DataFam Roundup October 2026

Community Highlight

To recognize new and consistent Tableau contributors—we’re excited to have a section within the monthly DataFam Roundup called the Tableau Community Highlight. Find out how to get involved. 

DataFam Content

Blogs

• Dan Chissick: Apply to Totals
• Deepak Holla: 
  • Let the User Choose the Dimension in Tableau
  • Let the User Decide What Matters in Tableau
• Donna Coles: 
  • Can you build a weekly check-in dashboard?
  • Can you create a small multiple of pie charts?
  • Can you unstack a stacked bar chart?
• Eric Parker: 
  • Create Empty Extracts in Tableau
  • Tableau Prep Calculations for Beginners
• Iris Sun: 
  • Bringing Equal Earth Maps into Tableau with QGIS
  • Inside Out: Mapping a World Connected by Water with QGIS and Tableau
  • Tableau Table Pagination with Previous/Next Buttons
• Johan de Groot: 
  • 5 Tableau habits you should change
  • Dashboard icons – pick one set, and use it well
  • Tableau parameters deserve better – meet Latch
• John Johansson: Public Data Projects
• Kevin Flerlage: Force Tableau Cloud to Open Links in New, Individual Tabs
• Kevin Wee: Free Learning Resources: Graphic Design Concepts Applied in My Dashboards
• Kirk Munroe: Why do relationships do that? Part 3: show me the SQL
• Le Luu: 
  • Dashboard Week Lite Day 1: Tableau Next
  • Table Calcs: Tableau's 'Inception'
• Matt Huff: Why Data Portfolios are a Must Have
• Phillip Schrijnemaekers: How did I pass the Salesforce Tableau Next Consultant Certification Exam
• Rafael Guevara Jr: Don’t Mess With Texas; It’s on Camera
• Ramdoss.K: 
  • Design Pattern for Reducing Multiple Joins in CRM Analytics — Vol 3: Using Window Functions to…
  • Design Pattern for Reducing Multiple Joins in CRM Analytics — Vol 4: Finding the Most Recent Closed…
  • How to Build YoY Analysis in Tableau Next — From Semantic Modeling to Agentforce Insights
  • How We Built Semi and Anti Join Logic in Tableau Next to Identify Students Who Didn’t Rebook After…
• Veronica Simoes?: 
  • Dicas Tableau – Como sincronizar mapas usando parâmetro espacial dinâmico
• Waqar Ahmed Shaikh: 
  • Building Your First Tableau Viz Extension: A Beginner’s Guide
  • Exploring Tableau Knowledge: The Context AI Needs Around Data
• Yehwan Hwang: 
  • Analyzing Tableau Workbooks with Fewer Tokens (feat. Claude)
  • How to Connect Claude to Tableau Cloud
• Yoshitaka Arakawa: I Let Generative AI Build an Entire Tableau Workbook (An Experiment)
• YusukeNakanishi: Salesforce Certified Tableau Consultant 合格体験記

Videos

• Blake Feiza:
  • Makeover Monday Live: First Century of the US Census
  • Makeover Monday Live: Tourism Nights Booked via Platform
  • Makeover Monday Live: World Population
• Cecilia Fryar: 
  • Business Preferences and Tableau Next Agent
  • How to Set Up Business Preferences in Tableau Cloud
  • Just Ask: Conversational Analytics Across Tableau
• Deepak Holla: 
  • Transparent Tooltips || #Tableau Desktop New Features
  • Understanding #tableau Concepts: Explain the difference between dimensions and measures
• Eduard Nizamov: Claude Built a Tableau Dashboard Through MCP
• Eric Parker: 
  • How to Create an Empty Extract in Tableau
  • Tableau Prep Calculations for Beginners
• Nisar Ahmed: 
  • Is DataFam only for Tableau Ambassadors and Visionaries?
  • Tableau Next vs. Tableau Desktop: Pros, Cons & the Future of Tableau | Dub Dub Data - S4 E4
• Samantha Cohn: Samantha Cohn:
  • How to Combine Two Lines into One in Tableau | Format Each Separately
  • How to Create a Rounded Progress Donut with Gaps in Tableau
  • How to Expand & Collapse Multiple Visuals in Tableau
  • How to Format Individual Axis Headers in Tableau
  • How to Switch Between Chart Types in Tableau
• Tristan Gullivan: New Tableau Viz Extensions: Waterfall, Ternary Plot and more

Visualizations 

Waqar Ahmed Shaikh: One Dot, 10 Million People: World Population 1960 vs 2025

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:

• Artem Liakh:
  • Yellowstone Music Analysis
  • The Ghosts of Taste: A Data-Driven Exploration Using Clustering, Correlation & Regression Analysis
• Bikram Dulal: Hotel Booking Demand & Cancellation Risk Analysis
• Deepak Holla: Find the Outlier
• Gospel Chinedu Nwachukwu:
  • Health Plus Patient Tracking System Dashboard
  • Dee-X Topline Performance Dashboard
• Hironobu Yamada (Yamacho): The First Door
• Jinseong Heo: LOTTE WORLD ADVENTURE DASHBOARD
• John Johansson: Twenty Years of Modern Baseball
• Külli Esko: Counting America | Makeover Monday 2026 W42
• Luis Martinez: Human Killas
• Manbow (Hiroaki Nakajima):
  • MakeoverMonday 2026 W39 | World Population
  • Polaris | Look up to the origin of Tableau & Community
• Matthias Giger: Heads-up Tableau admins (Resolved Issues Tableau Desktop, Prep and Server)
• Michael Lamprell: #MOM 2026 Wk 40
• Miyuki Akimoto:
  • The Battle of Jerseys from Tour de France 2026
  • THE CROWN CROSSED THE CHANNEL
• Naresh Suglani: Building Materials - Competitor Analysis
• Noel Myung: Red Bull RB20 - 3D Model
• Olha Tykhotska: Eurovision
• Rajan Das: EU Tourism Insights 2025
• Sviatoslav Mykytyn: Piano Music Performance
• Tom Fowler: 
  • MF DOOM collaborations via a Network Chart
  • Polygonic Spree - reimagining album art from Polyphonic Spree... as Polygons
  • Shorts in Sports - Max Verstappen's first 250 F1 Races
• Viktoriia Yelisavenko: Sound Evolution: How Taylor Swift's Music Features Correlate
• Yash Motiani: Retail Analytics: Superstore Sales & Profit Insights (2023-2026)
• Zenzo Duma: Which Texas County Gets the Next Clinic?

Social Posts and Other Content

• Anastasiya Kuznetsova: How to structure tables
• Ankur Napa: tableau-ambassador-atlas
• Deepak Holla:
  • Why Does Tableau Sometimes Change the Meaning of Color?
  • Tableau Prep Builder Topic: See the distribution of values
• Eduard Nizamov: EasyTables: self-service tables and pivots for Tableau
• Hideaki Yamamoto: tableau-ambient-analyst
• Isarolava Misai: Drill-down regional map with dissolved hexagons: From QGIS to Tableau Public
• Michael McCusker: tableau-rest-api-starter-pack
• Phillip Schrijnemaekers: My very first Salesforce Tableau Next dashboard
• Rob Taylor, Chris Westlake: Introducing Shorts In Sports
• Seun Adeyemo: I built my first tableau extension today
• Zach Bowders: 
  • Data + Love = Baseball Stats, Technology Cycles, and Workplace Evolution with Mark Recher
  • Data + Love = AI Incentives, Tradeoffs, and Grit with Anna Foard
• Zohra Tamjeed: 3 Excel moves, translated into Tableau

New Tableau Ideas

• Michael McCusker: Bring Filter as User to Tableau Cloud (preview a dashboard as another user) (60 points)
• Jacob Rothemund: Allow automatic refreshes of Published Data Sources (60 points)
• Frederic Fery: Ability to share Data Sources from Tableau Public (40 points)
• Vicky Tirrell: Freeze column(s) in Tableau Table extension (20 points)
• Elizabeth Bumgarner: Setting to disable version notification pop-ups in Tableau Cloud (20 points)
• Mirza Talha: Display Enabled/Disabled Status for Schedules in Subscription Schedule Dropdown (20 points)
• Chris Meardon: Custom Mark Labels in Visualisations (20 points)

Job Board

Check out the #job-board channel in the Community Slack Workspace for the latest available jobs in the data space. Find the 5 most recent listings below.

• [Full-Time; Remote] Data Analyst | Customer Journey & Attribution at Motorola Solutions
• [Full-Time; Remote] Senior Data Visualization Developer at THOR Solutions
• [Full-Time; Washington, DC] Senior Data Analyst at National Education Association
• [Full-Time; Sioux Falls, SD, and other locations] Business Analyst Advisor at Pathward
• [Full-Time; Wilmington, DE] Data Visualization Senior Associate at JP Morgan Chase

Team Tableau Content

• Sign up for the Tableau Builder and DataDev LIVE, a free virtual event taking place on Nov. 10.
• Tableau 2026.3 is here!
• 11/4 Webinar: Tableau Data Apps: Vibe code analytics with any agent — host and scale on Tableau

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