by Sachin Wijeratne | Nov 6, 2019 | Sachin Wijeratne
Yesterday marked day 2 of dashboard week, and given it was Melbourne Cup day, it was hardly surprising to find out that our task was to create a Melbourne Cup themed dashboard. We were given the option to scrape our data from various websites that contained...
by Sachin Wijeratne | Nov 5, 2019 | Sachin Wijeratne
Yesterday marked the beginning of what promises to be a busy yet exciting week. I will be producing a dashboard everyday, along with a blog describing my process in creating it. For day one of dashboard week, we were tasked with using data from the Open Data website...
by Sachin Wijeratne | Nov 3, 2019 | Sachin Wijeratne
In my last blog, I showed you a few examples of using calculated fields to colour your Tableau dashboard. This time I’m going to illustrate how you can enhance this method by provided the end user with more flexibility. To do this, I will use dynamic reference...
by Sachin Wijeratne | Oct 1, 2019 | Sachin Wijeratne
When building a Tableau dashboard, the colour scheme is always a key consideration. We know that for discrete values, Tableau will assign a different colour to each member of the field. For continuous values, it will assign a continuous range of colour. Using...
by Sachin Wijeratne | Sep 15, 2019 | Sachin Wijeratne
One of the most important tasks in designing a good Tableau dashboard is making it as user friendly as possible. I was made acutely aware of this during our first client project, in which I had to make some last minute alterations to improve the end user experience....
by Sachin Wijeratne | Sep 8, 2019 | Sachin Wijeratne
RegEx can be daunting at first glance, but if you get the hang of it, it will make your life a lot easier. As such, I thought I’d share some tips in this blog on how to use it effectively. What Is RegEx? RegEx, short for regular expression, is an incredibly...
