DataFam Roundup August 2026

Community Highlight

To recognize new and consistent Tableau contributors—we’re excited to have a section within the monthly DataFam Roundup called the Tableau Community Highlight. Find out how to get involved. 

DataFam Content

Blogs

• Kirk Munroe: Making Tableau’s MCP More Accurate, Less Chatty, and More Useful
• Cooper Wenhua: How I Built My BI Agent cwtwb: A Journey with AI
• Vani Agarwal: Beyond the Viz: What Tableau Extensions Can Do and How to Build One
• Ollie Ross Russell: 10 Tableau shortcuts that'll make your life easier - The Data School
• Feiza Data: The Ultimate Tableau BAN Formatter Calc
• Ann Jackson: XML Hacking Tableau Workbooks with Claude
• Roxanne Agerone: Tableau Number Formatting: One Token to Scale Them All
• Beate Porst: Tableau Metadata Explorer
• Lisa Trescott: Top 10 Tableau Hotkeys
• Matt Huff: Why Tableau in an AI world?
• Adam Mico:
  • Vibe-Coding Dashboards: Why the Human Still Drives
  • Tableau MCP Skill Suite
• Deepak Holla: 
  • Stop Hunting for Fields: How to Build a Clean and Organized Data Pane in Tableau Desktop
  • The Tableau Marks Card Is More Powerful Than You Think
• Celia Fryar:
  • Tableau+? A Practical Guide for Analytics Teams
  • Fast Track Your Semantics: Using AI to Build Better Context at Scale | XeoMatrix Data Analytics Consultant
  • Beyond Maps: Building Custom Tableau Visualizations with Mark Layers

Videos

• Deepak Holla: Understanding #tableau Concepts: Explain what kind of information dimensions usually contain
• Ojoswi Basu: MoM WK 36 2024 Build Along
• Blake Feiza: Makeover Monday Live: UK Average Monthly Air Temperatures
• Louis Yu:
  • Learning dataviz through videogame design
  • Epi 117 : Genre Mash-Up Madness

Visualizations 

Chie Sakaki: "Kawaii" is My Alive! | Created for #VizSpace

See the latest Viz of the Day, trending vizzes, featured authors, and more on Tableau Public.

Check out some inspirational vizzes created by the community:

• Matt Meier, MSDA, MBA: 2022 Kia Sorento Hybrid - 100,000 Mile Update
• LaRita Williams: How Has Steve Carell Never Won an Emmy
• Dan Chissick: AdventureWorks DW (Tableau Public)

Social Posts and Other Content

• Ojoswi Basu: Tableau for Data Visualization and Storytelling
• Steve Adams and Neil Richards: Watch a Tableau workbook get documented with GenAI, live
• Deepak Holla:
  • Why Does Tableau Automatically Choose a Chart Type? (And How Does It Decide?)
  • Tableau Prep Builder Topic: Examining the Structure of the Data using the Profile Pane in a Clean Step in Tableau Prep Builder
  • Why Does Tableau Keep Changing My Numbers? (It's Not Changing Your Data!)

Job Board

Check out the #job-board channel in the Community Slack Workspace for the latest available jobs in the data space. Find the 5 most recent listings below.

• [Full-Time; Lakeville, Minnesota] Sr Business Intelligence Analyst at Post Consumer Brands
• [Full-Time; Remote] Data Analyst at Aflac
• [Full-Time; Remote] Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst at Polluxa
• [Full-Time; Atlanta, GA] Data Scientist, Business Ventures at U.S. Soccer Federation
• [Full-Time; Remote] Senior Analyst, Beyond Insights at Real Chemistry

Team Tableau Content

• Try headless analytics: Hosted Tableau MCP is live in the Tableau Community Slack workspace! 🙌
• Free Virtual Workshop: Connect Tableau to Slack: Unlock Headless Analytics with Slackbot
• Register to watch the Tableau Keynote at Dreamforce 2026
• Tableau August 2026 Release is here

Community Projects

Back 2 Viz Basics

A bi-weekly project helping those who are newer in the community and just starting out with Tableau. Not limited just to newbies!
Web: Back 2 Viz Basics
X: #B2VB

Workout Wednesday

Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization. 
Web: Workout Wednesday
X: #WOW2022

Preppin' Data

A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep. 
Web: Preppin’ Data
X: #PreppinData

Makeover Monday

Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Makeover Monday
X: #MakeoverMonday

Data ChangeMakers

Volunteer to design data visualizations that help nonprofits harness the power of data for social change.
Web: Data ChangeMakers

Visual Climate

Collaborate and share climate data.  
Web: Visual Climate
X: #VisualClimate

DataFam Con

A monthly challenge covering pop culture and fandoms. 
Web: DataFam Con
X: #DataFamCon

EduVizzers

A monthly project connecting real education data with real people.
Web: Eduvizzers

Games Night Viz

A monthly project focusing on using data from your favorite games.
Web: Games Nights Viz
X: #GamesNightViz

Iron Quest

Practice data sourcing, preparation, and visualization skills in a themed monthly challenge. 
Web: Iron Quest
X: #IronQuest

Storytelling with Data

Practice data visualization and storytelling skills by participating in monthly challenges and exercises. 
Web: Storytelling with Data
X: #SWDChallenge

Project Health Viz

Uncover new stories by visualizing healthcare data sets provided each month. 
Web: Project Health Viz
X: #ProjectHealthViz

Diversity in Data

An initiative centered around diversity, equity & awareness by visualizing provided datasets each month. 
Web: Diversity in Data
X: #DiversityinData

Sports Viz Sunday

Create and share data visualizations using rich, sports-themed data sets in a monthly challenge. 
Web: Sports Viz Sunday
X: #SportsVizSunday

Real World Fake Data

Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Real World Fake Data
X: #RWFD

Data Plus Music

A monthly project visualizing the data behind the music we love!
Web: Data Plus Music
X: #DataPlusMusic

BizViz52

A weekly project centered around designing business dashboards.
Web: BizViz52
X: #BizViz52