Creating Dashboards
Templating
Good workflow by Matt Francis:
Wannabe Data Rock Star: Create a default Tableau Template
Sizing
Awesome post by Shawn Wallwork on monitor sizes:
http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/185447#185447
Output
using #Tableau to copy images and then Paste>Special>Metafile in Powerpoint just changed my life (and my image resolution problems)!
Embed and open Tableau workbooks in PowerPoint
Worksheet->Export->Crosstab to Excel does a crosstab view (would need to fill), Worksheet->Copy->Crosstab does all values
Using parameters to create a dynamic hierarchy
http://www.clearlyandsimply.com/clearly_and_simply/2012/03/dynamic-hierarchies-with-tableau.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ClearlyAndSimply+%28Clearly+and+Simply%29
Filter all views in one dashboard
http://community.tableausoftware.com/thread/116216
Dashboard/view display:
Using filter values in target sheet title makes it clear which data is displayed #tableaujedi #TCC11
Creating menus to navigate within a tableau workbook using Filter Actions
http://interworks.co.uk/tooltips/menu-navigation-within-a-tableau-workbook/
Performance tip
http://tableaulove.tumblr.com/post/21715365748/tableau-performance-show-sheets-as-tabs
Cleaning up visualizations:
http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/174886#174886
Titles:
Put dates in Title field, other totals to indicate aggregation/filtering
Use an IFNULL([Field], “”) to make blank strings, and can color those strings
Buttons on dashboards:
http://community.tableausoftware.com/thread/116260
ideas: create a worksheet that looks like a button, then put a filter action behind the worksheet
Pretty sliders on dashboards (from Shawn Wallwork):
http://community.tableausoftware.com/thread/117632
Open dashboard with action
http://community.tableausoftware.com/thread/117786
iPad
https://www.interworks.com/blogs/eshiarla/2012/02/10/designing-tableau-visualizations-ipad
rotating iPad does not force resize/refresh:
http://community.tableausoftware.com/thread/116903
Need two Action filters to have filter action on self and other worksheets:
http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/200979#200979