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Ann Pregler

@annpregler.com
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Data Analyst & Developer | Tableau Social Ambassador 2023-24 | Tableau Certified Consultant | 2x #VOTD Current data pro, former math teacher, forever geek!

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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 29/04/2025
Dates, bars, and more in my new blog post! Guaranteed to help you get more discrete dates. annpregler.com/2025/04/28/w...
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Why Is My Date Turning Into A Bar? (Tableau Troubleshooting) — Ann Pregler
Formatting dates in Tableau can be frustrating. There’s a ton of options, but it’s not always obvious what each one does! If you’re trying to turn a date field into a single date value, but getting we...
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 30/01/2025
Thank you so much, Mo!
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 30/01/2025
New blog post! I'm walking through my #ironviz qualifier entry, "Wellerman", and talking about the #tableau tricks and design decisions that I used to build it. If you're curious about what goes into a long-form viz like this, check it out! #dataviz #data annpregler.com/2025/01/29/h...
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How I built This: Wellerman (Iron Viz Top 10) — Ann Pregler
The Iron Viz 2025 Qualifier results were announced a few weeks ago, and I was delighted to learn that I had placed 5th globally! Making it to the top 10 was a huge achievement for me, and – more impor...
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Richard J. Goodrich - The Peripatetic Historian @rjgoodrich.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Breaking news: the February issue of Aeroplane magazine has named L. A. Birdmen "Book of the Month." #aviation #history #avgeeks
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 17/01/2025
Gorgeous! 😍
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 15/01/2025
Thank you, Elisa!! All your feedback and advice helped so much 🥰
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 14/01/2025
Thank you 🥰
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 14/01/2025
And the same to you! :)
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 14/01/2025
I'm so excited to share that I placed 5th globally in #IronViz 2025! Congratulations to everyone who entered, regardless of placement - there were so many incredible entries this year. #dataviz #tableau tabsoft.co/4g0hXZp
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Top 10 Qualifiers for Iron Viz 2025
Explore the 2025 Iron Viz Qualifier competition results and see the finalists who are headed to Tableau Conference in April.
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 14/01/2025
If it's not, I'm sure spending way too much of my workday on it 😂
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 14/01/2025
I'm starting off a series of posts aimed at helping Tableau beginners understand some of Tableau's weirder behaviors. Number 1 in the series is the problem of a single-dot scatterplot! What common stumbling block do you think I should cover next? #tableau #dataviz annpregler.com/2025/01/13/w...
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Why Is My Scatterplot a single point? (Tableau Troubleshooting) — Ann Pregler
The “Show Me” pane in Tableau makes it look like building a scatterplot should be so easy – just drag in 2-4 measures, click the chart type, and you should be good to go! But often when you follow the...
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 08/01/2025
I went wild this week and created a new Tableau Public viz *and* an accompanying blog post. Check out my favorite 12 tips for putting the finishing touches on your dashboards! Viz: public.tableau.com/app/profile/... Blog Post: annpregler.com/2025/01/07/1... Ok, that's enough for the first week...
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12 Tiny Dashboard Upgrades — Ann Pregler
Have you ever finished a Tableau dashboard project and been lucky enough to have a little extra time? Once the data is validated, the stakeholders’ needs are met, and the design is flowing, you might ...
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 08/01/2025
There's a super cool data viz by @carolinesinders.bsky.social about this: pudding.cool/2023/05/dark...
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How companies use dark patterns to keep you subscribed
Unsubscribing should be easy. It’s not.
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 06/01/2025
I'm delighted to be on this list! Go check it out - it's an amazing round up.
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 06/01/2025
I got "relationship" and "anxiety"... I have both of those already, so I guess 2025 will be same-old, same-old. 😂
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Blake Feiza @feiza.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
New year, new skills! 🎉 My first blog post, “Starting to Figma it Out,” is live! If you’re a #Tableau user looking to level up your dashboard designs with #Figma, this guide is for you. From gradients to rounded corners, let’s get creative, #datafam! 🚀 💡 Check it out: medium.com/@blakefeiza/...
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Starting to Figma it Out
I still remember the feeling when I first opened Figma. I was totally overwhelmed. The clean interface was promising, but where do you even…
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Brittany @brrosenau.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Sharing an old viz for NYE - in 1907, the ball dropped from Times Square in NYC had 100 incandescent bulbs. Now, over 30k LEDs light up the ball. 📊: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
Two plum pudding charts made of white glowy dots on a black background. Chart title: Lighting up New Year's Eve. Subtitle: How many lights are on the ball dropped from Times Square? Each dot represents 100 lightbulbs. The chart on the left is made of 1 dot, titled 1907: 100 Incandescent bulbs. The chart on the right is a circle made of over 300 dots, titled 2009-Present: 32,256 LED Bulbs.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/12/2024
Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan theonion.com/cat-clinging...
Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan
-The Onion
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 20/12/2024
I know that the real reason for spammy blog comments is probably just backlinks, but I still like to imagine that there's an earnest business owner somewhere out there who genuinely believes that people reading my dataviz blog might *also* want to buy a truck scale in Iraq.
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 20/12/2024
Aw, that's so cool! I love that these silly trees are out in the wild now. 😍
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 18/12/2024
Congratulations to you as well! I think this is definitely an area of improvement for these exams. Or maybe it's intentional, who knows - but it's definitely a bit frustrating.
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 18/12/2024
New blog post! I'm sharing my (mostly) unfiltered thoughts, tips, and opinions on the Tableau Certified Consultant exam. If you're considering going for the cert, or are just curious about it, you'll want to check this one out! annpregler.com/2024/12/17/t...
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Tableau Certified Consultant Exam — Ann Pregler
I recently passed the Tableau Certified Consultant exam! This exam – Tableau’s newest top-level certification – is definitely challenging, and preparing for it can be difficult. In today’s post, I’ll ...
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 16/12/2024
I drew these for the #datafam holiday card exchange, but figured I'd share them for others to use too! Put them on your cards, gift tags, or anywhere that needs a little more #dataviz 📊
Four Christmas trees, each in the style of a different chart, arranged in a two by two grid. Top left is a population pyramid, top right is a network graph, bottom left is a vertical Sankey, and bottom right is a scatter plot
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Louis Yu @datavizlouis.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Family activities are important to @maf2k.bsky.social and that's what she's been passionate about vizzing 📊 in the past few year's #IronViz . Join us #datafam in #SecretsOfTheViz as she share stories on how binging TV series has changed for her family over the years! youtu.be/-c6P19Ntqts
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Secrets of the Viz: Binged! all the streams
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Kev Flerlage @flerlagekev.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
If you want to see some incredible work on Tableau Public and mostly in the past couple months, check out the incredible work of Ann Pregler. My favorite is the Christmas Cookie viz. Wow! Check it out: Link: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 11/12/2024
Thank you so much, Kevin! The support from you and the rest of the community has been amazing! 🥰
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Arvind Narayanan @randomwalker.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
AI Snake Oil is out today! The book has been five years in the making. The first chapter is online. It is 30 pages long and summarizes the book’s main arguments. We're grateful for all the early interest and support. Let us know what you think of the book! www.aisnakeoil.com/p/starting-r...
INTRODUCTION

Imagine an alternate universe in which people don’t have words for different forms of transportation—only the collective noun “vehicle.” They use that word to refer to cars, buses, bikes, spacecraft, and all other ways of getting from place A to place B. Conversations in this world are confusing. There are furious debates about whether or not vehicles are environmentally friendly, even though no one realizes that one side of the debate is talking about bikes and the other side is talking about trucks. There is a breakthrough in rocketry, but the media focuses on how vehicles have gotten faster—so people call their car dealer (oops, vehicle dealer) to ask when faster models will be available. Meanwhile, fraudsters have capitalized on the fact that consumers don’t know what to believe when it comes to vehicle technology, so scams are rampant in the vehicle sector.

Now replace the word “vehicle” with “artificial intelligence,” and we have a pretty good description of the
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 11/12/2024
This is genuinely life changing
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 11/12/2024
My help desk dashboard is Tableau Public's Viz Of The Day today! public.tableau.com/app/profile/... #dataviz #datafam #tableau
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 10/12/2024
Too true... I'll take cookies in a table as a close second, though 😂
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 09/12/2024
Christmas cookies. Sankey diagrams. Tableau Public. My holiday viz is live, and I think it has everything! Check it out - and maybe bake some cookies too. public.tableau.com/app/profile/... Sankey generator by @ladataviz.com - thank you! #datafam #dataviz #cookies #data #tableau #tableaupublic
A screenshot of a tableau public data visualization. The title card, styled like a recipe card, reads "Let's Bake! Christmas Cookies by the Numbers". The background is dark red, and white and green ribbons criss-cross the edge of the frame. In the center is a Sankey chart showing types of Christmas cookies on the left edge and cookie ingredients on the right edge, and the flow between them. The cookies and ingredients both have icons showing the type of cookie or the ingredient quantity.
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 07/12/2024
I'm working on a holiday-themed Tableau Public viz, which means I get to write calculated fields with names like "Cookie Filter", and that's honestly exactly what I needed right now.
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Richard J. Goodrich - The Peripatetic Historian @rjgoodrich.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Although mobile phones have relegated payphones to the same corner of the salvage yard as typewriters, it is nice to find a few keeping up the fight. Plus, I like the stylish booth. Chiang Kai-shek Memorial, #Taipei #Taiway #skystorians
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Blake Feiza @feiza.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
It was great chatting through my Pokémon #IronViz submission alongside @datavizlouis.bsky.social on his awesome podcast #SecretsOfTheViz. There were so many great submissions from the #datafam this year, so it’s an honor to be featured in the Christmas Special! Check out the podcast to learn more!
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 04/12/2024
You weren't kidding!
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 04/12/2024
While I was writing this post, I saw that @kevinwee.bsky.social is speaking about this topic + more at the CCC TUG this week - it would be a great event to check out if you're interested in buttons and Tableau UX! usergroups.tableau.com/events/detai...
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CCC TUG December 2024 | Design Tips ft. Kevin Wee | Tableau
Virtual Event - Button clicks, button clicks, Bringing joy our way! Oh what fun it is to build, A dashboard that will slay! Hey! Join us as Kevin Wee showcases design tips that utilize buttons and to...
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 04/12/2024
Parameter-changing buttons are a serious game changer for Tableau dashboards, and I use them on almost every dashboard I build for better UX. In today's blog post, I'll take you through my favorite method for creating them! annpregler.com/2024/12/03/p... #datafam #dataviz #tableau 📊
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Parameter Changing Buttons — Ann Pregler
Ever wanted to change a parameter with a click of a button in Tableau? While there’s no built in parameter button option in Tableau (sadly), with an extra sheet and a few parameter actions you can bui...
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Sarah Fossheim @fossheim.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
New blog post out (first one in over a year 🥵): I tested how well different election dashboards implemented common dataviz accessibility principles, and explained where things went wrong, including lots of demos. fossheim.io/writing/post...
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Dataviz accessibility principles, demonstrated by the 2024 presidential election dashboards. by Sarah L. Fossheim
I tested how well different election dashboards implemented common dataviz accessibility princples, and explained where things went wrong (including lots of demos).
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 03/12/2024
Thank you so much, Luke! Researching this was a cool experience, because I went from thinking this was a weird fluke of the Internet to realizing that it might actually be the most natural thing in the world. Glad you enjoyed the viz!
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 03/12/2024
I had such a great time talking with Louis Yu about my #ironviz entry on #SecretsOfTheViz this week! Go give it a watch, and thanks so much to Louis for having me on the show! #datafam #dataviz #tableau
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Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
thinking of calling this "The Illusion Illusion" (more examples below)
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Dawn Harrington @techtipsgirl.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
New Dashboard for the holidays! #datafam #dataplustv public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 27/11/2024
Thank you! I'm adding it to my very long dynamic zone use case list 🤣
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 27/11/2024
If you visit the link, be sure to try selecting a priority - I think this grey-out effect using dynamic zone visibility turned out kind of neat!
A small section of a business dashboard showing one KPI card greyed out, and one fully visible.
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 27/11/2024
I made a new business dashboard for my Tableau Public this week for the first time in way too long! I kept it pretty simple - there's a couple of fun tricks in there, though. Thanks to @markbradbourne.bsky.social for the #rwfd dataset! #tableau #dataviz Link: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
A business-style dashboard showing help desk ticket metrics, such as priority, requester name, and category. Uses a red, yellow, black, and gray color scheme on a light grey and white background.
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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Dennis Kao @professorkao.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Honored to share my latest #VizforSocialGood, highlighting the amazing work of the Association for the Prevention of Torture to track the world's progress in torture prevention since the UN's 1984 Commission Against Torture. #TableauPublic link: tabsoft.co/4fVGTS4 Feedback always appreciated!🙏
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Louis Yu @datavizlouis.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
So every week, I host one of the amazing #datafam on one of these casual chats called #SecretsOfTheViz, and this week I have Zsófia Nika, who did a really cool skyscraper chart in her Saturday Night Live #dataviz . Check it out and subscribe if this interests you :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IWB...
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Secrets of the Viz: It's Saturday Night Live!
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Ann Pregler @annpregler.com · 19/11/2024
(2/2) Original viz (apparently bluesky doesn't like gifs, sadly) public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
A screenshot of a data visualization showing a white network graph on a black background, accompanied by a column of text. The text is too small to be read from the screenshot.
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