Simon BeaumontAug 10, 202114 min readYour Tableau Web-Edit PlaybookTableau describe web-authoring as: A feature that gets the most mileage out of a view or dashboard published to Tableau Server is web...
Simon BeaumontAug 23, 20203 min read#IronVizLearning - Dual axis labelling with Index()Welcome to the 2nd post in my #IronVizLearning blog series, where I share what I learned during the 2020 Health and Wellbeing #IronViz...
Simon BeaumontAug 8, 20203 min read#IronVizLearning - Simplifying Your Date AxisFor the last 4 weeks the #Datafam has been busy! Busy creating 370 diverse and inspiring #IronViz visualisations as part of the 2020...
Simon BeaumontMay 12, 20203 min readTableau top tip : Non-scaffolding date trickLet me set the scene. You are creating a time series analysis, analysing sales by month year and for some of your metrics your data...
Simon BeaumontMay 11, 20201 min readTableau Top Tip: Accessing your colour palettes without a dimension or measureThis is a quick tip I use regularly in my working day, to allow me to apply our corporate colour palette to a chart, even when the chart...
Simon BeaumontApr 28, 20202 min readHeat highlights, and I don't mean MiamiHeatmaps have long been recognised as an effective way of showing variation across two dimensions. There are many fantastic examples of...
Simon BeaumontMay 24, 20192 min read'Pinning' your arc linesApologies in advance, anyone reading this expecting to learn the complex art of drawing arc lines on a map in Tableau will be sorely...
Simon BeaumontMar 22, 20191 min readHow about a second date?Let me share one thought about Tableau before I jump into this how to, I think the way it deals with dates is superb, relative date,...
Simon BeaumontMar 9, 20191 min readWhoa! Select colour for Measure Names, how did I miss that?OK this may be a well known shortcut in Tableau that this particular data geek has missed during the last 5 years, but now I have found...
Simon BeaumontMar 1, 20193 min readEnabling interactive maps through transparency, layering and imagesConfession time. This post has actually been six months in the making and the original idea came from my ‘Rainforest of the seas’ IronViz...
Simon BeaumontDec 7, 20185 min readSo you've taken Desktop Qualified Associate, now onto Professional!Earlier this year, during TC Europe 18, I sat my Tableau Desktop Certified Professional exam and it was a personal highlight of 2018 when...
Simon BeaumontSep 13, 20187 min readGiving the H2O down on my IronViz submissionBefore I dive in (sorry, the first sentence and already I am up to two bad water related puns, please don’t reach for the X just yet) I...
Simon BeaumontJul 21, 20182 min readUsing dual, un-synchronised, axis for flexibly placed labelsDuring a recent Makeover Monday I wanted to create a small multiple chart to visualise the individual player salaries for each NBA team...
Simon BeaumontJun 13, 20182 min readUsing a reference line as a divider between 2 shape marksI recently released a viz analysing the 2018 F1 World Championship. https://public.tableau.com/profile/simon.beaumont#!/vizhome/TheFormul...
Simon BeaumontMay 11, 20183 min readCentring your highlighted jitter pointWeek 19 of Makeover Monday in 2018 challenged people to visualise the toughest sports, according to survey data conducted by ESPN. With...
Simon BeaumontApr 27, 20181 min readApplying filters - Selected sheets with a related data sourceAs Tableau has evolved the number of options for applying filters across worksheets and data sources has increased. It is common place...
Simon BeaumontApr 12, 20182 min readOne Viz In Tooltip or Two?It is a given that Viz In Tooltip is a pretty amazing Tableau feature; however what if I were to tell you a visualisation could have two...
Simon BeaumontApr 9, 20182 min readMargin line charts? That's what I'm calling them!On Friday 6th April 2018 I was fortunate enough to be awarded Tableau Public Viz Of The Day for my #SportsVizSunday analysis of The...
Simon BeaumontMar 19, 20182 min readMakeoverMonday - Centred doughnut chartsIn this week’s Makeover Monday we were presented with a really small data set, 12 rows by 3 columns. With such limited data available I...
Simon BeaumontMar 1, 20182 min readI couldn't possibly commentI have a confession to make; for 3 years I have led a Tableau Centre of Excellence and not utilised Tableau Server comment functionality....
