Author: Katie Bueno

Let’s Start Fresh with a Reset! Filters in Tableau allow users to drill down to the data of interest. While this option makes data exploration fun, resetting multiple filters back to ‘All’ one-by-one can be time-consuming, primarily if numerous filters exist. A Reset button that with one click resets all filters and sets to “All”…

Where Did the Data Go?!? In many scenarios, a dashboard displays a cascade of filter options to guide the user to a subset of data in the view. One issue with this method is when a user selects a final filter option (the child) and then selects something different from the previous option (the parent),…

We often see dashboards designed with numerous mechanisms to enable users to slice and dice the data any way they please, hoping these options guide them to crucial takeaways and information. However, providing an a la carte “slice and dice” dashboard often requires revealing all available filters and parameters. Yet, too many options can be…