Ann Pregler

Why Is My Date Turning Into A Bar? (Tableau Troubleshooting) — Ann Pregler Formatting dates in Tableau can be frustrating. There’s a ton of options, but it’s not always obvious what each one does! If you’re trying to turn a date field into a single date value, but getting we...

Dates, bars, and more in my new blog post! Guaranteed to help you get more discrete dates. annpregler.com/2025/04/28/w...

Thank you so much, Mo!

How I built This: Wellerman (Iron Viz Top 10) — Ann Pregler The Iron Viz 2025 Qualifier results were announced a few weeks ago, and I was delighted to learn that I had placed 5th globally! Making it to the top 10 was a huge achievement for me, and – more impor...

New blog post! I'm walking through my #ironviz qualifier entry, "Wellerman", and talking about the #tableau tricks and design decisions that I used to build it. If you're curious about what goes into a long-form viz like this, check it out! #dataviz #data
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Breaking news: the February issue of Aeroplane magazine has named L. A. Birdmen "Book of the Month."

#aviation #history #avgeeks

Gorgeous! 😍

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Thank you, Elisa!! All your feedback and advice helped so much 🥰

Thank you 🥰

And the same to you! :)

Top 10 Qualifiers for Iron Viz 2025 Explore the 2025 Iron Viz Qualifier competition results and see the finalists who are headed to Tableau Conference in April.

I'm so excited to share that I placed 5th globally in #IronViz 2025!

Congratulations to everyone who entered, regardless of placement - there were so many incredible entries this year. #dataviz #tableau

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If it's not, I'm sure spending way too much of my workday on it 😂

Why Is My Scatterplot a single point? (Tableau Troubleshooting) — Ann Pregler The “Show Me” pane in Tableau makes it look like building a scatterplot should be so easy – just drag in 2-4 measures, click the chart type, and you should be good to go! But often when you follow the...

I'm starting off a series of posts aimed at helping Tableau beginners understand some of Tableau's weirder behaviors.
Number 1 in the series is the problem of a single-dot scatterplot! What common stumbling block do you think I should cover next?

#tableau #dataviz

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12 Tiny Dashboard Upgrades — Ann Pregler Have you ever finished a Tableau dashboard project and been lucky enough to have a little extra time? Once the data is validated, the stakeholders’ needs are met, and the design is flowing, you might ...

I went wild this week and created a new Tableau Public viz *and* an accompanying blog post. Check out my favorite 12 tips for putting the finishing touches on your dashboards!

Viz: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
Blog Post: annpregler.com/2025/01/07/1...

Ok, that's enough for the first week...

How companies use dark patterns to keep you subscribed Unsubscribing should be easy. It’s not.

There's a super cool data viz by @carolinesinders.bsky.social about this: pudding.cool/2023/05/dark...

I'm delighted to be on this list! Go check it out - it's an amazing round up.

I got "relationship" and "anxiety"... I have both of those already, so I guess 2025 will be same-old, same-old. 😂

Starting to Figma it Out I still remember the feeling when I first opened Figma. I was totally overwhelmed. The clean interface was promising, but where do you even…

New year, new skills! 🎉 My first blog post, “Starting to Figma it Out,” is live!

If you’re a #Tableau user looking to level up your dashboard designs with #Figma, this guide is for you. From gradients to rounded corners, let’s get creative, #datafam! 🚀

💡 Check it out: medium.com/@blakefeiza/...

Two plum pudding charts made of white glowy dots on a black background. Chart title: Lighting up New Year's Eve. Subtitle: How many lights are on the ball dropped from Times Square? Each dot represents 100 lightbulbs. The chart on the left is made of 1 dot, titled 1907: 100 Incandescent bulbs. The chart on the right is a circle made of over 300 dots, titled 2009-Present: 32,256 LED Bulbs.

Sharing an old viz for NYE - in 1907, the ball dropped from Times Square in NYC had 100 incandescent bulbs. Now, over 30k LEDs light up the ball.

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Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan -The Onion

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan
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I know that the real reason for spammy blog comments is probably just backlinks, but I still like to imagine that there's an earnest business owner somewhere out there who genuinely believes that people reading my dataviz blog might *also* want to buy a truck scale in Iraq.

Aw, that's so cool! I love that these silly trees are out in the wild now. 😍

Congratulations to you as well! I think this is definitely an area of improvement for these exams. Or maybe it's intentional, who knows - but it's definitely a bit frustrating.

Tableau Certified Consultant Exam — Ann Pregler I recently passed the Tableau Certified Consultant exam! This exam – Tableau’s newest top-level certification – is definitely challenging, and preparing for it can be difficult. In today’s post, I’ll ...

New blog post! I'm sharing my (mostly) unfiltered thoughts, tips, and opinions on the Tableau Certified Consultant exam. If you're considering going for the cert, or are just curious about it, you'll want to check this one out! annpregler.com/2024/12/17/t...

Four Christmas trees, each in the style of a different chart, arranged in a two by two grid. Top left is a population pyramid, top right is a network graph, bottom left is a vertical Sankey, and bottom right is a scatter plot

I drew these for the #datafam holiday card exchange, but figured I'd share them for others to use too! Put them on your cards, gift tags, or anywhere that needs a little more #dataviz 📊

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Family activities are important to @maf2k.bsky.social and that's what she's been passionate about vizzing 📊 in the past few year's #IronViz . Join us #datafam in #SecretsOfTheViz as she share stories on how binging TV series has changed for her family over the years!

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If you want to see some incredible work on Tableau Public and mostly in the past couple months, check out the incredible work of Ann Pregler. My favorite is the Christmas Cookie viz. Wow! Check it out:

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Thank you so much, Kevin! The support from you and the rest of the community has been amazing! 🥰

INTRODUCTION Imagine an alternate universe in which people don’t have words for different forms of transportation—only the collective noun “vehicle.” They use that word to refer to cars, buses, bikes, spacecraft, and all other ways of getting from place A to place B. Conversations in this world are confusing. There are furious debates about whether or not vehicles are environmentally friendly, even though no one realizes that one side of the debate is talking about bikes and the other side is talking about trucks. There is a breakthrough in rocketry, but the media focuses on how vehicles have gotten faster—so people call their car dealer (oops, vehicle dealer) to ask when faster models will be available. Meanwhile, fraudsters have capitalized on the fact that consumers don’t know what to believe when it comes to vehicle technology, so scams are rampant in the vehicle sector. Now replace the word “vehicle” with “artificial intelligence,” and we have a pretty good description of the

AI Snake Oil is out today! The book has been five years in the making. The first chapter is online. It is 30 pages long and summarizes the book’s main arguments. We're grateful for all the early interest and support. Let us know what you think of the book! www.aisnakeoil.com/p/starting-r...

This is genuinely life changing

My help desk dashboard is Tableau Public's Viz Of The Day today! public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
#dataviz #datafam #tableau