By: Oliver Linley
Ollie lives in Cape Town, South Africa, and is passionate about all things data - and all things Tableau! If you have a question, feel free to reach out to him directly via email.
Text tables can be overwhelming for users. It's hard to know where to focus your attention!
Where are the highest and lowest values in the data? What patterns are there? Upgrading a text table to a highlight table can often do wonders, but a highlight table doesn't provide a singular focus. It will likely highlight high, and maybe low values too.
That's where a custom highlighter can be so handy. Why not let you user control which values they want to call attention to?
Check out this video to learn how a couple parameters, a calculation and some formatting can help you turn your stodgy text table into a powerful analysis tool!
Want help setting something like this up? Book an hour with Ollie! Want to dive deep into Tableau? Check out our upcoming Tableau classes!
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