Andy Piper from Norfolk Southern, and long-time member and frequent presenter at ATUG, has created this fabulous tutorial.  From Andy:

The ability to display labels onto map locations (and more recently filled maps) has always been present -- simply drag and drop a field you wish to use as the label onto the Label shelf. However, in many circumstances there may simply be too many labels that appear on the map to obtain useful information.
This document will demonstrate how to display labels on a filled map only when a particular criterion has been met (without manually modifying your marks). A measure field called Demand is used in this example, though other measures such a sales, weight, population, etc. can easily be used.  This same process can also be useful when conducting sensitivity analysis.

Download the tutorial here.

Tableau 6.1: See Your Data Like Never Before

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Tableau’s gone mobile and is making stops at user groups across the country to give customers a first-hand look at what's coming in Tableau 6.1.

Join us at the Atlanta User Group as we raffle off an iPad in 6.1 celebration fun!

Agenda:

12:30 – 1:15 – Registration and Networking
1:15 – 1:30 – ATUG contest presentations
1:30 – 2:30 – 6.1 Launch Demo and Q&A – Led by Tableau
2:30 – 3:00 – Hands-on Demos, Drawings and More
3:00 – Networking and Celebration

A minor release? Think again, come and see all we’ve rolled into the latest release of Tableau.

• Mobile Business Intelligence - Tableau’s new touch-enabled visualizations and native iPad app let you get business intelligence anywhere you need it.
• Localization and Maps - French and German versions of Tableau Desktop and Server and more map options mean that asking “where?” yields richer answers.
• Fresh, Fast Data - It’s even easier to be up-to-the-minute and secure with all your data.

Who should attend? Tableau User groups are open to any Tableau customers and enthusiasts.