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With Tableau 10, we added dozens of new capabilities to your analytics toolbox to help you do more with your data. And now, we have even more for you with Tableau 10.1! With a new connector, more mapping data, and powerful APIs, there’s something for everyone, from data geeks to developers. Here are some of the biggest features.

Pace charts are an alternative bullet graph design that normalises progress to goal visualisations across KPIs, even if the KPIs have different data formats, scales and/or seasonal trends. They are useful for providing an apples-to-apples, pace-to-goal comparison in businesses that have KPIs that span different categories such as revenue, social media followers, attendance, etc.

We are excited to share we’ve added a direct connection to Anaplan from Tableau.

Recently I fell in love with the small-multiples types of graphs that show each individual state level metrics separated into a grid-style layout. Being the data hacker that I am, I decided to use my rusty JavaScript skills to auto-generate 50 individual state-level maps from one Tableau viz.

Elections are exciting times for the data visualization and data journalism field. The innovations in each election cycle set the trend for the future of the field.

Mentoring is such a great way to learn for both the mentor and the mentee. Through this relationship, we provide counsel and help each other grow. This can work almost any way you’d like. It can be formal (assigned) or informal (unassigned). It can be short or long-term.

We’re not going to talk mobile dashboards; we’re talking about mobile users and how to design for them. Here are three things to keep in mind about mobile users.

I have lived in my house for 14 years. And every Halloween, I get inundated with trick-or-treaters. Year after year, it's like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory at my house, with candy flying out the door. Now, being a data guy, what do I do? Well, that's simple—I count them.

When working with clients, the most sought-after requirement is to extend collaboration capabilities with cross-device data annotation and database write-back features. We leverage Tableau 10's feature-rich APIs to handle that request.

A lot of my previous work has been centered around custom maps or mapping techniques within Tableau. I've always been fascinated with FiveThirtyEight's custom electoral-college cartogram used in its 2016 election forecast. This type of cartogram was created in response to critiques about the use of geographic maps to show election data. So here's how I did it in Tableau.