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New in 8: Freeform Dashboards

If you can believe it, about a year ago we launched Tableau 7.0, unlocking the ability to easily make filled-maps, area charts and a host of other great features.
In the near future, we're going to release Tableau 8.0, which has its own host of new tricks. We'd like to introduce them to you in our 'New in 8' series.
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The Rise of Digital Music

It's amazing that not much longer than a decade ago, the idea of MP3s or music without a physical CD was virtually non-existent. Since then, it's come to be the medium of choice and the driver of music sales today. The

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Top 100 Q4 2012

It's a new quarter, which means it's time to look back at the Top 100 most viewed visualizations for the past three months, and the quarter belongs to South America.
Live in Argentina and want to know about the assets of the Kirchner family (which includes current Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner)? The most ...

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Tapestry: An Event Weaving Stories and Data

"The universe is made of stories, not atoms." Said Muriel Ruskeyer, an American poet.
Many of you use data to express a narrative. You use it to invite discussion. You use it to change minds.
You use it to tell stories.
Tapestry is a new event designed to ...

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The Tableau Public Pledge

Happy New Year from Tableau Public!
Photo: Seattle Times
But of course, what is a new year without New Year’s Resolutions?
Here at Tableau Public, we have one of our own. We call it, the Tableau Public pledge. In 2013 (and beyond), our team pledges to:

  • Learn and showcase visual best ...
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Introducing the Topical Training

If you’ve been to one of our introductory Tableau Public trainings and you’re looking for what to do next, you’re in luck! Starting next month, we will hold a more advanced topical training on the first Friday of every month.
The goal is to take one topic within Tableau, and in the same 30 minute session, discuss it in more ...

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Is a table a valid way to visualise data?

There is a great thread on our community right now. It started off with an innocent question about sub-totals. Once our

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25 of the best Tableau Public Vizzes

Tableau Public lets you create many kind of visualisations, and that’s the great thing about it; you just need interesting data and awesome creativity. Authors around the world are trying to make sense of their datasets and often end up with an amazing story. The Tableau ...

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Best Shopping Day - Black Friday or Cyber Monday

The Holiday shopping season is in full swing, the malls are packed and online retailers are busy fulfilling orders. Instead of standing in line on Thanksgiving weekend, I was busy answering a long standing question: Which shopping day has the best prices - Black Friday or ...

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2012 Election Viz Gallery

With the 2012 U.S. Presidential election coming to a close tonight let's recap some of the great election based vizzes created by our Tableau Public users. The gallery below features 43 different interactive visualizations spanning data from the entire electoral history of the United States. Use the comments to recognize your ...

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