July 24, 2025
How to Add Two Values to One Parameter in Tableau
June 20, 2024
How to Simultaneously Highlight & Deselect with a Parameter Action in Tableau
October 31, 2023
How to Create a Year→Quarter→Month→Day Drilldown in Tableau
Are you looking to take your Tableau skills to the next level? Do you want to create dashboards that offer a dynamic and interactive experience?
Look no further!
This comprehensive tutorial will walk you through the process of creating a Year→Quarter→Month→Day Drilldown in Tableau.
🔹 What You'll Learn:
1. How to set up 2 parameters for drilldown functionality
2. How to perform 9 simple calculations that power your dashboard
3. How to implement 8 simple dashboard actions for enhanced interactivity
4. Introduction to dynamic zone visibility
🔹 Who Should Watch:
1. Data analysts looking to expand their Tableau toolkit
2. Business intelligence professionals aiming for dynamic reporting
3. Anyone who wants to unlock the full potential of Tableau
🔹 Why This Tutorial is Unique:
1. Step-by-step guide for each component: Parameters, Calculations, and Dashboard Actions
2. Introduction to advanced Tableau functionalities like dynamic zone visibility
3. Reusable examples to cement your understanding
4. Tips and tricks for maximizing the utility of your drilldowns
Don't miss out on upgrading your Tableau skills.
Let's dive into the world of advanced Tableau functionalities and take your dashboards to the next level!
October 24, 2023
Master Containers: Build an Interactive Tableau Dashboard From Scratch
October 3, 2023
Master Dynamic Zone Visibility in Tableau: Yearly to Monthly Calendar Drill Down
Welcome to this comprehensive tutorial on creating a Yearly to Monthly Calendar Drill Down using Dynamic Zone Visibility in Tableau.
📌 What You Will Learn
In this video, you'll discover how to use Tableau's Dynamic Zone Visibility feature to effortlessly switch between yearly and monthly calendar views. If you've been looking to add more flexibility and dynamism to your Tableau dashboards, this tutorial is designed for you.🔑 Key Takeaways
- Understand the concept of Dynamic Zone Visibility- Set up a yearly calendar view in Tableau
- Implement drill-down functionalities to transition to a monthly calendar view
- Practical tips and tricks for optimizing your Tableau dashboards
🔗 Additional Resources
- Data- Workbook
August 8, 2023
How to Master the 3-Level Drill Down in Tableau (with Dynamic Zone Visibility)
Welcome to my guide on mastering the 3-Level Drill Down in Tableau!
In this tutorial, I show you step-by-step how to make the most of using dynamic zone visibility to create this functionality. We'll go through both scatter plot drill downs from Region → State → Postal code and then replicate that as a bar chart.
You can easily make this a map drill down by changing the chart type. That's it!
🔍 What you'll learn in this video:
1. The basics of drill down functionality in Tableau
2. Hands-on demonstrations, tips, and best practices
3. How to interact with the data
💡 Why is this important?
Drill down capabilities allow analysts to explore data from a broad overview down to granular details. By mastering the 3-level drill down, you can uncover hidden patterns, insights, and trends that might be overlooked in higher-level analyses.
📌 Prerequisites:
A basic understanding of Tableau's interface and primary functions will be helpful, but beginners will be able to follow along as well!
If you are following along, be sure to pause the video along the way as you repeat the steps.
July 31, 2023
#MakeoverMonday 2023 Week 30 - Drinking Fountains in Milan
You'll learn about:
- Joining spatial data sources
- Parameters
- Hexbin maps
- Custom shapes
- Using mapbox maps
- Dashboard layout containers
- Dynamic Zone Visibility
- Parameter Actions
- Custom colors
- Drill down / drill up actions
Enjoy the video and check out the viz below.
July 18, 2023
UNLIMITED Charts, Metrics, and Number Formats in Tableau with Dynamic Zone Visibility
June 12, 2023
#MakeoverMonday 2023 Week 24 - Cereal and the Green Revolution: Yields vs. Land Use
At the global level, how has crop production changed over the last fifty years?
In this Watch Me Viz live stream, I analyzed how the yield and land use of producing cereal has changed over the last 50 years.
I really liked the original visualization, so I rebuilt it in Tableau. I learned how to use dynamic zone visibility, layout containers, and more. Check it out.
Resources:
1. Data - https://data.world/makeovermonday/2023w24
2. Final Dashboard - https://tabsoft.co/3P3Sdl3
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March 1, 2023
#MakeoverMonday 2023 Week 9 - Are you drinking a safe amount of caffeine?

February 20, 2023
#MakeoverMonday 2023 Week 8 - The Cost Effectiveness of Protein Sources
This week we explored the cost of 20g of protein in various foods. During Watch Me Viz, I showed how to create toggles to allow the user to filter by vegan and vegetarian foods. I did this with parameter actions; if you want to learn more, watch the video below.
In the end, though, my fancy filtering with parameter actions didn't quite work out. I hadn't account for the option when the user might want to look at all foods. So I ended up using basic filtering. I overcooked the whole process, but I bet you'll learn something anyway.
I then went through the entire dashboard design process using containers, padding, shading and more. Check that out if you're interested in learning how to use layout contains.
Here's the #WatchMeViz recording, followed by the interactive viz. Enjoy and thanks for watching!
November 8, 2022
#MakeoverMonday Week 45 - Who Americans Spend Their Time With
October 5, 2022
How to Create a Starburst Chart
Starburst charts, sometimes called sunburst charts or circular timelines, are one method of displaying data over time. They may look cool, but they aren't exactly easy to understand. If you are going to use them, I'd advise you to check with your audience first to ensure they understand how to read them.
In this video, I take you through how to build a single starburst as well as a series of starburst charts as small multiples or trellis chart.
All of the calculations are in the description for the video here. You can download the workbook below.
September 27, 2022
Parameter Actions: Geographical Drill Down in Tableau
September 19, 2022
#MakeoverMonday Week 38 - American Business Applications
August 29, 2022
#MakeoverMonday 2022 Week 35 - The World's Biggest Military Spenders
Makeover Monday is back! Every Monday I'll be running a #WatchMeViz and every Wednesday, Eva will be running #VizReview. Subscribe to my YouTube channel for reminders of the latest events.
https://youtube.com/andykriebel
This week was a makeover of a visualization by Visual Capitalist about the top 10 military spenders. During Watch Me Viz, I iterated through 15 different charts before settling on a bump chart. If you want to learn about sets, parameters, table calculations, containers and more, watch the video below.
Below the video you can see my viz, or click here. Enjoy! If you need clarifications on anything, please comment on the video here.
August 23, 2022
How to Create a Two-Level Drill Down in Tableau
There are tons of ways to create a single level drill down, but if you’re having issues creating a second drill down, this video is a guaranteed way to help you fix this problem.
Additional video - Single Level Drill Down
July 5, 2022
How to Create a Hexbin Map in Tableau
In this tip, I show you how to create a hexbin map in Tableau. But first, let me explain the purpose, benefits and drawback of a hexbin map.
There are countless times when I have been asked to display way too much data on a map. Sometimes I’ve been asked to display thousands of points on a map..but why? I know no one will understand it.
A hexbin map uses hexagons to divide an area into multiple parts and assign a color gradient to each hexagon. This chart type is used to visualize density, where the hexagons dividing the whole space into discrete units of equal size.
This video is going to help you communicate the concentration of data on maps more effectively and give you another option for visualizing geospatial data. I’ll show you how to create a hexbin map based on both the value and the rank, giving you two options depending on your use case.
If you want to follow along, these are the data sources I used:
1. Austin Bike Accidents - https://bit.ly/AustinBikeAccidents
2. Austin Zip Codes Shapefile - https://bit.ly/AustinZipCodes
3. Price Summary - https://bit.ly/PriceSummary