DataFam Roundup: November 18-22, 2024

A weekly blog that brings together what’s trending in the Tableau 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.

Community Highlight

To recognize new and consistent Tableau contributors—we’re excited to have a section within the weekly DataFam Roundup called the Tableau Community Highlight. Find out how to get involved.

Alisa Prem, Product Designer at American Express Global Business Travel

New Delhi, India

Alisa Prem is a Product Designer at American Express Global Business Travel. She got started with Tableau when she was pursuing her bachelor’s degree during the pandemic. After stumbling upon Tableau, she was captivated by being able to make something so interesting and complex from a dataset and leveraged Tableau Public to practice early in her learning journey. Now, Alisa is involved in the community through Tableau User Groups, publishing vizzes on Tableau Public, and sharing her knowledge on LinkedIn.

As a UI Designer, Alisa gets inspiration on colors, themes, and layouts for the vizzes she publishes on Tableau Public from sources like Pinterest and Dribbble. She has published vizzes on a variety of topics including Artificial Intelligence, K-POP, and internet trends during the pandemic, her most popular being about cherry blossoms in Japan. Apart from Tableau Public, Alisa enjoys connecting with members of the DataFam on Linkedin, where she offers guidance on creating eye-catching visualizations, leveraging her background in UI design.

Connect with Alisa on LinkedIn, X, and Tableau Public.

DataFam content

Jim Dehner: Spatial Parameters

Dive into content created by the Tableau Community:

Kevin Flerlage: Tableau 2024.3: New “Tableau-Safe” Fonts
Steve Adams: Being Economist with the Truth
Will Sutton
- An Introduction to Tableau Pulse
- An AI Toolkit for Tableau - The Information Lab
Frederic Fery: Sales Analysis with Tableau 2024.3 Spatial Parameter
Ann Pregler: Reveal Charts in Stages Dynamic Zones #6
Deepak Holla: Understanding the significance of the ATTR() Attribute Function — Probably the most misunderstood function in Tableau
Carl Allchin: Preppin- Data—Salesforce Agent takes over.
Grupreet Singh: Unlock Python Magic in Tableau using TabPy.
Ojoswi Basu: Viz Extensions: Tableau Table.
Jim Dehner: Working with spatial data

Team Tableau content

Upcoming events and community participation

Chaos to Clarity: Structure Your Data for Success: Virtual Event, Dec 12, 2024, 9:00 AM (PT) - Join Senior Data Skills Program Manager, Sam Priddy as he covers the different characteristics of data, what well-structured data looks like and how you can restructure it to better meet your needs.
Viz for Social Good Ambassadors 2025
Iron Viz 2025: Qualifier Results: Virtual Event, Jan 14, 2025, 9:00 AM (PT) - The results are in! Iron Viz hosts, Andy Cotgreave and Archana Ganeshalingam will announce the Top 10 scoring entries from this year's Qualifiers, including the 3 Finalists headed to the Iron Viz Championship at Tableau Conference 2025.
Navigating Redundancy Together Meetup: Join Fi Gordon on Nov 25 to connect, share resources, and turn challenges into opportunities for growth.
DataFam Europe Community Survey: Are you feeling #DatafamEurope FOMO? Hoping this event returns to Europe next year? Either way, this is your opportunity to tell Tableau, in your own words, why European TC-style events are important and what you would like to see at the next one.
Tableau DataDevQuest: Unlock the Power of Tableau APIs: Innovate, Automate, and Elevate Your Data Solutions.
Women in Dataviz Virtual Coffee Breaks: Held every sixth Thursday morning in the EST time zone, Virtual Coffee Breaks are a casual networking event.

Visualizations

Brittany Roseanu: Celebrating the 2025 Iron Viz Feeder Entries

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:

Devi Arnita: Places to Go in Jakarta
Hideaki Yamamoto / Chasoso: #B2VB 2024 Week 22 | Sports Viz Sunday x B2VB
Tamás Varga: Average Social Media Usage
Madeeha Amatur: Most Reliable Car Brands | MakeoverMonday W43 2024
Adeyomisola Adegeye: Bank Loan and Borrower Assessment Overview
Elisa Davis: Social Media Usage Around the World

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
X: #B2VB
Week 22: Use Multiple Data Sources

Workout Wednesday

Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization.
Web: Workout Wednesday
X: #WOW2022
Week 46: Aid Worker Security Incidents

Preppin' Data

A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep.
Web: Preppin’ Data
X: #PreppinData
Week 47: Salesforce Agent takes over

Makeover Monday

Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Makeover Monday
X: #MakeoverMonday
Week 47: Top countries by social media use

Visual Climate

Collaborate and share climate data.
Web: Visual Climate
X: #VisualClimate
IMF's GHG emissions data

DataFam Con

A monthly challenge covering pop culture and fandoms.
Web: DataFam Con
X: #DataFamCon
September 2024: Live Long and Prosper with Star Trek

EduVizzers

A monthly project connecting real education data with real people.
Web: Eduvizzers
November 2024: FY25 Adopted Capital Budget Plan

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
X: #VizforSocialGood
Nov 1 - Dec 6, 2024:Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT)

Games Night Viz

A monthly project focusing on using data from your favorite games.
Web: Games Nights Viz
X: #GamesNightViz
September 2024: Press Start

Iron Quest

Practice data sourcing, preparation, and visualization skills in a themed monthly challenge.
Web: Iron Quest
X: #IronQuest
Iron Quest – Maps II

Storytelling with Data

Practice data visualization and storytelling skills by participating in monthly challenges and exercises.
Web: Storytelling with Data
X: #SWDChallenge
November 2024: Make a good graph

Project Health Viz

Uncover new stories by visualizing healthcare data sets provided each month.
Web: Project Health Viz
X: #ProjectHealthViz

Diversity in Data

An initiative centered around diversity, equity & awareness by visualizing provided datasets each month.
Web: Diversity in Data
X: #DiversityinData

Sports Viz Sunday

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

Real World Fake Data

Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Real World Fake Data
X: #RWFD
2024 - Admin Insights

Data Plus Music

A monthly project visualizing the data behind the music we love!
Web: Data Plus Music
X: #DataPlusMusic

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