DataFam Roundup: January 9-13, 2023

A weekly blog post that brings together what’s trending in the community all in one post.

Welcome! Dig into this week's DataFam Roundup—a weekly blog that brings together community content all in one post. As always, we invite you to send us your content—and the DataFam content from your peers that have inspired you! Find the content submission form here.

DataFam content

Marc Reid: Intersects Spatial Function

Dive into content created by the Tableau Community:

Tableau Tips: Three ways to get rid of the “Abc”s! #tableau #tableautips
Nicole Lillian Mark: Meet the DataFam 05: Dennis Kao
Nicole Klassen: IronViz Tips from a Top 15 Finisher
Antonis Angelakis: Run python scripts and use output tables with Tableau Table Extension
Games Night Viz Team: #GamesNightViz GNV Special Awards: Our #IronViz Favorites
Marc Reid: Intersects Spatial Function
Ann Pregler: Using Icons to change parameters (with parameter actions)
Will Sutton: Radial Heatmap Generator
Chimdi Nwosu, VizSight: #MakeoverMonday 2022 Week 51 – People with No Religious Affiliation.
Rosario Gauna:
- Multiple Selection of Values for Hierarchies
- Expand and Collapse Menu Functionality + Multiple Selection of Values for Hierarchies
Gurpreet Singh: Tableau Rank Functions
Ant Pulley: My 2022 Review – That was pretty good!!
Steve Wexler, Data Revelation: Getting SurveyMonkey data to play nicely with Tableau
Nicola Osinaike,
- Be Data Lit: Psychology is the Key to Data Literacy
- The Data Leadership Collaborative: Ethical AI: No Longer Optional
Abisola Oni, Laura Madsen and David Pires, The Data Leadership Collaborative: How to be a Data Leader
Christian Silva& Marc Montanari, The Data Coffee Break Podcast: #12 - Top Data Trends for 2023 with Ivan Coelho
Prasann Prem: Tableau Buddy Calculation Guide Part-1
Vignesh Suresh: PROPER() Function: The Game Changer. New in Tableau 2022.4
Annabelle Rincon, Rativiz: Inspiration is everywhere
Andy Kriebel, VizWiz: How to Create a Two Color Area Chart in Tableau
Laurie Rugemer: Uncorking the Genie
Jim Dehner: Dynamic Zone Visibility Use Cases
CJ Mayes: More Chord Variations
Alexander Mou, Vizible Difference: Fiscal Calendar Calculations Cheatsheet for Tableau
Zach Bowders,
- Data + Love: Evelina Judeikytė
- Data + Love: Ghafar Sha
Sruti Deka: Tableau Dashboard Optimization
Kevin Flerlage, The Flerlage Twins: 3 Methods for Excel Download Buttons in Tableau
Manali Mahakalkar: The Ultimate Guide to Learn CRM Analytics
Dawn Harrington, Tech Tips Girl: Great Tableau Public Business Vizzes
Sadie St. Lawrence, The Data Leadership Collaborative: 5 Data Trends to Watch in 2023
Marco Giardina: How to Connect to PostgreSQL inTableau in 4 Easy Steps
Ross Helenius: How Well Does ChatGPT Know Tableau?
Ethan Lang, WeeklyTableauTip: Creating a Waterfall in Tableau

Team Tableau

Upcoming events and community participation

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Women in Dataviz
How to get SurveyMonkey data to play nicely with Tableau
Global #DataTribe - Ask me Anything CRM Analytics

Vizzes

Brittany Rosenau: Hex Code Previewer + XML Generator

See the latest Viz of the Day, trending vizzes, featured authors, and more on Tableau Public.

Check out some inspirational vizzes created by the community:

Chimdi Nwosu: 5 Design Overhauls to Improve Business Dashboards (#TFF Presentation)
Kevin Wee 黃克文: #B2VB Dynamic Pixel Art Connected to a Submission Record Punched Card
Brittany Rosenau: Hex Code Previewer + XML Generator
Jessica Moon: Circles of Engagement
Varun Jain: Astronomy Calendar 2023 | Build your own calendar | #ReVizIt
Chris Westlake: Goal Tracking 2023 - A template for goals
Candice che: Cat's Secret Life #IronQuest
Vinodh Kumar: Tableau Book of Functions
Kevin Flerlage: 5 Years on Tableau Public
Nicole Klassen: The Music of Doctor Who
Sean Miller: The #DataFam Mixtape
Toludoyin Shopein: RWFD | Call Center

Community Projects

Back 2 Viz Basics

A bi-weekly project helping those who are newer in the community and just starting out with Tableau. Not limited just to newbies!
Web: Back 2 Viz Basics
Twitter: #B2VB
Week 25: Use an Image

Workout Wednesday

Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization.
Web: Workout Wednesday
Twitter: #WOW2022
Week 49: Can you make a pie chart?

Makeover Monday

A weekly social data project.
Web: Makeover Monday
Twitter: #MakeoverMonday
Week 49: How Americans Perceive Demographics

Preppin' Data

A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep.
Web: Preppin’ Data
Twitter: #PreppinData
Week 49: Cleaning Status History (HR month)

DataFam Con

A monthly challenge covering pop culture and fandoms.
Web: DataFam Con
Twitter: #DataFamCon
November 2022: Don’t blink, or you’ll miss traveling through space & time.. and data!

EduVizzers

A monthly project connecting real education data with real people.
Web: Eduvizzers
December 2022: Salaries by College Type

Games Night Viz

A monthly project focusing on using data from your favorite games.
Web: Games Nights Viz
Twitter: #GamesNightViz
October 2022: IronViz Edition: Tips from the Team

Iron Quest

Practice data sourcing, preparation, and visualization skills in a themed monthly challenge.
Web: Iron Quest
Twitter: #IronQuest
November 2022: Weird or Wonderful

Public Policy Viz

Bridging the gap between analytics professionals and policy practitioners.
Web: Public Policy Viz
Twitter: #PublicPolicyViz
Project 1: Redlining in Pittsburgh, PA

Data Plus Music

A monthly project visualizing the data behind the music we love!
Web: Data Plus Music
Twitter: #DataPlusMusic
July 2022: The Intro

Storytelling with Data

Practice data visualization and storytelling skills by participating in monthly challenges and exercises.
Web: Storytelling with Data
Twitter: #SWDChallenge
November 2022: comedic charts

Project Health Viz

Uncover new stories by visualizing healthcare data sets provided each month.
Web: Project Health Viz
Twitter: #ProjectHealthViz
August 2022: Mental Health Care Professionals Shortages

Diversity in Data

An initiative centered around diversity, equity & awareness by visualizing provided datasets each month.
Web: Diversity in Data
Twitter: #DiversityinData
September 2022: Global Women

Sports Viz Sunday

Create and share data visualizations using rich, sports-themed data sets in a monthly challenge.
Web: Sports Viz Sunday
Twitter: #SportsVizSunday
October 2022: Row, row, row your boat

Viz for Social Good

Volunteer to design data visualizations that help nonprofits harness the power of data for social change.
Web: Viz for Social Good
Twitter: #VizforSocialGood
Sept 2-Sept 30 2022: India Water Portal/Arghyam

Real World Fake Data

Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Real World Fake Data
Twitter: #RWFD
Session 3: Community Service Requests

SDG Viz Project

Visualize data about Sustainable Development Goals provided by the World Health Organization.
Web: SDG Viz Project
Twitter: #TheSDGVizProject

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