DataFam Roundup: January 23-27, 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.
DataFam content
Brian Moore, Do Mo(o)re With Data: Totally Useless Charts & How to Build Them – Curvy Bump Chart with Bars
Dive into content created by the Tableau Community:
- Ken and Kevin Flerlage, The Flerlage Twins: Our Top Ten Favorite Tableau Vizzes of 2022
- Dawn Harrington, Tech Tips Girl: When to Use Stepped Colors
- Tristan Guillevin, Ladataviz: Create a Network in Tableau (fast and simple)
- Rosario Gauna, RosarioViz: How to Make a Gauge Chart in Tableau
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Marc Reid, datavis.blog: Tableau Image Role + Cloudinary
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Charama Sulemane, That Data Podcast: Prasann Prem, Senior Product Engineer and Tableau Ambassador
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Andy Kriebel, VizWiz: How to Select a Date Range with a Set Action
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Fuad Ahmed: HeatMaps using Alteryx
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Brian Moore, Do Mo(o)re With Data: Totally Useless Charts & How to Build Them – Curvy Bump Chart with Bars
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Allen Hillery, The Data Leadership Collaborative: How Data Storytelling Accelerates Social Mobility
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Samuel Parsons: Super Advanced Tableau Tables
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Irene Diomi: 5 Tips to Connect with the DataFam and Level Up Your Tableau Public Experience
Team Tableau
Upcoming events and community participation
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Vizzes
Zsofia Nika: Agatha Christie: Queen of Mystery and Crime
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:
- Joti Gautam: Superstore Performance | Summary
- Luke Stanke: Date Calculations Cheat Sheet
- Nathalie Richer: Escape Game in English
- Caroline Swiger: #B2VB 2023 W01: Build an area chart
- Nir Smilga: The Vikings: The invasion of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
- Zsofia Nika: Agatha Christie: Queen of Mystery and Crime
- Rado Zatovic: NHTSA RECALLS | #MakeoverMonday 2023w04
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 2: Build a Multiple Line Chart
Workout Wednesday
Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization.
Web: Workout Wednesday
Twitter: #WOW2022
Week 4: Can you visualize survey data?
Makeover Monday
A weekly social data project.
Web: Makeover Monday
Twitter: #MakeoverMonday
Week 4: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Automobile Recalls
Preppin' Data
A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep.
Web: Preppin’ Data
Twitter: #PreppinData
Week 49: New Customers
DataFam Con
A monthly challenge covering pop culture and fandoms.
Web: DataFam Con
Twitter: #DataFamCon
November 2022: Don’t blink, or you’ll miss traveling through space & time.. and data!
EduVizzers
A monthly project connecting real education data with real people.
Web: Eduvizzers
December 2022: Salaries by College Type
Games Night Viz
A monthly project focusing on using data from your favorite games.
Web: Games Nights Viz
Twitter: #GamesNightViz
October 2022: IronViz Edition: Tips from the Team
Iron Quest
Practice data sourcing, preparation, and visualization skills in a themed monthly challenge.
Web: Iron Quest
Twitter: #IronQuest
November 2022: Weird or Wonderful
Public Policy Viz
Bridging the gap between analytics professionals and policy practitioners.
Web: Public Policy Viz
Twitter: #PublicPolicyViz
Project 1: Redlining in Pittsburgh, PA
Data Plus Music
A monthly project visualizing the data behind the music we love!
Web: Data Plus Music
Twitter: #DataPlusMusic
July 2022: The Intro
Storytelling with Data
Practice data visualization and storytelling skills by participating in monthly challenges and exercises.
Web: Storytelling with Data
Twitter: #SWDChallenge
November 2022: comedic charts
Project Health Viz
Uncover new stories by visualizing healthcare data sets provided each month.
Web: Project Health Viz
Twitter: #ProjectHealthViz
August 2022: Mental Health Care Professionals Shortages
Diversity in Data
An initiative centered around diversity, equity & awareness by visualizing provided datasets each month.
Web: Diversity in Data
Twitter: #DiversityinData
September 2022: Global Women
Sports Viz Sunday
Create and share data visualizations using rich, sports-themed data sets in a monthly challenge.
Web: Sports Viz Sunday
Twitter: #SportsVizSunday
October 2022: Row, row, row your boat
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
Sept 2-Sept 30 2022: India Water Portal/Arghyam
Real World Fake Data
Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Real World Fake Data
Twitter: #RWFD
Session 3: Community Service Requests
SDG Viz Project
Visualize data about Sustainable Development Goals provided by the World Health Organization.
Web: SDG Viz Project
Twitter: #TheSDGVizProject
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