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Data Visualization Best Practices and Tableau

This blog post is based on a presentation by Tore Levinson about data visualization best practices and Tableau. Here are the key points:

Introduction

  • Tore Levinson is a Tableau Jedi who has worked with Tableau for nearly 12 years.
  • He prefers Tableau over PowerPoint for creating presentations because of the greater interactivity Tableau offers.
  • He works for Inmeta Consulting in Norway as a Tableau partner.

Data Visualization Best Practices

  • Don’t use too many colours, animations, or the wrong chart type for your data.
  • Consider using horizontal bar charts instead of vertical bar charts for better readability.
  • Pie charts and tree maps can be misleading because they cannot show negative values. Avoid using 3D pie charts.
  • Labels should be clear and easy to read. Avoid using chart titles that are too long.

Tableau Tips

  • Use Tableau Public to find dashboards and get inspiration for your visualizations.
  • When working with dashboards, hide unnecessary elements like chart titles.
  • Use parameters to allow users to filter data and see different views of the same data.
  • Use dashboard actions to link views together so that selecting something in one view will filter the data in other views.

Learning Tableau

  • Many free resources are available to learn Tableau, including video tutorials, user groups, and the Tableau Public platform.
  • Some good books on data visualization, in general, are also recommended.

Levinson concludes the presentation by recommending following him on Twitter and contacting the Tableau community for help.

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