David GoldstoneApr 262 minCan I Have A Menu Please?!Remember those times not all that long ago when we could go out to a restaurant and we were inadvertently handed not enough menus? Then w...
David GoldstoneNov 18, 20191 minTableau 2019.4 Release Notes (the best bits)Tableau 2019.4 is out and here is a list on the best of the new features: 50 Column limit: My favourite by a long shot is the ability to ...
David GoldstoneOct 27, 20193 minTableau 2019.3 Release NotesThis may be a little late, but I personally prefer to have a play around with new releases of software a few weeks after they come out, r...
David GoldstoneJun 16, 20191 minSalesforce and Tableau (its all good!)In the same week that Google bought Looker in a surprise acquisition that allows them to believe they can start playing with the big boy...
David GoldstoneMar 11, 20192 minWWRDFollowing on from last week’s blog post, “Insights of all Insights” I wanted to tell you about someone who I have learnt a lot from, not ...
David GoldstoneMar 3, 20192 minInsights of all insightsThere are many things I truly love about analysing data and creating insights for people. Personally, one thing stands out from the rest,...
David GoldstoneFeb 17, 20194 minLiberate your L&D data the Tableau waySince the summer DG Data Services have had the pleasure of being partnered with Manchester based eLearning Services Consultancy Jampan, a...
David GoldstoneJan 13, 20191 minCreate Custom Color Palettes in TableauI am often asked the following question, "Hey, can we change the colors on Tableau charts to match our corporate branding?". Tableau do...
David GoldstoneJan 8, 20191 minGive that stacked bar chart a facelift We all know and love the stacked bar chart. It has a bucket-full of uses, from instant analysis to variations in data, and they are easy ...
David GoldstoneDec 16, 20182 minViz in TooltipIn Tableau 10.5 a great new feature appeared that allows you to create a visualization in the Tooltip. Here I will show you how to create...
David GoldstoneDec 16, 20181 minDo you have a misaligned X-Axis?Do you ever find that when you create a bar chart, line chart or any other chart with a date across the X-Axis in Tableau, that sometimes...
David GoldstoneDec 16, 20182 minHow big is this data source?Tableau makes it wonderfully easy to analyse and visualize large amounts of data. This could be a live connection to a MySQL database, an...
David GoldstoneDec 16, 20182 minOh No!, Not The Box-Plot ChartBox-plot charts in general remind me of that family member who you see once-a-year at the annual family gathering. They claim to be cleve...
David GoldstoneDec 16, 20183 minTableau 2018.3 New FeaturesNow that 2018.3 is out in the big wide world, it has been tried and tested by the public, here is the run down of what to expect in this ...
David GoldstoneDec 16, 20181 minTableau 2018.2.2 Release NotesSlightly later than normal, here are the Tableau Desktop 2018.2.2 Release Notes: 795366 When connected to OData, the values for fields wi...
David GoldstoneDec 16, 20182 minTableau, Show Me The FutureForecasting (or predicting the future based on a previous set of data) is quite a useful technique in analytics. Many people use these in...
David GoldstoneDec 16, 20182 minSpruce up your dashboard web page actionsAt some point when you are building a dashboard, there may be a requirement to show a particular website. Whether this is a live stock ma...
