, Dashboards, DataViz, Tableau Tip Tuesday, Tips and Tricks
- On October 24, 2017
- 10 Comments.
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!
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, DataViz, Storytelling & Commentary
- On May 4, 2017
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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
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, Dashboards, DataViz, Fun, Pushing the Limits, Storytelling & Commentary, Tips and Tricks
- On April 13, 2017
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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
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, Dashboards, DataViz, Mapping / Geographic Visualization, New Features, Storytelling & Commentary
- On March 23, 2017
- 1 Comment.
I previously shared the fun I had with Tableau 10.2’s ability to connect to spatial files. In that case, I used historic
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.
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