As I was downloading data sets from the NYC portal (www.nyc.gov/opendata), time was ticking waiting for one 22GB CSV.As a Hyper file, it was under 2GB — and that got me thinking!! Open Data portals need to include Hyper as an option.If you agree, please give this a thumbs up on the Tableau Ideas Forum. […]
Continue readingI was doing some ‘spring cleaning’ (yes, optimistic this time of year in the Northeast) and came across my collection of Tableau buttons, of which I am very fond . I spread them out on my desk and started playing around with different layouts. Since it’s pretty gloomy, I thought rays of sunshine were fun.Those […]
Continue readingI was watching the replay of Adam Rippon’s great performance and something kept distracting me. Can you see it?! Congratulations to all Olympians across the globe. Your singular focus and determination are inspiring beyond words. Well, many of you cannot see it — meaning the red and green score in the upper left corner. I’m exaggerating […]
Continue readingI came across these two stacked bar visualizations and felt compelled to speak with you all. If two major companies communicate with their audiences this way, I’d bet there are many authoring similar works.Google AnalyticsFacebook investors presentationA basic visualization rule is to use separate colors for distinct items like search channels or geographic regions — […]
Continue readingI just read this article (https://www.wsj.com/articles/asian-shares-lack-direction-1518051458) and had to immediately post. I’ll keep it simple:I had to figure out the colored bars corresponded to the Feb 2018 declines.There’s no legend for the gradient. I assume it’s the percentage of decline.Labeling each bar would make the amount of decline specific.The chart is placed far away from […]
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