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Hi Tim - are you able to share a link to your published workbook on Tableau Public? It might be something to do with padding and the background of the worksheet/the container/ the dashboard, but it's hard to tell without seeing the workbook itself.
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Donna
I´m really new to data visualization and began used Tableau a about 2 weeks ago
I'm very new to data visualization and I started using Tableau about 2 weeks ago :). Have to say: it is a love-hate relationship. lol. In Brazil, Tableau and Power BI are increasingly common and WOW is helping me to know better the Tableau. I know that the filter is the big challenge, but ... I'll focus on that part first.
So... I'm stuck in formatting this bar chart. Can you help me?
Thank you!
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Hi @Raphael Pires
Welcome to Tableau & WOW2021! I blog solutions to the weekly Tableau challenges, so you find some help here https://donnacoles.home.blog/2021/03/11/can-you-build-a-must-include-filter/
I haven't gone into detail on all the explicit formatting options though, although you can download my solution from Tableau public and check it out if you like. Most of the time in Tableau if you right click anywhere on the canvas, you'll get a format option which will typically open a pane on the left hand side which has a multiple options. Have a play and if you're stuck on something specific, please ask.
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Donna
Hi data fam,
I think I missed a step on the WOW 2023 W1. My viz shows multiple players instead of just one player.
Attached is the TWBX file.
I think either my pSelectedPlayer or pSelectedGameID my not be functioning as intended.
Donna Cole Blog
The viz does not work as expected when I get to build the bar chart in Donna's blog.
Donna's Public Tableau
Appreciate any nudge.
I followed the video step by step, but I'm not sure where I went wrong on ACQUISITION QUARTER.
Screenshot 1: My results
Screenshot 2: Ann's results, a Drop Field box popped up when she dragged in ACQ QUARTER. Did not pop up for me
Screenshot 3: Ann's calculated field
Screenshot 4: Ann's final results
Screenshot 5: My final viz
Why are they different and how do I address this? Luckily it didn't stop me from continuing the activity, only prevented me from changing the column name on the final product.
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@Kim Sembrano
Tableau can display dates many ways. Most of the options will fall under one of two categories: Date Part and Date Value/Datetrunc (the associated function is Datetrunc, but in the dropdown custom option, it is called Date Value).
Date Part, as the name suggests, just displays that given part of the date. That is, Year will display just the year; month will display just the month.
Date Value/Datetrunc will continue to return all parts of the date, but the granularity will stop at the specified part. If you select 'day', Tableau will still provide hour/minutes but it will be midnight for every value. If 'month' is selected, Tableau will still return a day, but it will be the 1st for every value, etc. Formating can remove these parts that don't return any unique values.
When you drag and drop a date in the view, Tableau defaults to the Date Part Year. Because dates are predefined hierarchical fields, you can click the field to get it to expand to the next level of the hierarchy (also a date part). This is what you did.
If you right click the date field to drag it to the view, it will prompt you for how you want the date to be displayed. This is what Ann did.
One option is just remove the Year field and the date back by right clicking. The other option is to click on the Year field and select the level of display you want. The Date Value/Datetrunc options default to continuous, so you may need to convert it to discrete after placing it on the shelf.
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⌗WOW2020 WEEK 39 by Natalia Miteva
http://www.workout-wednesday.com/2020w39/
Please share your solutions and any questions/issues you have with this challenge on this thread.
Introduction
Very excited to share my challenge as part of the Workout Wednesday community contribution month! This week’s workout is inspired by Ludovic Tavernier‘s Date Range Picker viz.
The aim of our challenge will be to create a mobile calendar selector which updates sales, profit and quantity. In addition, the user will be able to jump to a particular year and month from a pop-up container. Expect plenty of parameter actions!
Requirements
- Dashboard size: 350px by 700px.
- Max 9 sheets.
- Join the Dates Table provided below to the Superstore Orders sheet to get a complete list of all dates in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.
- Create a calendar picker sheet. The selected date range should update when users click (hint: use a parameter action). Colour the selected range.
- Create previous and next month arrows which change the month selection on click. Users should be able to select a date range over more than one month (e.g. 21st Sep 2019 – 3rd Oct 2020).
- Create year and month selections to allow for more user flexibility so they can jump from 2016 straight to 2019, for example. Include these in a pop-up container on top of the calendar picker sheet.
- Create a sheet displaying the selected date period.
- Create the metric overview sheets for sales, profit, and quantity: one with BANs and another with line charts displaying the performance over the selected period.
- Remove highlighting from the calendar picker, as well as the month and year selection sheets when the user clicks on different values.
- Ensure the dashboard size for phone layout is set to default.
- Match formatting and tooltips.
Dataset
This week uses a Dates Table with a complete list of dates for 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. This should be joined to the Superstore dataset for Tableau 2020.2. You can get both files here at data.world.
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Here is my submission for this week's ⌗WOW2020 WEEK 39 : Mobile Calendar Picker
Really enjoyed solving this challenge. Thanks to Natalia Miteva for the amazing challenge !
Inspired by Lindsey Poulter and Ludovic Tavernier
Please help