DataFam Roundup: March 14 - 18, 2022

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

Luke Stanke, phData: How to Make a Gauge Chart in Tableau

Dive into content created by the Tableau Community:

Steve Adams:  The 5 “out-of-the-box” easiest ways to drill down in Tableau
Mark Bradbourne, Just 5 minutes: The Return of Real World Fake Data
Luke Stanke, phData: How to Make a Gauge Chart in Tableau
Robyn Foyster. Women Love Tech: How Data Can Impact A Business’ View of Gender Equality featuring Preena Johansen
Rosario Gauna, RosarioViz: Title Case in Tableau | Workaround
Adam Mico: What Does Being A Tableau Visionary Mean To Me
Alan Murray: Latest Tableau Jobs - Weds 16th March 2022
Pedro Gagliardi: FOSS Analytics Toolkit for Salesforce REST API
Gurpreet Singh, Data Viz Canvas: Introduction to Date Functions in Tableau| Date Calculations| Tableau Functions | Tableau Tips
Mateusz Karmalski, NewDataLabsS: Machine Learning i Tableau (Polish)

Team Tableau

Upcoming events and community participation

Stay up to date with the latest and greatest from the Tableau Community. We'll help you along in your Tableau journey, bring your data skills to the next level, and nurture powerful connections.
Sign up to be a panelist for the 3charts@3 Live: A Mystery Chart Show featuring topics like personal finance, energy, healthcare and more!
- March 23: The #DuBoisChallenge Episode
- Watch the recording: Women's History Month Episode
Calling all DataDevs: Join Tableau at TrailblazerDX 2022, April 27–28 in San Francisco—or virtually from anywhere—to boost your skills and celebrate with other builders, creators, and makers.
Your Future in Data Analytics, Maggy (Martina) Muellner: aims to support the next generation of DataFam members in gaining / improving their Tableau skills, support them in making their resume "hire friendly" and give advice on personal marketing on LinkedIn.

Vizzes

Kizley Benedict: Superstore - Tag Cloud

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Check out some inspirational vizzes created by the community:

Ha PL: All the women in my family
Young C. Song: Microbial world in a plastic bottle
Aidan Bramel: Sales vs. Target Dashboard Accelerator
Kizley Benedict: Superstore - Tag Cloud
Kevin Wee 黃克文: KPIs w/ Color-Changing Tiles + Sentence-Structured Controls

Community Projects

**DataFam Con *NEW!**

A monthly challenge covering pop culture and fandoms.
Web: DataFam Con
Twitter: #DataFamCon
February 2022: Toss a Coin to your Witcher …

**EduVizzers *NEW!**

A monthly project connecting real education data with real people.
Web: Eduvizzers
March 2022:

Level 1 dataset: IPEDS University Admissions Data
Level 2 dataset: IPEDS University Directory Data

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 5: Dealing with Outliers

Data Plus Music

A monthly project visualizeing the data behind the music we love!
Web: Data Plus Music
Twitter: #DataPlusMusic
February 2022: MIDI Music Analysis

Games Night Viz

A monthly project focusing on using data from your favorite games.
Web: Games Nights Viz
Twitter: #GamesNightViz
March 2022: Level 3: Powering Up

Workout Wednesday

Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization.
Web: Workout Wednesday
Twitter: #WOW2022
Week 11: Can you navigate a hierarchy?

Preppin' Data

A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep.
Web: Preppin’ Data
Twitter: #PreppinData
Week 11: The Prep School - Filling the Blank

Iron Quest

Practice data sourcing, preparation, and visualization skills in a themed monthly challenge.
Web: Iron Quest
Twitter: #IronQuest
March 2022: Music Firsts

Storytelling with Data

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

Project Health Viz

Uncover new stories by visualizing healthcare data sets provided each month.
Web: Project Health Viz
Twitter: #ProjectHealthViz
January 2022: One Year of Sleep

Diversity in Data

An initiative centered around diversity, equity & awareness by visualizing provided datasets each month.
Web: Diversity in Data
Twitter: #DiversityinData
March 2022: Refugees in Ukraiune and Women in the Global Workforce

SDG Viz Project

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

Sports Viz Sunday

Create and share data visualizations using rich, sports-themed data sets in a monthly challenge.
Web: Sports Viz Sunday
Twitter: #SportsVizSunday
March 2022: Women in Data

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
Mar 8, 2022 - Mar 29, 2022: Tap Elderly Women's Wisdom for Youth (TEWWY)

Real World Fake Data

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

Viz 2 Educate

Each month, create vizzes on global education syllabus topics as resources for teachers worldwide.
Web: Viz 2 Educate
Twitter: #Viz2educate
February 2022: Food & Nutrition

Makeover Monday

Join the community every Monday to work with a given data set and create better, more effective visualizations.
Web: Makeover Monday
Twitter: #MakeoverMonday

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