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Tableau
A free platform for publishing Tableau dashboards, with Viz of the Day picking one community piece every day.
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Community
Made by
Tableau
Since
2010
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What you will find
- Viz of the Day, a daily pick from the community
- Community dashboards on almost any subject, many from community challenges
- Workbooks you can often download to see how they were built
What we can learn from it
- 01Download a workbook to study its calculations and layout
- 02Judge a dashboard by the decision it helps with, not by its polish
Chart types you will meet there
Relationship
Heatmap
A grid of cells coloured by value, showing patterns across two categorical dimensions.
Comparison
Bar chart
Horizontal bars compare a measure across categories, with room for long category names.
Geospatial
Choropleth map
Colours each region by a rate or share, showing geographic patterns.
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