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Dawn Harrington

@techtipsgirl.bsky.social

Contains art and a little bit of data science. Tableau Visionary, 3 x Tableau Social Ambassador, Alteryx Innovator, Data+Women New England TUG lead

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Dawn Harrington@techtipsgirl.bsky.social · 12mo ago

New Blog post! - What if you want to know what the highest priced product is as well as the lowest in a data set? You may not be aware but you can use the FIRST and LAST functions in Tableau. But how do you pull the product closest to the median? www.techtipsgirl.com/post/what-ar...

What are the Highest, Lowest and Median Products?

What if you want to know what the highest priced product is as well as the lowest? You may not be aware but you can use the FIRST and LAST functions in Tableau. But how do you pull the product closes...

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Dawn Harrington@techtipsgirl.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you displaying a map in your dashboard and you have two states that are outside of the normal view? Check out my blog below for three possible solutions! www.techtipsgirl.com/post/how-do-...

How do you show Alaska and Hawaii in a Dashboard?

Are you displaying a map in your dashboard and you have two states that are outside of the normal view? The use case I am referring to is displaying Alaska and Hawaii in a United States map.The issue...

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Dawn Harrington@techtipsgirl.bsky.social · last yr.

Tableau - Jeopardy Style User Group Event! July 18th 4 pm EST Do you want to learn more about Tableau? Join us for a fun game of trivia in the style of the Jeopardy game! The winning team members will receive a prize! Sign up here > usergroups.tableau.com/events/detai...

Jeopardy - Tableau Style | Tableau

Virtual Event - Do you want to learn more about Tableau? Join us for a fun game of trivia in the style of the Jeopardy game! We will ass...

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Dawn Harrington@techtipsgirl.bsky.social · last yr.

New Blog Post! If you are a beginner user in #Tableau, you may not know what the best layout is for your dashboard. Did you know there are some Tableau templates out there for you to use? Check out my blog to see more information! www.techtipsgirl.com/post/layout-...

Layout Schmayout, Use Tableau Template!

If you are a beginner user in Tableau, you may not know what the best layout is for your dashboard. If you ever visit Tableau Public's Discover site here, there is a whole Business Dashboard section ...

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Dawn Harrington@techtipsgirl.bsky.social · last yr.

Do you have a dashboard with sensitive data? Do you want to have a custom message if they do not have access yet? OR If they do have access, do you want them to click on a button saying I AFFIRM to remind them the data they will see is sensitive in nature? www.techtipsgirl.com/post/sensiti...

Sensitive Data? Add an AFFIRM Button!

Do you have a dashboard with sensitive data? Not only can you control access with row level filtering with the help of Tableau's ISMEMBEROF or USERNAME formulas, but what about customizing it even fur...

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Dawn Harrington@techtipsgirl.bsky.social · last yr.

New BLOG post! In this blog post I provide you with four chart examples where you can use Tableau's Measure Names / Measure Values fields. #tableau #tableautip #datafam www.techtipsgirl.com/post/what-ch...

What Charts Can You Create With Measure Names / Measure Values?

What is Tableau's Measure Names / Measure Values fields? If you are a beginner user, you may have noticed this field in your data pane. What does it do? In this blog, I provide four charts that were ...

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Dawn Harrington@techtipsgirl.bsky.social · last yr.

I did the ChatGPT create image > challenge. Here was the prompt, "YOURNAME Tableau Visionary and Ambassador" across a single line of text. In the blister pack packaging, next to the figure, show the toy's accessories, including Tableau Logo, LinkedIn Logo, Alteryx Logo, Blue sky Logo” I added cats.

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Dawn Harrington@techtipsgirl.bsky.social · last yr.

New Blog post! Following the next trick in my KPI Series. Use a reference line and a parameter to highlight the background of a KPI! #tableau #tableaupublic #tableautip www.techtipsgirl.com/post/kpi-ser...

KPI Series: Reference Line Highlighting Trick

In last week's blog post I discussed using Parameters for highlighting the background and text. This week I want to talk about another way of highlighting the background with the help of a Parameter a...

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Dawn Harrington@techtipsgirl.bsky.social · last yr.

If you are new to Tableau you may have seen KPI or BANs at the top of a dashboard. But what about taking that design a step further and using them to filter the rest of the dashboard! www.techtipsgirl.com/post/use-kpi...

Use KPI as a Filter!

If you are new to Tableau you may have seen KPI or BANs at the top of a dashboard. This is considered a best practice by Tableau's eye tracking study here. But what about taking that design a step fu...

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Dawn Harrington@techtipsgirl.bsky.social · 2y ago

Is your client asking for something in a #Tableau dashboard that doesn't make sense? Agreeing with them might seem easiest, but it's not always the best approach. Read my blog post below for more information! www.techtipsgirl.com/post/how-to-...

How to Have a Difficult Conversation with your Client

Is your client asking for something in a Tableau dashboard that doesn't make sense? Agreeing with them might seem easiest, but it's not always the best approach. You have the knowledge about the appli...

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Dawn Harrington@techtipsgirl.bsky.social · 2y ago

New blog post! Sometimes, Highlight Tables are confused with Heat Maps. Learn the difference, when to use what and see an interesting way to create one in my blog below! #datafam #tableau #tableautraining #tableautip www.techtipsgirl.com/post/highlig...

Highlight Table Hack

Sometimes, Highlight Tables are confused with Heat Maps. A Heat Map is a table that uses colors across two axes. A Highlight Table also uses colors to emphasize values, but the difference is that it ...

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