DataFam Roundup: July 24-28, 2023

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. 

DataFam content 

Dive into content created by the Tableau Community: 

• Priya Yogendra Rana: Resizing Tableau Dashboard Objects

• Avery Smith, Data Career Jumpstart: Hiring Manager’s Secrets to Getting The Job as a Data Analyst w/ Megan McGuire

• Adam Mico: Embarking on the Data Analytics Odyssey

• Donna Coles: Re-Viz : Blind leading the blind

• dr_transformaçãodigital: Como Inserir dados no Tableau | Tableau Desktop

• Lee Feinberg: Do you use filters on your #dashboards?

• Driven by Data: The Podcast: S3 | Ep 36 | The Role of Data Visualisation in Driving Change and Realising Value with Andy Cotgreave, Senior Data Evangelist at Tableau

• Kieran Adair on LinkedIn: Did you know you can create calculated fields in #Tableau by dragging text into the data pane?

• Chitrang Dave, The Data Leadership Collaborative: 5 Crucial AI Skills for Today’s Data Leaders

• Marcelo Has: Tableau Data Dictionary

• Gurpreet Singh, Data Viz Canvas: How to create radial heat map in Tableau

• Becky O'Connor: How to analyze geospatial Snowflake data in Streamlit

• Dawn Harrington, Tech Tips Girl: Rolling Sum Calculations

• Andy Kriebel: Why everyone is going crazy over climate change. Here's the answer

• Jill Brown, Andy Cotgreave, Joey Cherdarchuk, Sarah Bartlett, Data Visualization Society: Fireside Chat: Data Viz Insights through Feedback and Critique

• Steve Wexler, Jeff Shaffer, Andy Cotgreave, and Amanda Makulec: Chart Chat 43

• Andy Cotgreave: These three versions show why, and how a line chart is the better choice for this purpose

• Will Sutton: Charting New Territory in Tableau: Football Shot Zones, Made Possible by CJ Mayes | Behind the Viz

• Tim Ngwena, Tableau Tim: I still hate Tableau hacks 

• Ken Flerlage, The Flerlage Twins: Synchronized Scrolling in Tableau

• Marc Reid: Multiple Values and Wildcard Match Tableau Filters

Team Tableau

• Cycling Vizzes on Tableau Public

• Featured Authors: Celebrating 3M Profiles on Tableau Public

• 8 Most-Favorited Data Visualizations on Tableau Public

Upcoming events and community participation

• VizIt Sydney is happening October 31 - November 1! A Tableau Community Conference, by the Datafam for the Datafam. Sign up to be the first to know when registration opens and submit to be a speaker now

• Michelle Frayman, Zak Geis and Nicole Klassen: Viz Feedback Office Hours

• Data Book Club: This summer, the Data Book Club is reading Living in Data: A Citizen's Guide to a Better Information Future by Jer Thorp.

• Community Calendar and Upcoming Events: stay up-to-date on the latest Women in Dataviz events and other data visualization-related events. If you'd like to submit an event to the calendar, please fill out this form.

Vizzes

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:

• Zach Bowders: Nolan

• Emily De Padua: Barbenheimer Re-Viz It

• Pablo Gomez: El poder de las capas y los elementos flotantes

• Darragh Murray: Here Comes the Sun - Mapping the Global Uptake of Solar Power

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 14: Write a Clear Title

Workout Wednesday

Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization. 
Web: Workout Wednesday
Twitter: #WOW2022
Week 30: Can you build a dynamic drill down scatterplot in one view?

Makeover Monday

A weekly social data project. 
Web: Makeover Monday
Twitter: #MakeoverMonday
Week 30: Daily Sea Ice Extent

Preppin' Data

A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep. 
Web: Preppin’ Data
Twitter: #PreppinData
Week 30: % Difference From

DataFam Con 

A monthly challenge covering pop culture and fandoms. 
Web: DataFam Con
Twitter: #DataFamCon
April 2023: Kids Month!

EduVizzers 

A monthly project connecting real education data with real people.
Web: Eduvizzers
July 2023: NYC SAT (College Board) 2010 School Level Results

Games Night Viz 

A monthly project focusing on using data from your favorite games.
Web: Games Nights Viz
Twitter: #GamesNightViz
Level 6: The Final Boss

Iron Quest

Practice data sourcing, preparation, and visualization skills in a themed monthly challenge. 
Web: Iron Quest
Twitter: #IronQuest
Advanced Chart Types

Storytelling with Data

Practice data visualization and storytelling skills by participating in monthly challenges and exercises. 
Web: Storytelling with Data
Twitter: #SWDChallenge
July 2023: bring on the bubbles

Project Health Viz

Uncover new stories by visualizing healthcare data sets provided each month. 
Web: Project Health Viz
Twitter: #ProjectHealthViz
June 2023: Funding for Research for Various Conditions and Diseases 

Diversity in Data

An initiative centered around diversity, equity & awareness by visualizing provided datasets each month. 
Web: Diversity in Data
Twitter: #DiversityinData
May 2023: Mental Health Awareness Month and LGBTQ+ Representation in film

Sports Viz Sunday

Create and share data visualizations using rich, sports-themed data sets in a monthly challenge. 
Web: Sports Viz Sunday
Twitter: #SportsVizSunday
January 2023: Is it a Sport or a Game?

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
June 9 - July 18, 2023: Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund

Real World Fake Data

Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Real World Fake Data
Twitter: #RWFD
Session 5: Diversity Score Card

Data Plus Music 

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