6 Replies Latest reply on Jun 13, 2015 10:56 AM by Chris Pham

Can you use Tableau for floor plans?

Carlos Hernandez Feb 20, 2014 12:12 PM

Hello all,

I was wondering if it was possible to combine Tableau with floor plans. Say, that you are a builder/designer/event manager and are keeping track of the status of different rooms (green/yellow/red) as per the example below.

Thought that if you could insert it as a map then perhaps you can manipulate the boundaries of the rooms accordingly.

If not, do you know of a software that would enable me to do this?

Much appreciated!

Carlos

1. Re: Can you use Tableau for floor plans?

Tracy Rodgers Feb 20, 2014 12:20 PM (in response to Carlos Hernandez)

Hi Carlos,

I've seen people do similar things before. You can do this using background images:

http://onlinehelp.tableausoftware.com/current/pro/online/en-us/help.htm#bkimages.html

Then, to plot things on the image:

Finding Background Image Coordinates | Tableau Software

Hope this helps!

-Tracy
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2. Re: Can you use Tableau for floor plans?

allan.walker.0 Feb 20, 2014 12:59 PM (in response to Carlos Hernandez)

If you have a DXF or similar format (Autocad) of the plan, it can be converted to ESRI SHP. Then you import that into Tableau (shapetotab, Alteryx Script, Mary's R method, ET Wizards for ESRI etc).

You won't even need a projection, unless you are wanting it to be geo-located.

If you want a simple plot, you could use ImageJ and convert your picture to text. This gives a txt file which you can use the Tableau Excel add-in to re-shape the data. Example here.

Best Regards,

Allan
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3. Re: Can you use Tableau for floor plans?

Carlos Hernandez Feb 20, 2014 1:18 PM (in response to Tracy Rodgers)

Thanks Tracy.

The example you forwarded contains a floor plan is almost exactly what I am imaging.

I will see if I can outline boundaries as to shade an entire room, instead of a single point, but even so that may just do the trick.

Cheers,
Carlos
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4. Re: Can you use Tableau for floor plans?

Carlos Hernandez Feb 20, 2014 1:19 PM (in response to allan.walker.0)

This is awesome to know as well, Allan. Hadn't thought about an Autocad file! More advanced than I pictured but very useful.

This should all do the trick as I don't need geolocation.

Thanks a ton!
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5. Re: Can you use Tableau for floor plans?

Chris Pham Feb 20, 2015 2:39 PM (in response to allan.walker.0)

Allan,

Could you show a step-by-step on how to do this?

Thanks,

- Chris
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6. Re: Can you use Tableau for floor plans?

Chris Pham Jun 13, 2015 10:56 AM (in response to Carlos Hernandez)

I saw this and thought you might be interested. In this posting, we were looking to find polygons and convert them into tableau.

Step By Step Instructions – ShapeFile to Custom Polygons using Open Source GIS (QGIS)
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