Vizology

Tableau Conference (TC) 24 is over. I wish I could say I’d been but no. TC24 was in San Francisco, a very long, costly flight away, would involve some very off-putting customs procedures and kept me from family fun in LegoLand. Fortunately TCs are fantastic events for recording and sharing the information afterwards so a vast audience can learn and be inspired. So I’m checking out the replays at https://www.salesforce.com/plus/experience/tableau_conference_2024

What are my three favourite take aways from the event? My three favourite replays? My three favourite Public Viz for TC24? Read on.

Take Aways

1-Tableau Public Local Saving: This is gonna be huge. Now you can save locally, not only on the web, opening up data for those who are shy, those who will use data for something they consider personal. But those personal ones are the ones with the most passion, so people will be more likely to learn.

2-We are not alone in our insights not being used. Nice to see that shout out for the many many data analysts finding the insights, and not knowing if they are really making an impact. That it’s in the vision ahead is reassuring – anything that helps bring better decisions to the world is a plus.

3-Custom themes. A little boring perhaps, but for those working in a company, or seeking consistency, I think this will be really welcome. It’s something that is there in PowerBI, and I’ve seen how even a quick theme load makes a truly horrible dashboard better. Hope we’ll have a chance to use this feature in anger.

Replay Sessions

1-Design Dashboards for the Mind’s Eye. This one blew my mind. Truly amazing demonstration of the power of visual processing in the human brain.

2-Iron viz. Wow and tips to learn like crazy. Pata might be a newbie but up there on stage like a Viz Goddess. So many terms and examples highlighted as the build is ongoing through the event.

3-How to do cool stuff in Tableau. URL actions and filters – even answered question I had last week. And the online same sizing of the charts via WebEdit. Very cool presentation from the expert twins.

Public Vizs

The Tableau community is fabulous at sharing content, to help others learn and maybe, just maybe, show off a bit. Want to find a wealth of information? Go to the Tableau Public site, use the search bar and search for TC24, TC2024 or Tableau Conference 24 . Vis’s posted for the event, either as content or just in general will be returned. Happy viz surfing. My three favourites are

1-Hours of Sunshine – by Chantilly Jaggernauth. Lovely, simple eye catching viz for hours of sunlight. I like the way the regions are split with top and bottom dots. That can be applied in a few places I can think of now.

2-The Iron Viz – The IMDB Explorer. Just for the arc chart this is amazing. Learning to that will take some time but be hugely useful. Click at the bottom right to get to the arc exploration viz.

3-At the speed of Iron Viz . Check this out for the tips and tricks to make you faster and better. Works best with the Iron Viz video as you get some commentary on the techniques applied and why they can help you out.

That’s my 3X3 highlights of the Tableau Conference 2024 replays. One of my Viz hero’s, Paul Banoub, encouraged me to watch the TC replays nearly a decade ago. I encourage you to take in all the session recordings you can. You will learn, you will laugh, you may cringe, you will be a better vizologist for it. Enjoy.