MNMichael Nocitoinmichaelnocito.hashnode.dev·Aug 12 · 15 min readTableau Sorting: A Rule That Re-Runs, or an Order You FrozeBy the end of this page you can sort any Tableau view four different ways, and say for each one whether it will still be correct after the data refreshes. That second part is the one that catches peop00
MNMichael Nocitoinmichaelnocito.hashnode.dev·Aug 12 · 15 min readYour Tableau Dashboard Needs Two or Three Views, Not EightBy the end of this page you can look at a folder of eight finished sheets and say which two or three belong on the dashboard, which one goes in the upper-left corner, and which of Tableau's three sizi00
MNMichael Nocitoinmichaelnocito.hashnode.dev·Aug 12 · 14 min readHow to Connect Tableau to Your Data (And What Happens the Moment You Do)By the end of this page your data will be in Tableau with the right column types, and you will understand the thing that makes Tableau feel strange at first: the moment you connect, it sorts every one00
MNMichael Nocitoinmichaelnocito.hashnode.dev·Aug 12 · 16 min readHow to Install Tableau Public (And Which Free Tableau You Actually Need)By the end of this page you will have the right free Tableau installed, a chart built from a spreadsheet, and a live link you can put on a CV. The part worth reading even if you have already installed00
MNMichael Nocitoinmichaelnocito.hashnode.dev·Aug 8 · 13 min readTableau Sets: What IN and OUT Actually MeanBy the end of this page you can look at any set and say exactly which rows are IN, which are OUT, and whether that will change tomorrow. You will know the difference between a fixed set and a dynamic 00
MNMichael Nocitoinmichaelnocito.hashnode.dev·Aug 8 · 15 min readTableau Relationships: What the Noodle Actually DoesBy the end of this page you can drag a second table onto the canvas and know exactly what Tableau will do with it. You will know what the flexible line between two tables means, why your grand totals 00
MNMichael Nocitoinmichaelnocito.hashnode.dev·Aug 8 · 25 min readTableau Concepts, Start to FinishBy the end of this page you can say, out loud and in your own words, what every core Tableau idea does. Dimensions and measures. Blue fields and green fields. Aggregation. Joins, unions, relationships00
MNMichael Nocitoinmichaelnocito.hashnode.dev·Aug 8 · 17 min readHow to Build a Tableau Dashboard and StoryBy the end of this guide you will have a published Tableau dashboard and a three-point story, built on a real dataset. It lives on a public URL you can put in an application. You build four small shee00
MSMetrica Softwareinmetrica.hashnode.dev·Jun 19 · 15 min readHow to Evaluate Enterprise BI Tools: A Practical Selection FrameworkEnterprise BI tool evaluation starts with a practical question: what kind of analytics operating model does the organization need to support? The answer is rarely limited to dashboards. A BI platform 00
MMediuswareinmediusware.hashnode.dev·Jun 12 · 10 min readPower BI vs Tableau: Choosing the Right Analytics PlatformMost companies do not fail at analytics because they picked a bad dashboard tool. They fail because their dashboards stop being trusted. One team reports one revenue number. Another team reports a dif00
