We’re officially rolling with Dataset #3 of Season 4, and this one brings the people side of the business into focus. Say hello to the Human Resources dataset built for org charts, salary analysis, promotion trends, workforce dashboards, and more. Whether you’re an HR analyst, Tableau newbie, or dashboard veteran, this dataset is packed with […]
Author: Mark Bradbourne
RWFD Season 4 – Dataset #2 ~ Call Center Performance + Back2Viz Basics
We’re back with the next installment in Season 4 of Real World Fake Data and a collaboration with Back2Viz Basics, and this one’s tailor-made for ops analysts, workforce planners, and CX nerds. Say hello to Call Center Metrics, a data-rich, operationally grounded, scenario-flexible dataset that gives you all the tools to build dashboards that feel […]
RWFD Season 4 – Dataset #1 ~ Social Media Campaign Performance
Welcome back to Real World Fake Data, the Tableau Community’s Most Useful Fiction! The community project where we build beautiful dashboards with strategically fabricated datasets that feel real enough to act on. Season 4 kicks off with a dataset that marketers, analysts, and digital strategists will love; Social Media Campaign Performance. What’s In the Data? […]
Real World Fake Data Season 4!
Back in the dark days of the pandemic Real World Fake Data was launched with generated dataset from a service that really could only give me randomized data values with some manipulation, and it was ok… but just ok. Despite that, the datafam took RWFD and ran with it filling Tableau Public with loads and […]
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Real World Fake Data – Season 3 is Live!
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Tableau’s REGEX and ChatGPT
I have forever found REGEX to be a tough nut to crack. The syntax always confused me and on the rare occasion, I got the syntax right the results were wrong. At work, someone asked about extracting a consecutive 4-digit number from a string and for some reason my brain went “I wonder if ChatGPT […]
State of the Union @ Sons of Hierarchies
The site is back, thank goodness. A few weeks back I was hacked, and in my attempt to rescue the site, it got completely destroyed. I was devastated because I did not have a good backup (1st lesson learned). After getting updating the PHP version, and reinstalling the platform I started going through the Wayback […]
The Importance of Feedback and Iteration
I had an awesome experience Sunday night into Monday morning. When I saw the data for Makeover Monday I immediately saw it as a chance to learn something new. I’m constantly in awe of Rody, Adam, and Ken for the things they do with curves inside Tableau, and for this set of data, I wanted to do an arc chart […]
Visualization Rut?
I’ve felt stagnant lately and have been completely “Viz Blocked” and at times uninspired. I finally reached out to my extended family; the Tableau community. Sarah Bartlett was the first to chime in with some great suggestions. Next, Mike Cisneros came to my aid with a fabulous list of ideas to challenge yourself and break out of a […]