DataFam Roundup: October 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.

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: 

• Tina Covelli, Will Sutton, Louis Yu: #GamesNightViz The IronViz 3-hit Combo!
• Daria Kirilenko, DSCOVR Analytics: Bulk Renaming in Tableau Desktop
• Joshua Tapley: #tableau #excel #nocode

• Kevin Flerlage, The Flerlage Twins: Ten Tips & Techniques Including the Easy Way to Clear All Filters (Round 7)

• Donabel Santos, sqlbelle: Tableau Quick Tip - SUM vs WINDOW_SUM vs TOTA

• Dawn Harrington, Tech Tips Girl: Before and After Dashboards

• Prasann Prem: Using the Lookup function to craft a multiple KPI text table

• Rosario Gauna: Drill Down in Sales Analysis

• Tim Ngwena, TableauTim: Stratified Sampling in Tableau Prep | New in tableau 2023.3
   

Team Tableau

• 7 Ways to Stand Out and Secure Your Next Data Analytics Role
• 2024 Iron Viz Qualifiers Kickoff Recording

• Who are the Tableau Academic Ambassadors?

• Who are the Tableau Social Ambassadors?
   

Upcoming events and community participation

• The 2024 Iron Viz Qualifiers are now open! For the Qualifier contest, show us that data is in the air and submit a viz for this year’s theme of love. Viz about something that you’re passionate about—health and wellbeing, a musical group, a hobby, your friends or family—anything that makes your heart full. The Qualifier contest will run from October 2 - 31, 2023. It's an opportunity to challenge yourself, learn something new, and engage with an incredible community. Get recognized on a global stage. Win up to $15,000 in cash prizes for yourself and donate to a nonprofit while you’re at it.

• Demystifying the way to learn Data Visualization! Are you looking for a way to learn Data Visualization and feeling lost? We all have been there and I am going to help you understand the fundamentals and look for a way to learn data visualization.

• Viz Collab: 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.

• Local Community Conferences by the DataFam, for the DataFam. 

  • VizIt Sydney

  • VizIt Berlin
     

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:

• Tobi Williams Babatunde: Impact of Farmer - Herder Conflicts in Benue State

• Donny Brown: Tableau Exam Cram 360

• Brittany Rosenau: How Many Vizzes Does It Take to Win Iron Viz?

• David Rudkin: Hills of England

• Madeeha Amatur: Watch Me Viz Stats | Makeover Monday

• Prasann Prem: Sales Analysis Dashboard

• Shaheen Arshiya: Breast Cancer and the decline of Mammogram Screenings during Covid-19 Pandemic

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
Skip week: Iron Viz

Workout Wednesday

Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization. 
Web: Workout Wednesday
Twitter: #WOW2022
Week 43: Can you build a dynamic small multiple?

Makeover Monday

A weekly social data project. 
Web: Makeover Monday
Twitter: #MakeoverMonday

Preppin' Data

A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep. 
Web: Preppin’ Data
Twitter: #PreppinData
Week 43: Best Attendance Awards

DataFam Con 

A monthly challenge covering pop culture and fandoms. 
Web: DataFam Con
Twitter: #DataFamCon
September 2023: Barbie World!

EduVizzers 

A monthly project connecting real education data with real people.
Web: Eduvizzers
September 2023: School Book Bans in the United States

Games Night Viz 

A monthly project focusing on using data from your favorite games.
Web: Games Nights Viz
Twitter: #GamesNightViz
Season 2: Battle of the Strongest

Iron Quest

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

Storytelling with Data

Practice data visualization and storytelling skills by participating in monthly challenges and exercises. 
Web: Storytelling with Data
Twitter: #SWDChallenge
September 2023: makeover magic

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

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

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