Transforming Data Into
Stories with Tableau
Gokce Yesilbas
Performance Marketing & Data Analytics Consultant
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We aren’t naturally good
at storytelling with data.
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Decision making is an
emotional process.
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What is Storytelling?
a tool to touch something irrational
Underrated,
often misunderstood
audience's recognition
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How can we become
a storyteller?
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The most beautiful data
visualisation runs the risk
of falling flat without a
compelling narrative to
go with it.
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Narrative Arc for Storytelling
Introduce plot
Beginning Middle Ending
Mention what
could happen
Repeat
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Do explanatory analysis:
WHO
WHAT
HOW
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SO WHAT?
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Set up
the clear
goal
Never
distort
data
Choose the
right
visualisation
Don’t forget to
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Common
Visualisation Mistakes
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Stacked vertical bar
charts are more
limited.
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Do not use 3D
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I don’t like pie charts…
our stories
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● show the numbers directly
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● simple bar chart
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● horizontal bar chart
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If they are representing same
meaning don’t colour!
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Reduce Data Ink Ratio
Credit: AMY ESSELMAN IN MAKEOVERS
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Data Ink Ratio =
pixels that represent actual data
every pixel that is not simply the
background colour
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Tableau
BI Tool
Statistical
Functions
and
Comprehensive
Analytics Models
Story Point
Feature
Various Data
Integration
Options
User-friendly
Advanced
Data
Visualisations
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Types of Data Stories in Tableau
Use chronology
for trend reports
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Types of Data Stories in Tableau
Analyse particular
category in context
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Relate with bigger
picture
Types of Data Stories in Tableau
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Types of Data Stories in Tableau
Show how they differ
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Types of Data Stories in Tableau
Explain a subject by
dividing it into
categories
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Types of Data Stories in Tableau
Show where things
are different
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Link
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Tableau Tips for Marketers
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Before we start:
identify goals
understand data
data cleaning
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Using Bins (age,years,position)
*All data are dummy
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Showing more variables at the same time
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what we’ve covered:
Becoming a Storyteller
📊 Critical Visualisation Mistakes
📚 Tableau Data Stories
💙 Tableau Tips
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Master Essential Tools
Perfect Through Practice
Seek Feedback
Allow Time for Yourself & Your Data
Get inspired by other visualisations
what you can do:
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You can find more
inspiration:
Tableau Public
Github Repos
Coursera
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But I curated it for you:
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Let’s connect for
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