DataFam Roundup August 11-15, 2025

Welcome! Dig into this week's DataFam Roundup—a weekly blog that brings together community content all in one post. As always, we invite you to send us your content—and the DataFam content from your peers that have inspired you! Find the content submission form here. 

DataFam Content

• Adam Mico & Annabelle Rincon: Your New Data Sidekick: Tableau Agent in Tableau Cloud & Prep
• Tore Levinsen: TinyTableauTip Summer Guest Host Series w/ Whitney Wood
• Deepak Holla:
  • Basic Differences between JOINs and UNIONs
  • The Table Calculation Functions with no arguments in Tableau Desktop - FIRST(), LAST(), INDEX() & SIZE()
  • What are Measure Names and Measure Values and How are They Utilized in Tableau Desktop?
  • Say Hello to the Pages Shelf

Visualizations 

Whitney Wood: Power Across the States

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:

• Sid Saythongphet: Tableau Four
• Raisa Hannus: #B2VB - Summer activities Americans love and hate
• Zach Bowders: Hot or Not
• Nobu Kimura: MoM2025 W33 Access to Electricity
• Takafumi Shukuya: MoM2025 W27 | Spiritual & Religious Beliefs

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