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Tore Levinsen
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Tableau Visionary | 4x @tableau Ambassador | CertifiablyTableau | Tableau Jedi |Certified Trainer | DataFam | TUGNorway leader | Data+Maps TUG leader
New #TinyTableauTip → now in Tableau Prep (Builder) 🧪

Today: navigate the workspace like a pro

• Naming conventions
• Group steps (rename + describe!)
• Add steps inline or as a new branch

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Bc...
#TableauPrep #DataFam #Analytics
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🚀 #TinyTableauTip (Prep edition)🧭

Navigate the workspace like a pro
Document every step
Sequence matters

🎥 Full video live on YouTube
Read more on my blog: 👉 torelevinsen.com/tinytableautip
#TableauPrep #DataViz #Analytics #Datafam #TinyTableauTip
October 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
New #TinyTableauTip—now on Tableau Prep 🎛️

Messy Excel with extra header info? If data starts row 9 and you get F1/F2 headers, turn on Data Interpreter when connecting. Bonus: zoom/pan big flows + add step descriptions.
More:
torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut...

#TableauPrep #DataPrep #DataFam
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Nordic Super TUG • Nov 20 (16:30–19:30 CET)

Headliner: Flerlage Twins (“Cool Stuff in Tableau 2025”) + talks from NOR/FIN/ICE (SWE & DK TBA).

In-person: Oslo, Helsinki, Stockholm.

Tickets 👉

usergroups.tableau.com/events/detai...

#TableauUserGroup #DataFam #Tableau
October 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The #TinyTableauTip Guest Host series ends with a bang 🎉
💡 Guest host: Zyad Wael

📊 Tip: Adding User Guides in Dashboards – from tooltip tricks ➡️ Dynamic Zone Visibility + Figma

🎥 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqne...

🌐 Blog: torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut...

Thank you 13 #datafam guest hosts! 🚀
October 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
🔥 The #TinyTableauTip Summer Guest Host series is wrapping up – today with Serena Purslow! 🎉

She’s sharing how to create custom date variables for parameters (month-year combos instead of day-level dates 🙌).

🎥 Watch her tip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK4A...

👉 More: torelevinsen.com/category/tin...
September 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#TinyTableauTip guest host series isn’t over yet — returning guest host Jennifer Dawes has a slick trick:
one formula + color + dual axis = both Min & Max highlighted in a line chart.

Bonus: she shows how to hide the “No” option from your color legend.

🎥 Watch: torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut...
September 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
#TinyTableauTip — Summer Guest Host

Today's guest: @Jennifer Dawes—@Tableau Visionary & Ambassador✨

She’s spotlighting Tableau’s built-in Describe tool—use it to draft calculations, avoid typos, and even copy comments from other calcs.

torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut...

#datafam #tips
August 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🐐 #TinyTableauTip
Guest Host: Jim Dehner (5× Visionary, long-time Ambassador) tackles Combo Charts—sharing multiple ways to build them and when to use each.

🎥 Watch: youtu.be/neJ8WDsMWnA

📊 More tips on my blog: torelevinsen.com/tinytableautip

#DataFam #Tableau #Viz
August 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🔥 New #TinyTableauTip guest host – Whitney Wood! 🎉
3 Tableau tips you’ll love:

🧮 Custom labels for Totals
😀 Add emojis to your workbook (XML hack!)
📏 Size marks by % in Web Edit

📊 Whitney’s work: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

🎥 Full video: www.youtube.com/@ToreLevinsen
#datafam
August 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🚀 New #TinyTableauTip ft. @graphhopper.bsky.social!

We clashed at #TC25TipBattle, and now Felicia is sharing 3 killer Tableau tricks

1️⃣ Double-click pills to overwrite & keep formatting
2️⃣ CTRL+Drag to copy pills
3️⃣ Right-click+drag for field options

▶️ www.youtube.com/@ToreLevinsen #DataFam
August 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🚨 New #TinyTableauTip from Nik Dutra (Brazil)!

🔒Learn how to mask email addresses in Tableau with reusable calc – and apply it to use for GDPR, LGPD, CCPA compliance.

🔗 Dive into the blog post or check my YT channel torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut...
www.youtube.com/@ToreLevinsen

#DataFam
July 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Summer Guest Host alert! ☀️ @vizgenie.bsky.social just dropped a killer #TinyTableauTip on creating empty extracts:

• Upload time: 15 min → 10 sec
• Refresh time: 60 min → 25 min

Catch the full write‑up + video on my blog 👉 torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut...

#DataFam #LifeSafer
July 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🔥 #TinyTableauTip returns w/ @agata-mezynska.bsky.social!

📚 Master the Show/Hide Button by duplicating, relocating & using custom/transparent shapes
🔘 Bonus: Swap between Circle/Rectangle/Lasso (S/A/D) + her artistic finale
🎥 Watch 👉 youtu.be/AuTYl6tNEDY #Tableau #DataViz
July 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Diving into the last workdays before summer vacay with a deep dive into @tableau Next, #AgentForce & #DataCloud! 🚀

Collected @trailhead badges like crazy and hit #Expeditioner—next stop, #Ranger! 🌟

Can’t wait to bring these new superpowers back after the break. ☀️
#DataFam
July 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The #TinyTableauTip summer series returns with a comeback from Heidi Kalbe! 🎉

☑️ Build a rounded progress bar in Tableau
☑️ Master separate color legends & calculation hacks
☑️ BONUS: Try the “Self-Deactivating” Button Hack

📊 torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut...

#DataViz #DataFam
July 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🗺️ Dive into Map Layers with
@tableau
Data + Maps User Group to:

• Overlay points, polygons & lines
• Customize layer styles, opacity & interactivity

Perfect for analysts tackling geospatial insights. Register now:
usergroups.tableau.com/events/detai...

#DataViz #GIS #datafam #usergroup
July 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
#TinyTableauTip summer series continues with Heidi Kalbe! 🌞

Learn pagination via Dynamic Zone Visibility + her slick self‑deactivating button hack.

Watch it now on YouTube & check her dashboards on Tableau Public! #Tableau

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_dT...
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
July 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🔥 New #TinyTableauTip guest host series kicks off!
First up: Nhung Le on PREVIOUS_VALUE() + Running Product – incl. inflation viz + animations 🎥

▶️ youtu.be/XDTiaalDJ1E
📊 public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
🎤 See our full TC25 session: www.salesforce.com/plus/experie...

#Tableau #DataFam #GuestHost
June 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
New #TinyTableauTip
Calculated Fields - Part 4: Grand Totals!

✅ Add Column, Row & Subtotals
✅ Control Subtotals per dimension (right-click blue pill)
✅ Edit Grand Total titles
✅ Move Column Totals to top

👉 torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut...

🧡 Guest Tippers joining this summer!

#DataViz #DataFam
June 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🚀 New #TinyTableauTip: Calculated Fields (Part 3)

More short, practical Tableau tricks:
✅ RANDOM() for jitter
✅ Rename ad-hoc calcs
✅ CONTAINS() function
✅ Custom TRUE/FALSE aliases
✅ Remove Grand Total bar

See it all here 👇
torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut...

#DataViz #Tableau #Calculations
June 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
New #TinyTableauTip alert! ⚡️
Calculated Fields – Part 2 is live!

🔥 Inline calcs
🧠 Drag and Drop to create Fixed LOD
💬 Commenting + layout tips

Make your formulas cleaner and smarter:
torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut...

#Tableau #DataFam #TableauTips
June 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🧮 New #TinyTableauTip!

Calculated fields are a must-have tool for any data storyteller.

In this blog post, I cover the basics and share examples to level up your Tableau skills. More to come soon!

👉 torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut...

#Tableau #DataViz #CalculatedFields
June 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
📍 Missed our latest Data + Maps Tableau User Group session?

No worries! Catch up on the insightful presentations from Hideaki Yamamoto & Lorna Brown

📺Watch the full session here: www.youtube.com/@TeamDataFam

🎧Tune in on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3Xsu1yW...
#datafam #maps #spatial
May 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
📝 Tableau 2024.2 introduced spell check in web authoring via your browser.

For Desktop users, install Grammarly (free) to check calculations, captions, titles, etc.

More info/video: torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut...

#tinytableautip #spellcheck #desktop #lifesaver
May 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM