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The stakes are high around how we communicate about #COVID19. In this blog, Amanda Makulec from The Data Visualization Society shares 10 considerations for creating a visualization about the pandemic.

In the newest version of Tableau (2020.1), visualizing and analyzing distances has improved dramatically with a new spatial calculation called buffer.

The Tableau 2020.2 beta has arrived, with significant enhancements to help organisations through their analytics journey. This release includes data modelling relationships, metrics for tracking KPIs at a glance, set control and enhanced spatial data analysis.

As we think about how to get data into the hands of people who need it, it’s worth thinking about how we do so, and what it looks like. Data analytics expert and Tableau Technical Evangelism director Andy Cotgreave dives into this topic.

At Tableau, enabling people to see and understand data is at the core of what we do. As the COVID-19 situation has unfolded across the globe, data collection and reporting has proven both difficult and highly variable.

Rickey Gates’ newest adventure. Rickey Gates is one of the most recognized extreme runners in the world. For his Every Single Street project, he ran every single street in San Francisco. Data viz expert Yvan Fornes helped him visualize all of his running routes—over 1,317 miles in 46 days—in Tableau.

Every year, we look ahead to understand the major trends shaping the future of analytics and the way people work with data. Here’s a snapshot of the six major data trends we see driving analytics impact for organisations this year.

Tableau is excited to announce the Analytics Extensions API, which allows developers and data scientists to integrate new programming languages and and software with Tableau's dynamic calculation language, including Python, R, and MATLAB.

Over the past few weeks, we have been closely monitoring the evolving situation with the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) to ensure we are taking every precaution to look after our community and everyone in the Tableau #DataFam.

In the March 2020 release of Tableau Prep, explore faster cleaning operations for date fields, support for the Cloudera Impala connector, and persistent server login so you don't have to sign in every time you open Tableau Prep Builder.

On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Nick Hara was given two minutes to advocate for people with disabilities using data visualization. In this post, Nick shares the process behind the dashboard along with his learnings.

Every month, the Tableau #DataDev team hosts Sprint Demos for the members of the Developer Program. February Sprint Demos included extensions for Tableau Public, and updates for Webhooks, Extensions API, and JavaScript API.