Did you ever build an amazing Tableau CRM Dashboard with a lot of pages to simulate website like behavior? You created all this functionality and then you are asked to add another chart or grain level to the dashboard? You are looking for a way to speed up your development process and reduce maintenance? You … Continue Reading
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Custom map in Einstein Analytics with GeoJSON
Sometimes you come into a situation where the maps provided in Einstein Analytics are not matching your requirements and you want to create your own map. Luckily you can upload your own GeoJSON files to use as maps in Einstein Analytics. Let’s say your business is focused on the US, Canada, and Mexico and you want … Continue Reading
Dynamic Time Series
Isn’t everyones future looking a bit differently? Wouldn’t it be great if everyone could adjust the Time Series model to their needs and drill in the data to generate their own conclusions? You might say that is already available and you are absolutely right, you can spin off a Time Series dashboard with a provided … Continue Reading
Custom Map in Einstein Analytics for multi-layer view
A Custom Map is a great way to tailor a visualization in Einstein Analytics to your needs. Combined with Conditional Formatting you can create amazing solutions or even “multi-layer” views. In my use case, I wanted to show the major earthquakes on the Big Island of Hawaii with a Custom Map in an overlay of the … Continue Reading
How to create a Waterfall chart vertically in Einstein Analytics with a Stacked Bar chart?
Currently, the Waterfall chart in Einstein Analytics is only available in a horizontal format. But sometimes you will come across the need to show it in a vertical way. This becomes especially important if you want to establish some best practice rules within your company/team regarding visualizations. One of the fundamentals is to show time only … Continue Reading
Compare Table – implement mini bars with dynamic bar length scaled on table max
The Compare Table in Einstein Analytics is a versatile widget which allows you to combine values with mini bars which makes it a powerful and dense visualization The mini bar charts help your audience to easily identify high and low values in second without reading the actual numbers (low cognitive load). If the real values … Continue Reading
Conditional Formatting for Subtotals in Einstein Analytics
Finally, the summer 18 release here and it’s time to make the most out of the new features. Rikky Hoovgard wrote a great overview of the new features you have available now. Conditional formatting is probably the one new feature you are going to use on a daily base. Let’s see what we can do with it … Continue Reading
Can you implement Einstein Analytics in 15 minutes?
This question was the challenge and motivation for Joseph Yelle @Anlytics Cloud Consulting to enable users to do exactly this. This is his amazing story how he created one of the most powerful Einstein Analytics Apps on the AppExchange. Analytics has been a passion of my life for the past eight years. Most of it … Continue Reading
Can you replace PowerPoint with Einstein Analytics in your meetings?
Yes…….and you should in my opinion. Powerpoint is an amazing tool if it is used the right way. Unfortunately, I’m already scared when I hear the word alone. Not because I’m not able to use the tool, but of how much time it is going to cost me. And is there really a reason to … Continue Reading
The power of Trellis – part II – add averages for more insights
Trellis charts in Einstein Analytics can be very powerful as your data-ink ratio is very high. You can increase the value of this charts by adding additional information like the average. You might want to check out my previous post for the general setup of Trellis. There are two different approaches to add additional information like … Continue Reading