Author: Mark Bradbourne

I experienced my first escape room a couple of years ago while in Toronto, Canada for work… it was a team building event. I totally had a blast figuring out the puzzles and unlocking the next puzzle. It’s all very cerebral, and heart pounding at the same time as you watch the clock tick down […]

The goal of any business it to have repeat customers who are happy, but how can you tell if they aren’t? Well, one way to tell is their buying habits. This came up recently, so I jumped into Super Store to try and figure it out… nothing ground-breaking here, but I’m writing about it here […]

Back in my early days, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I was modeling data warehouses, I would build out elaborate Time Dimensions that had a multitude of flags that would allow me to use them in reporting to show specific time periods. It was a magic time full of awe and wonder. Nowadays, I […]

I honestly don’t even know where to start! Going into TC19 I wasn’t sure what to expect, as it was my first one as an employee. My three prior conferences were all magical for different reasons (TC15, TC17, and TC18) but I have a feeling TC19 will forever remain in a special place in my […]

Every decision we make in life ultimately leads us to where we end up on any given day. I made a decision on New Year’s Eve on December 31st, 2016 that I didn’t realize would have such an impact on me personally and professionally. I first learned about Makeover Monday in 2016, a few months […]

Editors Note: If it’s bold, it’s a link If you’ve ever met anyone from the greater Tableau Community, I will bet that they mentioned that you should get involved, plugin, contribute, etc… it’s just how the community is in general; that is, we want as many people as possible to experience the same passion and […]

How well do you know Tableau? I got a chance to test my skills this week at the Cincinnati Tableau User Group during their Viz Games. “Newbies” were asked to reproduce a dashboard projected on the screen, while “experts” were asked to produce the same dashboard with Automatic Updates turned off for each worksheet. If […]

Tableau 2020.1 is in Beta now and one of the hot new featurs is animations, or more accurately described a as “mark transitions”. This will no doubt introduce a new debate of best practices for applying this new-to-Tableau preattentive attribute. The best course of action is to develop a strategy now as to when, where […]

It’s always a good laugh to joke about some of the crazy requests we get in regards to requirements, but it’s also good to have a plan when these “jokes” arise. Here are a few things I’ve learned over the years. We’ve all been there! You are sitting at your desk innocently working away when […]

Dataset #2 is in the books! Thanks to everyone who is not only participating, but spreading the word! I love that each tweet I see with a submission is including a link on how to participate. You all rock! This data set was focused on Financial Institution Consumer Complaints. In the real world, this dataset […]