Can You Over Design Dashboards?

I had the pleasure of working with a new client who has some phenomenal dashboards built in Tableau. But the users do not want use these beauties. Why?

X-Plane Logbook Stats for 2017

As an aviation geek and armchair pilot, I wanted to have some fun with Tableau Public and my X-Plane Logbooks.   Where have I flown the virtual skies in 2017?  The answer isn’t too shocking, but there are some interesting patterns.  Check out the image below and then head over to the live workbook.

• 90.7 flight hours with 73% flown in X-Plane 11
• 57 unique aircraft flown across 178 flights
• Top aircraft flown include the VSkyLabs Douglas DC-3, Carenado B200 XP11, and FlyJSim 727Adv (version 1 for xp10)
• Most flights occurred during the day
• KPAE and KBFI were the most flown airport pairs

Where will 2018 take me?  Not sure.  Perhaps getting out of the western US would be a start.  Maybe even a few international flights are in order.

And, if you need some help with visualizing your data, check out my Tableau page at Spiral Analytics.