Category Archives: How To Guides

Do you know how to create Dynamic TOP N in Tableau? Follow along to the video or check out the steps below. Let’s create a control to dynamically change the number of rows we want to see in our graph. Create a new parameter called “Top N” and set the type to Integer and the […]

Do you know how to create Dynamic Categories and Legends in Tableau? Follow along to the video or check out the steps below. Dynamically selecting the measures values and legends. If you want to compare different categories values in a chart and want to select them dynamically, this is a simple and efficient way of […]

Do you know how to compare selected and previous months in Tableau? Follow along to the video or check out the steps below. Let’s compare the selected month with the previous month. Create a calculated field named “Order Month” with the following formula: DATE(DATETRUNC(‘month’, [Order Date])) Create a parameter named “Date” with: Data type: Date […]

In this quick tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a shaded map in Tableau. Tableau automatically recognizes the Country, State and City as a hierarchy and their geographical roles which makes creating a map quite easy. Also, Tableau generates the Latitude and Longitude for us, according to those geographical roles, saving us a lot […]

Ever wondered how to show a graph in a tooltip with Tableau? In this example, I’ll show a very simple and quick example of how you embed a graph in another graph’s tooltip. Suppose you have a graph that shows the revenue and the forecasted revenue over time but I want to show more detail […]

Have you ever struggled to create a Tableau chart with stacked bars and a line over a period of time? Open Tableau and follow these instructions: 1. Drag and drop your date pill on your Columns shelf, right click on it and select “Exact Date”.       2. Tableau will transform it in Continuous, […]