Does a data dashboard really have to support decision making to be useful? Links In the video I mention my workshop, if you're interested, check it out here > …
Stop it with the car dash thing…and other data dashboard tips.
In today's vlog I walk through 5 of my favorite quantitative data dashboard design tips. Transcript Okay. So last week I fielded a question about data dashboards. And in that particular video, …
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Why do so many data dashboards fail?
In this vlog I talk about what I think is the biggest reason why many data dashboards fail. Transcript ?Thank you. So last week I asked the people who follow my newsletter. If they have any …
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Cleaning and Recoding in Tableau Prep
In late April of this year (2018) Tableau released a new tool called Tableau Prep. So what is Tableau Prep? You know all that very unsexy data prep stuff you have to do before you can create …
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The Dashboard as a Dataset Interface
In practice we see two very different types of dashboards. The first, the literal translation that evaluators tend to latch onto, is the dashboard that gives you all the data you need at your …
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Reporting for the Small Screen
Just a guess here, but I don't think smart phones are going away anytime soon. I think it's time to really start focusing on how we can use the technology as a reporting tool. And stop pretending …