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      • Customizing Grand Totals – Part 1
      • Customizing Grand Totals – Part 2
      • Customizing Grand Totals – Part 3
      • Customizing Grand Totals in Tableau v8 – The Stacking Snag
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Typography tweaks

From Richard Rouse @bibleviz
https://www.interworks.com/blogs/rrouse/2015/03/05/my-favorite-tableau-typography-tweaks

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged dashboard, design, fonts, spaces, spacing, tips, tricks, typography on March 8, 2015 by Jonathan Drummey.

What to do first: understanding granularity of data

From Joshua Milligan:
http://vizpainter.com/tableau-tip-tuesday-the-first-question-to-ask/

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged data, data preparation, granularity, number of records, records, tips, tricks on January 15, 2015 by Jonathan Drummey.

Table that shows MIN MAX and AVG for several measures

Nice discussion on text tables and profiling multiple measures: http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/319156#319156

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged aggregates, aggregations, data, data preparation, Excel, text table on January 14, 2015 by Jonathan Drummey.

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.

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