Category Archives: New Features
Every new version of Tableau comes packed with new features. Find out what new features exist as soon as they are publicly announced, from Tableau 9.0 to Tableau 10.0 and beyond…
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The Changing Shape of History: From the Colonies to the United States
Posted on March 23, 2017 by Joshua Milligan in All, Dashboards, DataViz, Mapping / Geographic Visualization, New Features, Storytelling & Commentary.I previously shared the fun I had with Tableau 10.2’s ability to connect to spatial files. In that case, I used historic shape files from the Newberry Library’ repository of historical county boundaries files. When I saw that the first Iron Viz feeder contest would feature spatial file visualization, I knew I already had an interesting data […]
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Fun with spatial files in Tableau 10.2
Posted on February 22, 2017 by Joshua Milligan in All, Dashboards, Data Blending & Joining, DataViz, Dates, Fun, Mapping / Geographic Visualization, New Features, Storytelling & Commentary.Tableau 10.2 is almost here! And it’s time to celebrate! One thing I’ve always wanted to do in Tableau is create interactive historical maps that changed based on the selected time-frame. We are fairly familiar with the shape of things now – countries, states, counties – but how did things look in the past? What […]
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Tableau 10, Where have you been?!
Posted on July 21, 2016 by Joshua Milligan in All, New Features.Tableau 10 is on the fourth beta, which means the Tableau devs are getting really close to production release (as far as I know, there’s no announcement yet of an official date, but it’s almost certainly a matter of weeks or maybe even days!) And I’m excited! There are so many great new features — and […]
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A “little” new formatting feature in Tableau 10.0
Posted on July 8, 2016 by Joshua Milligan in "Little" Features, All, New Features.I’ve been blogging about some of the “little” Tableau 10.0 new features that aren’t as publicized as some of the flashier new features like the connector to Google sheets, seamless titles, or device specific design. But these small things all add up to make a big difference. Now, Tableau 10 is still in beta, […]
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Another “Little” Tableau 10 Feature: Data Source Screen Enhancements
Posted on July 7, 2016 by Joshua Milligan in "Little" Features, All, New Features.Big shiny new Tableau 10 features get all the press: Data Highlighter, Custom Territories, Cross database joins… But what about the “little” things the Tableau developers slipped in without fanfare. Little things that make life easier and more pleasant. These things deserve a shout out too! And here are some Tableau 10 features that might escape […]
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“Little” Tableau 10.0 Features: Clusters as Partitions for Table Calcs
Posted on July 6, 2016 by Joshua Milligan in "Little" Features, All, Calculations, New Features, Tips and Tricks.As I’ve been beta testing Tableau 10.0 and working on a new edition of Learning Tableau, I’ve been making all kinds of little discoveries. Big new Tableau 10.0 features like clustering, cross database joins, cross data source filters, union updates, Google Sheets are exciting! But little tweaks, cool UI additions, and little new features the Tableau […]
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What’s New? Webinars, Tableau 10, second edition of Learning Tableau, and more!
Posted on June 13, 2016 by Joshua Milligan in All, Fun, New Features, Storytelling & Commentary.Summer has come in Texas! School is out. Tableau 10 beta testing is going full steam ahead and the new features are amazing! So what have I been up to recently? First, prepping to present a new webinar: Tableau 10 Preview! You can participate live June 28th at noon (CDT). You can watch a recording […]
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Unions in Tableau 9.3: Tips and Tricks
Posted on March 3, 2016 by Joshua Milligan in All, New Features, Tips and Tricks.I’ve been participating the beta testing of Tableau 9.3 and I’m loving the innovation the Tableau developers have been bringing to recent releases of Tableau – especially in the area of integration! Unions are an incredible new feature in Tableau 9.3 that will make life much easier. So, as we eagerly wait the release of the […]
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10 Things you didn’t know about Ad-Hoc Calculations in Tableau 9
Posted on June 12, 2015 by Joshua Milligan in All, Calculations, New Features, Tips and Tricks.Ad-hoc calculations are new in Tableau 9.0. They’re quite useful. And they are fun! There’s so much you can do with them. They are indeed one of my favorite things. Here’s a quick start from Tableau to get up to speed. And, once you’re ready, let’s dive deep for some Tableau tips and tricks using ad-hoc […]
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Extending LOD Calcs with Table Calcs
Posted on June 2, 2015 by Joshua Milligan in All, Calculations, Level of Detail Calcs, New Features.I’ve been following with great interest the discussion in the Tableau community surrounding various approaches to using Level of Detail Calculations (LOD calcs) to solve various problems. On the one hand LOD Calcs are often very easy and intuitive. For example, it easy to determine an aggregation at any level of detail: How many unique […]
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Joshua Milligan is a three-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.
