Dawn Harrington
@techtipsgirl.bsky.social
Contains art and a little bit of data science. Tableau Visionary, 3 x Tableau Social Ambassador, Alteryx Innovator, Data+Women New England TUG lead
New dashboard alert for the #DataPlusWomenUSNortheast Tableau User Group Who Dunnit Challenge! Can you crack the case? public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
September 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
New dashboard alert for the #DataPlusWomenUSNortheast Tableau User Group Who Dunnit Challenge! Can you crack the case? public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
New Blog post! - What if you want to know what the highest priced product is as well as the lowest in a data set? You may not be aware but you can use the FIRST and LAST functions in Tableau. But how do you pull the product closest to the median?
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What are the Highest, Lowest and Median Products?
What if you want to know what the highest priced product is as well as the lowest? You may not be aware but you can use the FIRST and LAST functions in Tableau. But how do you pull the product closes...
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August 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
New Blog post! - What if you want to know what the highest priced product is as well as the lowest in a data set? You may not be aware but you can use the FIRST and LAST functions in Tableau. But how do you pull the product closest to the median?
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/what-ar...
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/what-ar...
Are you displaying a map in your dashboard and you have two states that are outside of the normal view? Check out my blog below for three possible solutions!
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www.techtipsgirl.com/post/how-do-...
How do you show Alaska and Hawaii in a Dashboard?
Are you displaying a map in your dashboard and you have two states that are outside of the normal view? The use case I am referring to is displaying Alaska and Hawaii in a United States map.The issue...
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July 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Are you displaying a map in your dashboard and you have two states that are outside of the normal view? Check out my blog below for three possible solutions!
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/how-do-...
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/how-do-...
Tableau - Jeopardy Style User Group Event! July 18th 4 pm EST
Do you want to learn more about Tableau? Join us for a fun game of trivia in the style of the Jeopardy game! The winning team members will receive a prize!
Sign up here > usergroups.tableau.com/events/detai...
Do you want to learn more about Tableau? Join us for a fun game of trivia in the style of the Jeopardy game! The winning team members will receive a prize!
Sign up here > usergroups.tableau.com/events/detai...
Jeopardy - Tableau Style | Tableau
Virtual Event - Do you want to learn more about Tableau? Join us for a fun game of trivia in the style of the Jeopardy game! We will ass...
usergroups.tableau.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Tableau - Jeopardy Style User Group Event! July 18th 4 pm EST
Do you want to learn more about Tableau? Join us for a fun game of trivia in the style of the Jeopardy game! The winning team members will receive a prize!
Sign up here > usergroups.tableau.com/events/detai...
Do you want to learn more about Tableau? Join us for a fun game of trivia in the style of the Jeopardy game! The winning team members will receive a prize!
Sign up here > usergroups.tableau.com/events/detai...
Steve Adams and I are pairing up to teach a Tableau Intermediate to Advanced BOOTCAMP course! Why? We wanted to enable you to “hit the ground running” with next level concepts.
When July 15th, 16th and 22nd
Time 5 - 7:30 pm EST
Details here >
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When July 15th, 16th and 22nd
Time 5 - 7:30 pm EST
Details here >
vizdj.thrivecart.com/tableau-inte...
Tableau Intermediate Bootcamp
Checkout page for Tableau Intermediate Bootcamp.
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June 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Steve Adams and I are pairing up to teach a Tableau Intermediate to Advanced BOOTCAMP course! Why? We wanted to enable you to “hit the ground running” with next level concepts.
When July 15th, 16th and 22nd
Time 5 - 7:30 pm EST
Details here >
vizdj.thrivecart.com/tableau-inte...
When July 15th, 16th and 22nd
Time 5 - 7:30 pm EST
Details here >
vizdj.thrivecart.com/tableau-inte...
Have you ever encountered a data set where you have to compare a person's score with an average score? What kind of visualization would you use?
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How Do You Compare?
Have you ever encountered a data set where you have to compare a person's score with an average score? What kind of visualization would you use? You could just do a simple bar chart with a Reference l...
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May 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Have you ever encountered a data set where you have to compare a person's score with an average score? What kind of visualization would you use?
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/how-do-...
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/how-do-...
In case you missed it, here is the Video game and Vizzes Vault podcast from Friday. The famous Will Sutton, Louis Yu, Kate Crawford and myself talked about our fav video games and Tableau public Vizzes about video games! Check it out!
www.youtube.com/live/qwOHZLb...
www.youtube.com/live/qwOHZLb...
Videogames and Vizzes Vault
YouTube video by Dawn Harrington
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May 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In case you missed it, here is the Video game and Vizzes Vault podcast from Friday. The famous Will Sutton, Louis Yu, Kate Crawford and myself talked about our fav video games and Tableau public Vizzes about video games! Check it out!
www.youtube.com/live/qwOHZLb...
www.youtube.com/live/qwOHZLb...
Tomorrow at 11 am EST The famous Will Sutton, Louis Yu, Kate Crawford and I will be reviewing our favorite video games and #TableauPublic vizzes! Join us on my youtube channel > www.youtube.com/@Techtipsgirl or you can see it streamed live on my Linkedin profile!
May 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Tomorrow at 11 am EST The famous Will Sutton, Louis Yu, Kate Crawford and I will be reviewing our favorite video games and #TableauPublic vizzes! Join us on my youtube channel > www.youtube.com/@Techtipsgirl or you can see it streamed live on my Linkedin profile!
New Blog Post! If you are a beginner user in #Tableau, you may not know what the best layout is for your dashboard. Did you know there are some Tableau templates out there for you to use? Check out my blog to see more information!
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Layout Schmayout, Use Tableau Template!
If you are a beginner user in Tableau, you may not know what the best layout is for your dashboard. If you ever visit Tableau Public's Discover site here, there is a whole Business Dashboard section ...
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May 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
New Blog Post! If you are a beginner user in #Tableau, you may not know what the best layout is for your dashboard. Did you know there are some Tableau templates out there for you to use? Check out my blog to see more information!
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/layout-...
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/layout-...
Do you have a dashboard with sensitive data? Do you want to have a custom message if they do not have access yet? OR If they do have access, do you want them to click on a button saying I AFFIRM to remind them the data they will see is sensitive in nature?
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Sensitive Data? Add an AFFIRM Button!
Do you have a dashboard with sensitive data? Not only can you control access with row level filtering with the help of Tableau's ISMEMBEROF or USERNAME formulas, but what about customizing it even fur...
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April 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Do you have a dashboard with sensitive data? Do you want to have a custom message if they do not have access yet? OR If they do have access, do you want them to click on a button saying I AFFIRM to remind them the data they will see is sensitive in nature?
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/sensiti...
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/sensiti...
This event is happening on my YouTube channel and also streamed live on my linked in. Check it out!! #tableau #datafam #tableaupublic
April 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This event is happening on my YouTube channel and also streamed live on my linked in. Check it out!! #tableau #datafam #tableaupublic
New BLOG post! In this blog post I provide you with four chart examples where you can use Tableau's Measure Names / Measure Values fields. #tableau #tableautip #datafam
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What Charts Can You Create With Measure Names / Measure Values?
What is Tableau's Measure Names / Measure Values fields? If you are a beginner user, you may have noticed this field in your data pane. What does it do? In this blog, I provide four charts that were ...
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April 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New BLOG post! In this blog post I provide you with four chart examples where you can use Tableau's Measure Names / Measure Values fields. #tableau #tableautip #datafam
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/what-ch...
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/what-ch...
I did the ChatGPT create image > challenge. Here was the prompt, "YOURNAME Tableau Visionary and Ambassador" across a single line of text. In the blister pack packaging, next to the figure, show the toy's accessories, including Tableau Logo, LinkedIn Logo, Alteryx Logo, Blue sky Logo” I added cats.
April 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I did the ChatGPT create image > challenge. Here was the prompt, "YOURNAME Tableau Visionary and Ambassador" across a single line of text. In the blister pack packaging, next to the figure, show the toy's accessories, including Tableau Logo, LinkedIn Logo, Alteryx Logo, Blue sky Logo” I added cats.
@vizdj.bsky.social and I are getting ready to light up the stage at #TC25 with our “Breaking Free From Spreadsheets” session on Tuesday at 9 am and 4:30 pm!
March 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
@vizdj.bsky.social and I are getting ready to light up the stage at #TC25 with our “Breaking Free From Spreadsheets” session on Tuesday at 9 am and 4:30 pm!
New Blog post! Following the next trick in my KPI Series. Use a reference line and a parameter to highlight the background of a KPI! #tableau #tableaupublic #tableautip
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KPI Series: Reference Line Highlighting Trick
In last week's blog post I discussed using Parameters for highlighting the background and text. This week I want to talk about another way of highlighting the background with the help of a Parameter a...
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March 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
New Blog post! Following the next trick in my KPI Series. Use a reference line and a parameter to highlight the background of a KPI! #tableau #tableaupublic #tableautip
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/kpi-ser...
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/kpi-ser...
Here is the next blog in my KPI series! Shoutout to Zak Geis on his #tableaupublic dashboard! #datafam #tableau
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KPI Series: Automatic Highlight Background and Text Swap
In last week's blog Use KPI as a Filter! I reviewed several dashboards that allowed you to click on them to filter the rest of the dashboard! This week I want to discuss how to create Zak Geis's heade...
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March 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Here is the next blog in my KPI series! Shoutout to Zak Geis on his #tableaupublic dashboard! #datafam #tableau
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/kpi-ser...
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/kpi-ser...
March 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The Data+Women New England Tableau User Group is thrilled to host a special panel discussion featuring Tableau experts Eva Murray and Lindsay Betzendahl!
📅 Date: Thursday, March 20th
🕕 Time: 12 - 1 pm EST
📍Where: meeting virtually! 🌏 lnkd.in/gnAPeK_2
Everyone is welcome!
📅 Date: Thursday, March 20th
🕕 Time: 12 - 1 pm EST
📍Where: meeting virtually! 🌏 lnkd.in/gnAPeK_2
Everyone is welcome!
March 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Data+Women New England Tableau User Group is thrilled to host a special panel discussion featuring Tableau experts Eva Murray and Lindsay Betzendahl!
📅 Date: Thursday, March 20th
🕕 Time: 12 - 1 pm EST
📍Where: meeting virtually! 🌏 lnkd.in/gnAPeK_2
Everyone is welcome!
📅 Date: Thursday, March 20th
🕕 Time: 12 - 1 pm EST
📍Where: meeting virtually! 🌏 lnkd.in/gnAPeK_2
Everyone is welcome!
If you are new to Tableau you may have seen KPI or BANs at the top of a dashboard. But what about taking that design a step further and using them to filter the rest of the dashboard!
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/use-kpi...
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/use-kpi...
Use KPI as a Filter!
If you are new to Tableau you may have seen KPI or BANs at the top of a dashboard. This is considered a best practice by Tableau's eye tracking study here. But what about taking that design a step fu...
www.techtipsgirl.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If you are new to Tableau you may have seen KPI or BANs at the top of a dashboard. But what about taking that design a step further and using them to filter the rest of the dashboard!
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/use-kpi...
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/use-kpi...
Is your client asking for something in a #Tableau dashboard that doesn't make sense? Agreeing with them might seem easiest, but it's not always the best approach. Read my blog post below for more information!
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/how-to-...
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/how-to-...
How to Have a Difficult Conversation with your Client
Is your client asking for something in a Tableau dashboard that doesn't make sense? Agreeing with them might seem easiest, but it's not always the best approach. You have the knowledge about the appli...
www.techtipsgirl.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Is your client asking for something in a #Tableau dashboard that doesn't make sense? Agreeing with them might seem easiest, but it's not always the best approach. Read my blog post below for more information!
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/how-to-...
www.techtipsgirl.com/post/how-to-...
I’m honored to be selected as a 2025 Tableau Visionary!!! What a great group on exceptionally talented people!! www.tableau.com/blog/announc...
Announcing the 2025 Tableau Visionaries
Introducing the 2025 Tableau Visionaries, a title that honors the Tableau Community’s most distinguished leaders. This group of 46 members inspires us by sharing their mastery, teaching, and collabora...
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February 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’m honored to be selected as a 2025 Tableau Visionary!!! What a great group on exceptionally talented people!! www.tableau.com/blog/announc...
Met up with my friends from the information lab this week at NYC!
February 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Met up with my friends from the information lab this week at NYC!
Had a great time this week teaching an abridged Tableau 101 & 102. Snagged a pic with my copresenter
February 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Had a great time this week teaching an abridged Tableau 101 & 102. Snagged a pic with my copresenter