Brian Graves

Most people know that line charts are a great way to visualize data. Use this step-by-step guide to quickly create 7 awesome looking line charts in Tableau for free.

Rule of thumb: Don’t use nested bubble charts to compare two data sets. Nested bubble charts are a bad way to compare data. In this guide, I show how simple bar charts are a better option and rebuild a less than stellar data viz along the way.

Scatter plots are a great way to get insights from your data very quickly. Here’s why: Reason 1: If you have two things to compare,… Read More »Tableau Scatter Plots: Step-by-Step Guide

Imagine adding a single chart in your report or dashboard that shows details and context all in one. What if you could show all of… Read More »Tableau Highlight Tables: 5 steps to improve boring data tables

Data visualization books are a quick way to improve your next data visualization project. Here’s a list of the four data visualization books like the most.

The first time I had to present some analysis to a senior executive at my company, I was totally petrified. I had no idea what… Read More »Tableau Tutorial: 3 steps to fix busted charts using Tableau

We’ve all seen those “before and after” pictures on the internet. They are super popular and there’s a good reason for that. People love seeing… Read More »Tableau Slope Graphs