Parameter Actions + Geospatial Functions = Tableau Awesomeness!
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, Calculations, Mapping / Geographic Visualization, New Features, Pushing the Limits, Tips and Tricks
- On December 17, 2019
- 1 Comment.
The very first blog post I ever wrote demonstrated how to calculate distance between locations using a parameter and table
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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
- No Comments.
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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Dynamic Parameters in Tableau
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, Calculations, Dashboards, New Features, Pushing the Limits, Tips and Tricks
- On August 22, 2019
- 8 Comments.
Dynamic Parameters in Tableau is one of the most requested features of all time. Tableau’s developers have tackled individual use
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Spatial Joins in Tableau with Excel, Text, Anything
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, Data Blending & Joining, Data Shape & Structure, Mapping / Geographic Visualization, New Features
- On August 14, 2019
- 2 Comments.
How can you join your non-spatial data to spatial data? Using the latest spatial functions, you can achieve spatial joins in Tableau with almost any data source.
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Python strikes again! More Python scripts for Tableau Prep
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, Calculations, Data Shape & Structure, Dates, New Features, Tableau Prep
- On July 16, 2019
- 2 Comments.
I wrote previously about some very simple, but useful, Python scripts for Tableau Prep (and start with that post to
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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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Great Circles & Curved Flight Paths: Tableau & SQL Server Geospatial
- By Joshua Milligan
- All, Calculations, Mapping / Geographic Visualization, New Features
- On June 8, 2018
- 3 Comments.
How can you leverage SQL Server geospatial tools in Tableau to draw cool curved flight paths (or any great arcs)?
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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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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
- No Comments.
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 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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