DataFam Roundup: January 20-24, 2025

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. 

Blake Feiza, Decision Science Analyst II

Texas, USA

Blake is a Decision Science Analyst II. He uses Tableau at work for reporting, analysis, and conveying insights and outside of work as a creative outlet. Blake regularly participates in community projects like Makeover Monday and Workout Wednesday, has created dashboards for YouTubers, and even used Tableau to design a unique poster that he gave as a Christmas gift. Blake is also involved in the Tableau community through co-leading the Retail Tableau User Group, publishing vizzes on Tableau Public, and publishing blog posts on his Medium site. 

On his Medium blog, Blake hopes to give back to the community that helped him grow into the data professional he is today. He is inspired by the authors that he has learned from as their content showed him the value of sharing knowledge and resources. When choosing topics, Blake looks for unique angles or gaps in existing resources. An example of this was when he found that most content about Figma focuses on web designers, and he saw an opportunity to adapt its tools for dashboard design. This led to his 'Starting to Figma it Out' series. Blake is excited to continue to explore more topics and create more resources to inspire others on their Tableau journeys. 

Connect with Blake on LinkedIn, Tableau Public, Bluesky, and on his blog. 

Blake Feiza: Internet Users: Expansion Over Time | #MakeoverMonday

DataFam Content

Dive into content created by the Tableau Community: 

• Viraj Bhargave: Tableau Newbies User Group - Season 4
• Dawn Harrington: Tableau Highlight Table Hack
• Kevin Wee: Tableau journey, DataFam, and dashboard design practices on PolicyViz Podcast (hosted by Jon Schwabish)
• Tim Ngwena: 2024 Retrospective on Tableau Agents, Agentic AI, and Agentforce
• Gurpreet Singh: 5 ways to insert an image in Tableau
• Johan de Groot: Clean up your Tableau line charts with a different color approach
• Sangya Koirala: Visualizing Pareto's Principle: Identifying Top Profit Drivers with Tableau
• Kyle Massey: DataPride TUG: Behind the Scenes of Iron Viz
• Adam Green: Shades of Heroism: The Color Code of Courage
• Rudy Castillo: How to Overcome Fear in Your Tableau Projects
• Deepak Holla: Exploring and Analyzing Data: Create Basic Charts

Upcoming events and community participation

• Register for Tableau Conference 2025 now!
• DataFam LIVE: Community + AI registration is now open
• The 2024-2025 Tableau DataDev Hackathon is OPEN until January 31st, 2025

Visualizations 

Shane Turbeville: Typical Charts

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:

• Adrian Zinovei: Superstore Mobile 2025
• Sid Saythongphet: What does your Lunar New Year say about you?
• Luke Bennett: New Years Resolutions 2025
• Veronica Simoes: Ayrton Senna
• Matthias Giger: Resolved Issues Tableau Desktop, Prep and Server

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

Workout Wednesday

Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization. 
Web: Workout Wednesday
X: #WOW2022

Preppin' Data

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

Makeover Monday

Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Makeover Monday
X: #MakeoverMonday

Visual Climate

Collaborate and share climate data.  
Web: Visual Climate
X: #VisualClimate

DataFam Con 

A monthly challenge covering pop culture and fandoms. 
Web: DataFam Con
X: #DataFamCon

EduVizzers 

A monthly project connecting real education data with real people.
Web: Eduvizzers

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

Games Night Viz 

A monthly project focusing on using data from your favorite games.
Web: Games Nights Viz
X: #GamesNightViz

Iron Quest

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

Storytelling with Data

Practice data visualization and storytelling skills by participating in monthly challenges and exercises. 
Web: Storytelling with Data
X: #SWDChallenge

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

Data Plus Music 

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