Andy Kriebel

If you know SQL window functions, you already know table calculations. The syntax just looks different.

Two things to understand:

1. Partitioning = PARTITION BY. The unchecked boxes in your table calc configuration. These are the groups the calculation resets within.

2. Addressing = ORDER BY. The checked boxes. This is the direction the calculation moves.

In SQL terms:
• RUNNING_SUM is a cumulative SUM OVER with an ORDER BY.

• RANK is RANK() OVER with a PARTITION BY and ORDER BY.

• WINDOW_AVG with a range is AVG OVER with ROWS BETWEEN.

Four examples in the carousel below. Each one shows the Tableau table calc and its exact SQL equivalent side by side.

P.S. There's a free workbook to go with this → nlt.kit.com/table-calc

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2 days ago | [YT] | 80

Andy Kriebel

This video just passed 500,000 views.

In 10 minutes, you'll build a complete Tableau sales dashboard from scratch. A map, a line chart, a bar chart, and KPIs, all laid out cleanly in containers with filter actions so your stakeholders can explore the data themselves.

P.S. The workbook is available to follow along. Grab it here → nlt.kit.com/sales-dashboard

1 week ago | [YT] | 1

Andy Kriebel

#TableauTip: Something Sam showed in last Wednesday’s webinar that you can try yourself.

1. Download any viz you like from Tableau Public.
2. Unzip the TWBX file.
3. Attach the TWB from the zip to a Claude chat. Ask it to describe how the chart was built, step by step.
4. Try the steps yourself.

The TWB is just XML. Claude can read it and walk you through exactly what was built and how. A useful way to learn from vizzes you admire.

1 week ago | [YT] | 22

Andy Kriebel

Last night we ran a poll: how often do you use AI to help with Tableau development?
38% said never.

These are analysts who showed up specifically to learn about AI. More than a third of them haven't started yet.

Sam's demos started to close that gap for 173 people.

🗨️ "It saved me 2-4 hours of tedious work. Took me longer to tell it what to do than it did to do it." - C.R.

🗨️ "If you can imagine it and you know how to prompt, you can build just about anything." - E.S.

If you want to catch the next one, keep an eye on my upcoming events.

→ www.nextleveltableau.com/events

1 week ago | [YT] | 13

Andy Kriebel

AI & Claude Code isn't for developers.
It's for analysts who know what they want.
On 24 June I'm hosting a free webinar with Sam Fife showing exactly what Claude Code can do when you point it at Tableau.
No coding experience needed.

👉 www.nextleveltableau.com/claude

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 12

Andy Kriebel

I've been watching Sam Fife build things with Claude Code and Tableau that most analysts don't think are possible yet. On 24 June he's going to show you how.

Next Wednesday at 8pm BST: three live demos in Tableau using real files to get real results.

What you'll see:
→ How to automate tasks that used to take hours
→ How to reach Tableau's APIs without writing code yourself
→ What it looks like when you hand an AI agent a goal and step back

This is a working session.

It's free, and the recording goes to everyone who signs up 👉 www.nextleveltableau.com/claude

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 20

Andy Kriebel

Ten years ago, Andy Cotgreave and I ran the first MakeoverMonday Live at Tableau Conference Europe in London.

This photo is from Tobacco Dock, where some of the DataFam came to viz together on 13 June 2016. What started as a weekly challenge grew into something neither of us fully anticipated.

I'm proud of what it became. And it's now in great hands with Chimdi Nwosu, Harry Beardon, Blake Feiza, Ojoswi Basu and Matt Huff carrying it forward, and that means more to me than I can say.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 11

Andy Kriebel

What would you automate first if you could point an AI agent directly at Tableau?


If you could hand a capable agent your actual Tableau environment and tell it to get on with something, what would you point it at first?


Publish a workbook? Clean up a data source? Loop through a report and update fifty things you normally do by hand?


I'm asking because on 24 June I'm hosting a free webinar with Sam Fife, who's been building exactly these workflows with Claude Code since early 2026. Three live demos in Tableau.


What would you actually use it for? Drop it in the comments.


Info → www.nextleveltableau.com/claude

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 9

Andy Kriebel

Here's how to give your users a zoom toggle on any chart. No extensions or dashboard actions needed.


1. A Yes/No parameter.
2. A calculated field that anchors the axis to zero when zoomed out.
3. A hidden reference line that does the heavy lifting.


Flick the toggle and the chart zooms in. Flick it back and it returns to full scale. Works across any chart type.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 6

Andy Kriebel

If you're in Philadelphia on Thursday, come and find me.


I'm speaking in person at the Philadelphia Tableau User Group. Map Layers, free, 5:30pm at One Commerce Square.


The best part of these is always the conversation afterwards. So if you've been quietly reading my posts for a while, this is your chance.


Hope to see a few of you there. 👉 nextleveltableau.com/events

1 month ago | [YT] | 7