Padding and Working with Null or Missing Values
Padding, Null/Missing Values When We Need to Pad Data Outside Tableau Some cases when we need to pad data “outside” Tableau, either in the data connection or underlying queries. When doing future...
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Comparing Each Against Each Other: The No-SQL Cross Product
Here’s a problem that has been bouncing around in my brain since I first used Tableau. How do I compare the results of every permutation of one item vs. another? Here’s an example using Superstore...
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Counting Pairwise Similar Votes in Tableau
This is another post inspired by a Tableau forums thread. Given a set of survey data that is in a “tall” format with a record for each voter & item (survey question) with their vote the goal is to...
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At the Level – Unlocking the Mystery Part 2: Rank Functions
Many moons ago I did a first post exploring the non-obvious logic of the most secretive of Tableau table calculation configuration options: At the Level. A few weeks ago I was inspired by a question...
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When 576 = 567 = 528 = 456: Counting Marks
Tableau’s data densification is like…nothing else I’ve ever used. It’s a feature that is totally brilliant when it “just works” like automatically building out a running sum on sparse data and...
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