DataFam Roundup: November 11-15, 2024

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 

Britney Rosenau: Stylized Bar Charts in Tableau

Dive into content created by the Tableau Community: 

• Annabelle Rincon and Adam Mico: The season is coming
• Tristan Guillevin, La DataViz: 
  • Viz Extensions: Tableau's Biggest Game Changer!
  • Filter Manager for Tableau
• Adam Mico: Introducing Dashboard Documentation Pro by Adam Mico
• Uday Gundu: Data Meets Design: Exploring Tableau for Stunning, Insightful Dashboards
• Ken Flerlage: Embedding Social Media in Tableau: Part 2
• Felicia Styer: 
  • How to Build a Semi-Sunburst Chart in Tableau
  • How to Mask Survey Results in Tableau
• CJ Mayes: 
  • Business Dashboards With Gbolahan Adebayo
  • Rotating Petal Polygons In Tableau
•  Ann Pregler: Level Up: Custom Legends in Tableau
• Louis Yu: Secrets of the Viz: Greatest Albums of All Time
• Deepak Holla: 
  • Connecting to and Preparing Data: Manage data properties
  • Period To Date Calculations using Date Functions in Tableau
• Data2Vizuals: 
  • Tableau: Pivot Data: MoM WK 45
  • Dynamic Y Axis: Halloween MoM
• Techi Anshi: How to Add a Custom Color Palette in Tableau Latest 2024.3 | Detailed step by step guide
• Brittany Rosenau: Celebrating the 2025 Iron Viz Feeder Entries

Team Tableau content 

• Explore the 2025 Iron Viz Entries
• Data Literacy Basics You Can Use Today
• How To Spot Misleading Charts: Know the Source
• How To Spot Misleading Charts: Check the Chart Design
• How To Spot Misleading Charts: Check the Axes
• How To Spot Misleading Charts: Review the Message
• Your Guide to Tableau Viz Extensions
• Fulbright Award Winner Closes Data Skills Gap for Students and Teachers

Upcoming events and community participation

• Jan 14, 2025, 9:00 AM (PST) Iron Viz 2025: Qualifier Results: Virtual Event - 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.
• 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.
• Charting Your Data Path: Career Journeys and Tips with the DataFam Virtual Event - Join DataFam members as they share their data career journeys and discuss how they leveraged the Tableau Community and free resources to sharpen their data skills, stay current, and grow their careers.
• Viz for Social Good Ambassadors 2025
• CRM Analytics Community Office Hours! Have CRM Analytics questions? Want to know how to work with data? Want to learn something new? Have visualization ideas you want to share or need feedback on? Want to just hang out with a bunch of us? Come join us (virtual)!

Visualizations 

Akane Okamoto: #紅葉 | ORIGAMI de MOMIJI

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:

• P A T H | We Are Data People: The impact of climate changes on agriculture
• Ben Norland: Premier League KPI Dashboard
• Iaroslava Mizai: Telecom Customer Churn Dashboard
• Pablo Gomez: #DataFam Europe 2024 - Exploring the Iris: A beautiful blend of nature and data
• Akane Okamoto: #紅葉 | ORIGAMI de MOMIJI
• Caroline Swiger: Earnings Sentiment Gauges
• Kevin Flerlage: Tyson vs Paul
• Adrian Zinovei: Romania Social Indicators - DATA Tribe
• Hideaki Yamamoto / Chasoso: 高低差4,000mの地形- 長く楽しむ富山の紅葉

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 46: DataFam Europe Special

Makeover Monday

Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Makeover Monday
X: #MakeoverMonday
Week 45: Individuals using the Internet (% of population)    

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
October 2024: trick (or treat) your tool

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