Hi Everyone!
One of the things I'm interested in learning more about is creative dashboard design. I have a few favorite dashboards on the COVID-19 Data Hub that I've been following recently, and the more I explore on Tableau Public, the more I wonder about how these dashboards are created. It might be a bit too early to ask these questions (as it may be covered in the Advanced Dashboard Design session), but if anyone has answers or resources they would like to share, I'd love to take a look!
1) What are your favorite non-traditional visualizations to use? (I'm wondering specifically about things that are not highlighted in "Show Me", like the planogram and floor layouts from the Introduction to Stockroom session.)
2) Are there design tools available in Tableau Public that are not available in Tableau Desktop?
3) What resources do you use as guidelines for best practices in terms of design/color schemes/types of visualizations?
Sorry if any of these come across as a "let me Google that for you" type question!
Thanks,
Anna
Hi Anna,
For retail, the planogram stuff is really cool. Personally, there're so many charts I think could be utilized more but of the more accessible ones, my favorites are dumbbell/slope charts, as well as bump charts and even just good old bullet graphs. If you wanted just a great overview of charts, I'd check out the following public pages:
https://public.tableau.com/profile/r.singh#!/vizhome/TableauCookBookfrombyJoshWeyburne/VizCookbook
https://public.tableau.com/profile/andy.kriebel#!/vizhome/VisualVocabulary/VisualVocabulary
If you wanted to just see some crazy things people have done with Tableau, here're some of my personal favorite authors:
https://public.tableau.com/profile/kevin.flerlage#!/
https://public.tableau.com/profile/adam.e.mccann#!/
https://public.tableau.com/profile/alexandervar#!/
As for visual best practices/design, there're some great resources on our website / leanings pages (see here). You could also find a ton from our YouTube page from conference last year:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_qx68DwhYA_JW9n9K647t0kplKDHjzLf
If I had to pick 2 books though, I'd say the Big Book of Dashboards and "Storytelling with Data" by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic (see here).
Hope that helps.
Joshua
