Introduction to scaffolding

Scaffolding is a technique that introduces a second data source through blending for the purpose of reshaping and/or extending the initial data source. Scaffolding enables capabilities that extend Tableau to meet visualization and analytical needs that may otherwise be very difficult or altogether impossible. Joe Mako, the gentleman who pioneered scaffolding in Tableau, tells a story in which he used the technique to recreate a dashboard using four worksheets. The original dashboard, which did not use scaffolding, required 80 worksheets painstakingly aligned pixel by pixel.

Exercise: enhanced forecasting through scaffolding

Among the many possibilities scaffolding enables is extending Tableau&apos...