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Automate pdf generation using Tableau Desktop

Reference to using a macro utility and others to run reports from Desktop instead of using tabcmd: http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/249298#249298

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged burst reporting, Desktop, email, email PDF, macros, PDF, reporting, scripting, server, tabcmd on January 14, 2015 by Jonathan Drummey.

Creating custom color palettes from images (and other references)

http://community.tableausoftware.com/docs/DOC-5867?et=watches.email.document_comment#comment-11481

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged color, colors, custom color, dashboard, design, palette, palettes on January 14, 2015 by Jonathan Drummey.

decision trees, Sankeys, flow diagrams

By Olivier Catherin, drawing on Jeffrey Shaffer’s work
http://community.tableausoftware.com/thread/154623

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged decision tree, decision trees, design, flow diagrams, Sankey, tips, tricks on January 13, 2015 by Jonathan Drummey.

testing Tableau for Mobile on a non-mobile browser

http://community.tableausoftware.com/docs/DOC-5346?et=watches.email.document

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged browser, dashboard, design, mobile, server, tips, tricks on January 13, 2015 by Jonathan Drummey.

Sunlight Foundation data viz style guide

Very complete, fantastic ideas here on how to have an enterprise style guide. http://design.sunlightlabs.com/projects/Sunlight-StyleGuide-DataViz.pdf

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged aesthetics, design, guide, style, style guide on December 20, 2014 by Jonathan Drummey.

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