DataFam Roundup: July 31 - August 4, 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: 

• Marc Reid, datavis blog: 

  • Multiple Values and Wildcard Match Tableau Filters

  • Tableau Outline Spatial Function

• Felipe Dominguez en LinkedIn: #championviz2023 #basuramundial #sostenibilidad #championviz2023…

• Kevin Flerlage, The Flerlage Twins: Data Governance Literacy (Guest Post from Laura Madsen)

• Don Wise: Tableau Basic Mapping Techniques

• Moses Wootten, Sports Viz Sunday: Weekly Roundup 07.30.2023

• CJ Mayes: Soccer Shot Zones In Tableau

• Ann Pregler: Fancy Pop-Ups (Dynamic Zones #4)

• Seoyeon jun: Actionable Dashboard : Unveiling the Path to Data-Driven Insights

• Brian Moore, Do Mo(o)re with Data: How did you build that in Tableau?

• Brittany Rosenau: Create a dashboard overlay — ENTIRELY in Tableau

• Tristan Guillevin: #5 - Revolutions everywhere

• Benny Benford, The Data Leadership Collaborative: The Value of Data Governance: Where’s the ROI?

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

• Viz Collab is back: Hello everyone! I’m excited to be opening #VizCollab back up for another round of matches! In the last year I matched around 40 people for some amazing vizzes, including Viz of the Days and a viz that was featured in a local publication. So if you want to find a collaboration partner sign up.

• Real World Fake Data meets Chart Chat Steve Wexler, Mark Bradbourne, and Jacqui Moore will look at some stellar RWFD submissions showing how to visualize cross-function mobility.

• 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:

• Lisa Trescott: San Diego Attractions

• Kevin Wee 黃克文: Evaluating a Biomedical Animation as a Learning Medium

• Jennifer Dawes: Julia Roberts - Over the Years

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 15: Dynamic Formatting

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 31: Drinking Fountains of Milan

Preppin' Data

A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep. 
Web: Preppin’ Data
Twitter: #PreppinData
Week 31: Solution

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
Season 2: Exploding Hungry Pie-Charts

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
August 2023: what does your audience know?

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