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Extension activities are a new resource for the free training videos that provide that next step in scaffolding. Each extension activity consists of two workbooks. One lays out the task and any necessary background information, and the matching solution workbook provides detailed step-by-step directions for solving the task. Extension activities build off concepts addressed in the videos and are listed under one or more relevant videos.

Let’s take a look at a chart type that has been growing in popularity amongst the Tableau community: the hex-tile map.

We have a saying around these parts: Data is always trending. And that’s especially true for the retail sector which is increasingly embracing a culture of analytics.

Schemas play an important role in data visualization because they have the ability to make or break the two biggest benefits of visualizing data: reducing time to insight and improving the accuracy of insights. Tap into your audience’s schemas and you improve their experience; disrupt their schemas and you run the risk of leading your audience in the wrong direction.

Tableau customers have been storing and scaling their data with Google BigQuery for years, but the unique architecture that makes it so powerful also occasionally made it challenging. Now, with the release of BigQuery for Enterprise with Standard SQL support and a host of other practical features, Tableau customers will be able to get their insights faster, more fluidly, and at even lower costs than before. Read more about the new features below, and watch our BigQuery webinar where we discuss them.

For 5-year-old Jett Black, few things are as cool as the Grossery Gang, a collection of tiny rubber toys with colorful names like Awful Waffle and Sticky Soda. “I collect them! Just because they’re neat,” says Jett, who has more than 100 of these characters and often likes to paint them. There are some 200 characters in all, says Jett’s dad, Ken Black. And early on, Jett took a data-driven approach to building his collection.

Make your Tableau viz rain by following these 10 tips.

Let’s be honest—some variant of bar charts and line charts are the best choices in terms of visualization best practices for the vast majority of the vizzes any of us will ever create. However, I think a chart’s appeal is sometimes more important than the best practices of the visualization you’re showing.

Southwest started with just a handful of Tableau Desktop licenses, but that number quickly grew. “As soon as we began sharing our dashboards, word began to spread,” says Tom Laney, a Business Consultant in the Data Science Center. Other teams began calling, asking about this tool that would not only connect to multiple data sources but also allow people to explore the data for themselves in real-time.