2024 Q2 Orange County (CA) Tableau User Group Meeting

Slide deck from the 2024 Q2 Orange County (CA) Tableau User Group meeting.

1. Orange County Tableau User Group Last Edited: May 2024 TABLEAU GLOBAL BRAND CREATIVE Q2 2024

2. Welcome from your OCTUG co-leads! Alison Pitt BI Specialist at JLL Tableau Public BI Specialist at JLL Tableau Public Gemma Francisco

3. Agenda Introductions + Welcome Tip and/or Trick Tableau Conference The Technical Takeaways The Social Stuff Catching up on TC24 sessions from home Convince your boss to send you to TC25! OC TUG Viz Challenge Thank you! THE DATA STORY POWERED BY TABLEAU

4. Our Mission Create an inclusive community of Tableau and data enthusiasts where we can learn, grow, and network together

5. Tip and/or Trick A magically-expanding data source for doing math

6. Tableau Conference Highlights!

7. The Technical Takeaways Standout moments Standouts for Gemma Editing a workbook’s XML file to enable the “Apply” button for all your filters Text table formatting tricks to apply heatmap coloration to a single column Advanced tooltip formatting Footnote Standouts for Alison Upcoming: viz extensions, composable data sources, Google Fonts! Using Git (kinda) to control Tableau platform configurations AI everywhere

8. The Social Stuff Data+Women Event Great, social event Offered free headshots Data Night Out Another social event! Dance party, lawn games, and more fun Meetups During conference or after hours Newbies, Black in Data, Communi(datos), Data Pride, Public Sector, Healthcare…and many more! Footnote

9. Salesforce+ On Demand Videos There were so many sessions, it wasn’t possible to see everything live. However, many sessions were recorded, so everyone can view them online! Tableau Tip Battle Mic Drop: Tremendous Tableau Tips Magic Tooltips: Unveil Secrets Behind Every Hover Oh the Places You Will Go with Tableau! From Start to Viz “All Things AI” Catching up on TC24 sessions salesforce.com/plus > Events > Tableau Conference

10. Preparing for TC25! Footnote How much does it cost? Conference Tickets Early Bird: $1,550 Standard: $1,650 Last Call: $1,750 Discounts: Ambassador/Visionary Speakers go free Others nearer the event Accommodation $300/night incl. taxes Use conference hotels, travel points, or work travel sites Food Up to $50/day Breakfast/lunch included Many events provide food BYO snacks, dinners Travel $100 From Orange County: Drive Train TOTAL $2,700 Example cost!

11. Preparing for TC25! If you work in data, you should ask your job to fund you This can come out of a training and development budget Work up a letter to your line manager or finance director: Cost of Convention ticket, hotel, dinners, and travel to/from the event Outline benefits to the business: upcoming features, industry headlines, training sessions, recruiting (if applicable) Outline benefits to you: networking, upskilling, inspiration Ask about including this expense in the budget covering 2025 Footnote Get funding from your workplace

12. OCTUG Viz Challenge Visualize your community Use Tableau Public to create a dashboard visualizing something relevant to Orange County. Resources: CA Open Data Portal, data.ca.gov Open OC Data, ocgov.com > OpenOC OC Executive Office, cfo.ocgov.com Or any others! Use #OCTUG when you publish!

13. RSVP for our next meetings! Saturday, June 22 @ 12:30 PM Q3 Meeting - Speaker TBD Would you like to speak to us? 👉👈 Back Bay Conference Center 3415 Michelson Dr, Irvine, CA 92612 (Venue is upstairs from Irvine Lanes) Footnote Saturday, August 24 @ 3:30 PM 🎊 OCTUG Birthday Party! 🍰🎉 Come celebrate one year of OC TUG! Irvine Ranch Water District 15600 Sand Canyon Avenue, Irvine, 92618 We’ve got two meetings lined up this summer

14. Don’t Forget! TABLEAU GLOBAL CREATIVE Sign up on the user group page if you haven’t! usergroups.tableau.com Add us to safe senders! Chat in community.tableau.com > Groups > Orange County Get working on your OCTUG Viz Challenge Reach out to us to present!

15. Thank You