Tableau Resources - Mapping, charts, Tips

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Mapping in Tableau

• Fast and Fabulous Custom Maps using MapBox in Tableau - Anya | Datablick
• Create multiple custom map layers in MapBox that you can toggle on and off in Tableau - Anya | Datablick
• Creating Polygon-Shaded Maps - Knowledge base |Tableau
• Custom Geocoding Tableau for Belgium (and Luxembourg) - Nicolas Deruytter | Datatonic
• Hex Tile Maps in Tableau - Matt Chambers | SirVizAlot
• Box Tile Maps in Tableau - Brittany Fong | bfongdata 
• How to Create Geospatial Heat Maps in Tableau with Altreryx - Chris Love | The Information Labs
• How to Embed a Google Map in Tableau - Ben Jones | DataRemixed
• How to Make Small Multiple Maps in Tableau - Ben Jones | DataRemixed
• How to Make Robinson Projection in Tableau - Ben Jones | Tableau Public blog
• How to Overlay Maps in Tableau - Olga Tsubiks | Olga's blog 
• Cartograms in Tableau - Robert Mundigl | Clearly and Simply
• Bringing a Custom Map into Tableau in 10 Minutes or Less - Zack Gorman | Interworks
• How to Use ArcGIS Data, Features and Basemaps in Tableau - ArcGIS Resources
• 4-digit Postcode Map in Netherland in Tableau - Richard van Dijk | Infotopics
• Isolating Geographic Elements in Tableau - Stephanie Kennedy | Interworks
• The New Fabulous MapBox Studio Tutorial - Making a More accessible Map - Anya A'Hearn | Datablick
• How to Make (and Save!) a Custom MapBox Map in Your Viz - Anya A'Hearn | Datablick
• Mapping Using Quantiles - David Pires 
• How to Create a Weather Map in Tableau - Cody Crouch | Interworks 
• More Custom Map Tips for Tableau without Using Mapbox - Jeffrey Shaffer | Data + Science
• Manufactoring a polygon from a single lat/lon coordinate - Alan Eldridge | Databender

Mapbox and Tableau

• Fast and Fabulous Custom Maps using MapBox in Tableau - Anya | Datablick
• Create multiple custom map layers in MapBox that you can toggle on and off in Tableau - Anya | Datablick
• The New Fabulous MapBox Studio Tutorial - Making a More accessible Map - Anya A'Hearn | Datablick
• How to Make (and Save!) a Custom MapBox Map in Your Viz - Anya A'Hearn | Datablick
• Ultimate Mapping Guide Part 1: How Mapbox and Tableau Work Together  - Chris Toomey | Tableauing Dangerously
• Ultimate Mapping Guide Part 2: Styling Mapbox Maps - Craig Bloodworth | The Information Lab
• Ultimate Mapping Guide Part 3: Bring Your Own Data - Chris Toomey | Tableauing Dangerously
• Ultimate Mapping Guide Part 4: Next Level Styles - Craig Bloodworth | The Information Lab
• Ultimate mapping Guide Part 5: Bringing It All Together - Chris Toomey | Tableauing Dangerously

Spatial Functions

• Calculating Distance - Tableau Software, Knowledge Base article
• Richard Leeke's Super-Charged Zip Radius-Finder - Tableau Community VizTalk
• Using Radius Filters on Maps - Tableau Software, Knowledge Base article

Create parameter to change level of geographical level

http://vizpainter.com/another-tableau-mapping-tip-geographic-drill-down-to-lower-levels-of-detail/

Swapping views by categories (parameters) - Filtering a view according to a category selection (filter)

filtering a view according to a category selection:

 

Option 1- Using Filter Shelf Selection

 

1. Locate the field that the view would be filtered by, in this case it would be Category 2. Drag this field, Category, onto the Filter Shelf 3. Right-click the field in the Filter Shelf and select "Show Filter"

4. Select the number of Categories that will affect the view 5. If desired the selection box can be formatted to show different selection methods by right-clicking the box

 

Option 2- Using a Parameter

 

1. Create a new Parameter

2. Select String for Data type

3. Select List

4. From 'Add from Field'  select the desired field, in this case Category 5. Select Ok 5. Drag the field selected above, Category, onto the Filter Shelf 6. Select Use all on the General Tab 7. Move to the Condition Tab 8. Select 'By formula' and type the following

 

[Category]=[Parameter Created Above]

 

9. Click ok

10. Right-click the parameter from the left hand pane and select 'Show Parameter'

 

Using any of the two options above will allow for the selection of a category to filter the current view. Please see the following articles for further information on filtering a view:

 

Show Filters in the View

http://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/online/windows/en-us/filtering_add_quick.html

 

Changing Views Using Parameters

http://kb.tableau.com/articles/knowledgebase/Changing-Views-Using-Parameters

 

Filters Shelf

http://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/online/windows/en-us/buildmanual_shelves_filters.html

 

Parameters: http://www.tableau.com/learn/tutorials/on-demand/filtering-top-and-top-n?signin=2d7406d93b0ff810572ddb815b09b71b