# vizdj.com > AI-optimized mirror of vizdj.com containing 50 pages totalling 3,117 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://vizdj.com/. Last updated: 2026-06-12T13:43:51.853Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [Build dashboards faster with clear structure, templates, and scope control.](/content/site-root.html) (1,242 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [Jobs-to-be-Done: A User-Centered Approach to Dashboard Design - Tableau Training](/content/jobs-to-be-done-a-user-centered-approach-to-dashboard-design.html): Anastasiya Kuznetsova doesn’t just describe the framework, she shows how you might apply it in real‑world design, product and research workflows - offering fresh insight and practical guidance. If you take the time to read it, you’ll likely come away with a new lens on your work and fresh questions to ask when defining solutions… Read now! (19 words) - [Alpha Works](/content/visualizing-dynamic-data-using-a-sine-wave/index.html) (19 words) - [There are many variations of passages - Tableau Training](/content/there-are-many-variations-of-passages/index.html): There are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don't look even slightly believable. If you are going to use a passage of Lorem Ipsum, you need to be sure there isn't anything embarrassing hidden in the middle of text. (19 words) - [Migrate Tableau Server to Cloud with Automation - Up to 10X Faster - Tableau Training](/content/migrate-tableau-server-to-cloud-with-automation-up-to-10x-faster.html) (19 words) - [How to build a simple Waterfall Chart - Tableau Training](/content/how-to-build-waterfall/index.html):   What is a waterfall chart good for? What is a waterfall chart good at? Discuss composition of negative / positive elements - e.g. profit, variance. Maybe discuss time on x axis, categories on y? Explain that this is an introduction to building a waterfall in Tableau and the focus is on the basics. Later blogs will look at more complex, real world scenario's - variances. Maybe discuss that Tableau isn't perfect? Post some ideas for voting for improvements? Methodology The simple trick to building a waterfall chart in Tableau is to use the Gantt chart type. Typically a Gantt chart is used for mapping time related events, such as projects, but due to the flexibility of how it can be set up in Tableau, it has many other powerful applications (e.g. stock price candlestick chart, highlighting the area between two lines, a tornado (or butterfly?) chart, . In this first section, we plot our measure against a category dimension and convert the "automatic" mark type to Gantt. This shows as lines, as we have not yet sized the "duration" of the Gantt marks. Step By Step Connect to the EU superstore Excel data source Rename Connection to EU Superstore to columns to rows Right click on the blue pill in the column shelf, select sort. Choose descending and for "Sort By" select Field. In the dropdown box select Profit and ensure that the aggregation is Sum. Change mark type to Gantt Chart Tableau Waterfall Chart Beginner Part 1 Methodology As we are using the Tableau Gantt chart type, it is plotting the "start" of the bar and then the "duration" of the event. We have provided the start of the bar as being our profit value and then we are sizing also using the profit value. This would effectively double the profit on each row. In order to overcome this, we want to size by the negative profit, so effectively it "comes back" from the start. Make sense? This logic works for any metric when using a Gantt chart to create a Waterfall chart. Step By Step Size by Double click size by in the marks card and add a "-" at the beginning to change its polarity Add a Running Total Quick Table Calculation to the column shelf green pill by right clicking on the pill. Tableau Waterfall Chart Beginner Part 2 Methodology Discussion on rationale Step By Step Increase width of bars to max in the marks card Analysis/Totals/Show Column Grand Totals Drag to the colour marks card Right click , select Show Filters. Deselect all years except for 2017 Rename sheet to "Profit Composition by Country" and add context to title - Data Source Name Analysis Options Discussion on rationale Step By Step In the menu toolbar change from standard view to "Entire View". Add a reference bar to show the maximum profit without losses. Drill into year to see the most and least profitable quarters easily by .... Drill back out again by... Drag / / or any small element number dimension to the Columns Shelf to see where (19 words) - [It is a long established fact that a reader - Tableau Training](/content/it-is-a-long-established-fact-that-a-reader/index.html): It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English. (19 words) - [Contrary to popular belief - Tableau Training](/content/contrary-to-popular-belief/index.html): Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. (19 words) - [How to build a simple Pareto Chart - Tableau Training](/content/how-to-build-a-pareto-chart/index.html): Pareto Chart (the "80/20" viz): - a type of chart that contains both bars and a line graph, where individual values are represented in descending order by bars, and the cumulative total is represented by the line. 1. Drag Customer Name into Columns. 2. Drag Sales into Rows and ensure the aggregation type is set to SUM. 3. Within that Sales item, click the down arrow and select Edit Table Calculation. Within the new pop-up window, change the Calculation Type to Running Total and Sum. Ensure Compute Using is set to Table (across) and check-off 'Add secondary calculation'. 3b. For Secondary Calculation Type, select % of Total. Once this is complete, click the X at the top (it auto saves selections). Note: There should be a triangle that appears in the Sales item now to indicate a custom calculation has been applied. 4. Within the Marks Area, change the Chart Type to Line. 5. Within the Customer Name item in Columns, click the down arrow and select Sort. Change the Sort Order to Descending and the Sort by to Field = Sales and Aggregation = Sum. Note: there should be little bar icon in the Customer Name item now. 6. Click the Analytics tab above the Dimensions window. Drag over Constant Line overtop Table and change the value to 0.8 7. Notice the whole view width-wise does not fit in the view. To change this, up top there's a dropdown that currently reads Standard. Select the dropdown and choose Fit Width. Notice everything come into view. 8. Return to the Data tab above the Dimensions window. Place a new Sales item infront of the existing one in Rows. 9. Under Marks, click on the SUM(Sales) band. Note: it's important to select the correct one. There is an 'All', SUM(Sales) and a SUM(Sales) with a triangle. Choose SUM(Sales). 10. Now, underneath the SUM(Sales), change the Chart Type to Bar. Click the Color Square and change the color to orange (or whatever color you prefer). 11. Up top in the second SUM(Sales) item in Rows (one with the triangle), click the down arrow and select Dual Axis. You'll notice a percentage axis appear on the right. (19 words) - [Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing - Tableau Training](/content/lorem-ipsum-is-simply-dummy-text-of-the-printing/index.html): Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, bu (19 words) - [Make your analysis POP! - Tableau Training](/content/make-your-analysis-pop/index.html): What stands out about **Matt Huff’**s piece is its practical tone: it doesn’t just talk about abstract “storytelling” or “visual best practices,” it gives clear-cut examples from real dashboards using Tableau (whether you use Tableau or not, the techniques are universally useful). If you’re striving to have your insights drive decisions (rather than collect dust in a slide deck), this read will equip you with the mindset and methods to make your next analysis truly pop. Read now! 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(19 words) - [From Blank Page to Iron Viz Stage: Your Invitation to Create - Tableau Training](/content/from-blank-page-to-iron-viz-stage-your-invitation-to-create.html): Designing great dashboards isn’t only about charts and colour palettes, it’s about shaping a narrative and committing to the creative process. Jennifer Dawes' walks you through that mindset, helping you move from “what can I show?” to “what do I want to say?” Go beyond technical skills and bring your visualisation work to a level where it can shine! Kick‑start that shift today! Read now! (19 words) - [TinyTableauTip – Prep Tips # 2 - Tableau Training](/content/tinytableautip-prep-tips-2/index.html): What’s great about Tore Levinsen’s post is the emphasis on reusability and clarity: including descriptions for each change step, and showing how you can copy/paste steps in your flow to avoid repetitive work. If you want your data‑prep phase to be faster, cleaner and more maintainable, this post is a simple but powerful read. Give it a look - your future self (and your team) will thank you! Read now! (19 words) - [DIY : Countdown to Christmas with Data! - Tableau Training](/content/diy-countdown-to-christmas-with-data/index.html): Annabelle Rincon combines storytelling with something tangible: you’ll see how data visualisation doesn’t always need to be about quarterly reports or KPIs, it can also be about engaging, unexpected interaction. If you’ve been looking for a side project, a festive way to engage your team or audience, or just want to stretch your data‑visualisation muscles in a new direction, this article is a fun and practical read. Read now! 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