DataFam Roundup: September 9-13, 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 

Dive into content created by the Tableau Community: 

• Jennifer Dawes, herdata: 
  • Training Like an Athlete: How I'm Prepping for the Iron Viz Qualifier
  • Tableau Tiny Tip Tuesday - Changing aggregation for Grand Totals
• Louis Yu: Secrets of the Viz: Hello World! 1st month with baby with Chiaki Ishida
• Chris Westlake: Creating Tartan in Tableau
• The Data Leadership Collaborative: My Data Journey... with Zak Geis
• Sam Grasland: Feeding Daily Air Quality Data from an API to Tableau Pulse
• Chris Perry: 
  • Tableau Server Client Tutorial 12: Generating a Master Report
  • Tableau Server: The Last Line of Defense Against Bad Data
• Adam Mico: From Data Forum to Emergency Surgery: A Few Days I’ll Never Forget.
• Deepak Holla: 
  • My Journey from Novice to Tableau Ambassador
  • Understanding Tableau Concepts: Explain what kind of information dimensions usually contain
• Ojoswi Basu: Data2Vizuals, LinkedIn Analytics using Tableau
• Cafe con Datos: De las aulas a dataviz: La primera aventura laboral en el mundo de los datos
• Tore Levinsen: #TinyTableauTip
• Satoshi Haga: Tableau構築ストーリー】コールセンター向けのパフォーマンス分析ダッシュボードのご紹介～架電履歴データを活用したアポ率やコール時間帯などの分析～ | 株式会社Prazto(プラート)
• Shreya Arya: Tips to Build a Better Bump Chart
• Zach Bowders, Data + Love: Community, AI, and IMDb with EMax

• Team Tableau

  • Congratulations and Welcome to the 2024 Tableau Ambassadors
  • Data Literacy Basics Everyone Should Know
  • Iron Viz 2024: Behind the Build featuring Chris Westlake
  • Iron Viz 2024: Behind the Build featuring Pata Gogová
  • Iron Viz 2024: Behind the Build featuring Jessica Moon
  • Authors available for hire on Tableau Public
  • 5 Tips from a Data Career Mentor
  • Winning with Tableau: Paul Ross’s Tips from Beginner to Iron Viz Champion

  Upcoming events and community participation

  • Dreamforce 2024 Happy Hour Event
  • Dreamin' in Data Dreamin’ in Data is the first Salesforce Community Conference purpose-built to help showcase the entire journey of your organization’s data, from Salesforce (your CRM), through integrations with other applications (using MuleSoft), and finally to analysis and determining the story your data is telling (using Tableau) – ultimately to help your organization make smarter decisions faster and stay ahead of your competition. 
  • Mark your calendars and join the Data Book Club as we explore, Chart Spark by Alli Torban, and the book's key themes and practical applications in our professional and personal lives. We will be meeting virtually starting August 2nd at 11am CT, but we also have a Slack space to discuss the book asynchronously as well as share notes, ideas, and resources!
  • 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)!
  • DataFam Birthday Roundup! In the effort of continuing support for one another, we thought it would be fun to gather data on DataFam birthdays! If you're willing, could you let us know which day you celebrate your birthday? Just go ahead and pick the day from this year's calendar, since it's a leap year and all possible days are available to choose from!
  • Mentorship Program by the Data Visualization Society
  • Women in Dataviz Virtual Coffee Breaks: Held every sixth Thursday morning and every sixth Wednesday afternoon in the EST time zone, Virtual Coffee Breaks are a casual networking event. Feel free to drop in and out as you need toduring the hour, and stay for as little time or as long as you want.

  Vizzes

  

  Ray Givler: Dashboard Notes

  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:

  • Arshi Saleh: Behind the Music - Noise Solution  | #VFSG
  • Ray Givler: Dashboard Notes
  • Tristan Guillevin Diagram of the Causes of Mortality in the Army int the East
  • Ojoswi Basu: Child Mortality | MakeoverMonday | Week 37
  • Sidharth Suresh: Fantasy Premier League 2024/25 Visualiser

  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 18: Build a Bump Chart

   

  Workout Wednesday

  Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization. 
  Web: Workout Wednesday
  X: #WOW2022
  Week 37: What medals did each country win each day?

   

  Preppin' Data

  A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep. 
  Web: Preppin’ Data
  X: #PreppinData
  Week 37: Premier League recent form

   

  Makeover Monday

  Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
  Web: Makeover Monday
  X: #MakeoverMonday
  Week 37: Child and Infant Mortality

   

  Visual Climate

  Collaborate and share climate data.  
  Web: Visual Climate
  X: #VisualClimate
  Gender Equality_ Women Entrepreneurship Participation

   

  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
  August 2024: Analyze Boston – Department of Innovation and Technology

   

  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
  August 14 - Sep 12: Future Fridays

   

  Games Night Viz 

  A monthly project focusing on using data from your favorite games.
  Web: Games Nights Viz
  X: #GamesNightViz
  Season 2: Cooking up the Spice of Data

   

  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
  July 2024: graphing for—or with—kids

   

  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