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We’re thrilled to share Tableau has received an Industry Excellence Award from Dresner Advisory Services. Dresner recognized Tableau as an overall leader for business intelligence. The award honors “vendors who demonstrate excellence across all categories of measurement: technology, sales/service, value, and confidence,” according to the firm.

Oh, the poor, maligned pie chart. The chart type that gets pushed around and bullied on the data-viz playground more than any other.

Scatter plots are my favorite visualization type, hands down. From my very first interactive data graphic about The Great One to the most recent visualization below on major league pitchers, I’ve learned a great deal from these Cartesian classics over the years. In this post I’ll show you how to make them even better than the standard ones in Tableau.

We live in a world awash with data. From sensor data to website data, to fitness data, nearly every aspect of our lives is quantified. And digging into the numbers helps us better understand ourselves, our neighbors, and our world. For organizations, this can yield a huge competitive advantage—if they can see and understand their data. And that’s why many are adopting a culture of self-service analytics.