Eric Balash

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Week 23 of Back 2 Viz Basics is live!

Challenge: Build a Map

We’re wrapping up our collab with Visual Climate! Use the same climate dataset from last week to explore emissions, CO₂ intensity, or temperature change across countries. #B2VB

Prompt: bit.ly/4paDvr6
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📢 Dashboard Design Lab: Week 3

This week’s topic is Color Theory and Usage. Color should guide attention and support the story, not distract from it.

📬Substack tinyurl.com/5n78vy98
✏️Medium tinyurl.com/wn4be7fd

#DataVisualization #PowerBI #Tableau

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🚨Week 22 of Back 2 Viz Basics is live!

Challenge: Design for Accessibility

We are kicking off a two-week collab with Visual Climate. This week is all about creating an accessible chart or dashboard using climate data.

Challenge details: bit.ly/3XfnSm9
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💡Started a new blog series called Dashboard Design Lab, sharing what our team is learning each week about building better dashboards in #Tableau and #PowerBI.

Week 1: Designing to a Grid.
📬 Substack: tinyurl.com/4h7n2p6a
✏️ Medium: tinyurl.com/ymp45krm

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🚨Week 21 of Back 2 Viz Basics is live!

Challenge: Use a Date Calculation
Data: US Government shutdowns since 1976
Link: bit.ly/4qo7pK4
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#B2VB #Tableau #DataVisualization #GovernmentData

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🚨Week 20 of Back 2 Viz Basics is here!
🔹Challenge: Build a Heat Map
🔹Dataset: @Ipsos Health Service Report 2024: showing how concern for mental health varies across 31 countries.
🔹Link to Prompt: bit.ly/46SEFQF

Don't forget to tag us! #B2VB #Tableau #DataChallenge

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Week 19 of Back 2 Viz Basics is here!

Challenge: Build a Unit Chart
Dataset: Most downloaded Google apps in 2025.

Show how apps compare using units instead of bars.

Challenge: bit.ly/4mvjUAf

#B2VB #Tableau #DataChallenge

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🚨 Week 18 of Back 2 Viz Basics is live!

Challenge: Design a Wireframe
Collab with Real World Fake Data:
#B2VB = wireframe
#RWFD = dashboard

Dataset: Call Center Performance with call records, agents, CSAT, and sentiment.

Challenge: bit.ly/46skdH6

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🚨Week 17 of Back 2 Viz Basics is Live!

This week’s topic: Design some KPIs.

We’re using data from the UK Gov’s Wine Cellar (yes, they have one). The dataset tracks stock, usage, costs, and revenues from 2022 to 2024. #B2VB

Challenge: bit.ly/4mxoS0h Share & Tag us!

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🚨 Week 16 of Back 2 Viz Basics is live!

This week’s challenge: Build a Likert Scale Chart
We’re using YouGov survey data on how Americans feel about summertime activities. #B2VB

🔗Challenge: bit.ly/4fGmLEM

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🚨 Week 15 of Back 2 Viz Basics is live! This week’s challenge: Use a parameter. We’re using EV sales data from 2010 to 2024.

Challenge: bit.ly/4o4rMKV
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🚨 Week 14 of Back 2 Viz Basics is LIVE! This week’s challenge: Build a Box Plot. We’re using Starbucks matcha data to explore how sugar, calories, caffeine, and more vary across sizes. #B2VB

Prompt: bit.ly/4nImvc1

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🚨 Week 13 of Back 2 Viz Basics is LIVE! This week’s challenge: Use an annotation. We’re working with data on the most expensive sports team sales ever. Highlight a key story or insight with a clear annotation.

Prompt: bit.ly/3G5BT17
Tag us! #B2VB #DataViz #SportsData

Spent the last couple weeks traveling through Southern Spain and Casablanca.

Met some awesome people and reconnected with old friends along the way. It was a much-needed reset. Feeling clear-headed, recharged, and ready to get back into the swing of things!

🚨 Week 11 of Back 2 Viz Basics is LIVE! We’re teaming up with the Data Pride TUG to highlight Pride events across the U.S. This week’s challenge: Build a Gantt Chart to show when and where celebrations are happening in June.

Challenge: bit.ly/3T8Ec68

#B2VB #DataPride

🚨 Week 10 of Back 2 Viz Basics is LIVE!

For #AANHPI Heritage Month, we’re spotlighting data from AAPI Data/AP NORC showing how AANHPI adults prioritize issues like healthcare, housing, and education.

This week’s focus: Percent of Total.

Challenge: bit.ly/4dl93pw

🚨Week 9 of Back 2 Viz Basics is LIVE!

This week we’re using Viz in Tooltip to add insight without clutter. Explore global digital quality of life data and show trends at a glance. #B2VB

Challenge: bit.ly/4jCnEzm
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supporting new voices across the #datafam. Victory also designs unique, user-friendly business dashboards that bring clarity and creativity to Tableau Public.

We’re excited to have her join us as we continue to expand and grow the project. Welcome to the team! #B2VB (2/2)

📢Back 2 Viz Basics Team Update: We're thrilled to welcome Victory Omovrah to the Back 2 Viz Basics team!

Victory is a 2024 Tableau Public Ambassador whose impact goes far beyond her incredible dashboards. She’s always uplifting others, sharing community work, and (1/2)

📢 Big news, #DataFam! The Tableau Community is now on Slack and is open to everyone! Connect, learn, and grow with fellow data enthusiasts. I'm especially excited about the back-to-viz-basics channel for sharing work and staying updated on challenges.​ #Tableau #B2VB #TC25

Join: tabsoft.co/3GslPGe​

🚨 Week 7 of #B2VB is live!

This week we’re building a histogram using fake data on teen screen time created with Data Mockstar by Adam Mico!

Challenge details: bit.ly/42mbaFO

#DataChallenge #Tableau #PowerBI

Because somewhere along the way, Tableau didn’t just change our work, it helped shape our lives.

Thanks for another incredible week of conversations, connections, and the reminders of why this community is so special. #TC25

We come together because of a piece of software, but what keeps us here are the people and the shared passion in what we’re doing. We pour so much into this community through the content, the mentoring, the meetups, and more, not because we have to, but because we care.

Every time I reach the last day of Tableau Conference, I feel a mix of gratitude, inspiration, and a little bit of sadness. I’m always excited to head home to my family and friends, but leaving this community is never easy. It’s hard to explain what this week really means.

Taking off shortly for what I think is my 7th Tableau Conference!! Excited to reconnect with old friends, make new ones, and dive in to all things data! See you all soon ✈️ #TC25

🚨 #TC25 attendees: Don’t forget your headphones!

Theater sessions this year are BYOH! You’ll listen through the event app using Live Session Audio. If you forget, no worries, disposable headphones will be available in Data Village and the Content Pavilion. See you in San Diego!

#Tableau #DATA25

📊COMMUNITY CHALLENGE: BACK 2 VIZ BASICS LIVE: Join us for a special #B2VB roundtable! Learn, grow your Tableau skills, and connect with the #DataFam.
🔹4/15 | 12:30 PM | Roundtables 11B

See you there! #TC25 #Tableau #Back2VizBasics

🏡5 DASHBOARD PITFALLS LEARNED FROM HOMEOWNERSHIP: Dashboards = first homes: full of surprises and lessons. I’ll share real-life pitfalls (and laughs) + Tableau tips you can use right away.
🔹4/15 | 3:00 PM | Stage 7
🔹4/17 | 12:30 PM | Stage 8

We’re less than a week away from the biggest data event of the year, Tableau Conference 2025! I’m excited to be presenting two sessions this year 👇

Favorite my sessions: sforce.co/4iDYu2p

#TC25 #Tableau #DataFam

📢 Back 2 Viz Basics is posted for Week 7! This week's dataset features Goodreads Choice Awards winners and we're building Treemaps. Design, post and share, and submit your vizzes!

Prompt Link: bit.ly/3DYaE7H

#B2VB #DataVisualization #DataChallenge #Tableau #PowerBI