Practical Tableau tips by Ryan Sleeper

TC18 welcomes Ryan Sleeper, Tableau Zen Master, Tableau Iron Viz Champion, and Tableau Public Visualization of the Year author. Ryan is here to share why he strives to be a 'master of checkers' by focusing on the fundamentals of data visualization. He will share many tips from this new book: "Practical Tableau." During this session, you'll learn how to make beautiful bar charts, lovely line graphs, leverage psychological schemas to improve your data visualization, and more!

[@RemotePossibilities1]

Thanks! I think most people miss the fundamentals when learning (or explaining Tableau), so I found this really helpful.
01:56 (end of host’s intro)
03:49 Speeding up your learning curve
05:00 Story about winning at checkers
07:26 Fundamentals lead to success
08:51 Ryan’s 10 most popular blog posts
13:00 Default column chart
13:54 Spreading out the marks
15:01 Removing tick marks
16:05 Removing the y-axis
17:44 The data ink ratio
19:55 Default line chart
23:04 Psychological schemas
25:22 Colours
25:57 Icons
27:15 Bar chart
30:02 The Describe feature in Tableau
33:30 The Super Sample Superstore Dashboard
34:37 Dashboard actions
35:29 Alerting users that a filter’s in use
41:26 Prescriptive analytics
46:13 Customize markers on data points
48:36 Q&A

[@daphnetarango775]

Great presentation! I appreciate your focus on the fundamentals and how to leverage the basics to get the tool to work for you. Love the prescriptive section and the hacks. Thank you for sharing.

[@anubhavshakya7087]

What's the font used in the 1st bar graph?

[@TheWeightedTooth]

let me know if you foudn it