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Tableau Visualization Examples for Workflow Analysis

Want to see what Tallyfy Analytics data looks like in Tableau? Here are 10 ready-to-use visualizations that answer real business questions about your workflows.

Visualization Benefits

  • Identify Bottlenecks - Pinpoint where processes slow down
  • Track Performance - Monitor individual and team productivity
  • Recognize Patterns - Discover trends in workflow execution
  • Measure Compliance - Track adherence to deadlines and requirements
  • Optimize Resources - Ensure balanced workload distribution

Time Performance Visualizations

1. Task On-Time Completion Rates

See at a glance whether your team hits deadlines. This pie chart breaks down tasks into on-time vs. late categories - perfect for quarterly reviews or team meetings.

Task Completion Status Pie Chart

Business Questions Answered:

  • What percentage of our tasks are completed on schedule?
  • Is our organization meeting deadline expectations?
  • Should we reconsider how we establish due dates?

2. User Timeliness Comparison

This bar chart compares on-time rates across your team. You’ll spot your deadline champions - and those who might need a helping hand.

User Performance Comparison

Business Questions Answered:

  • Which team members consistently meet deadlines?
  • Are there specific users who need assistance with time management?
  • How do different departments compare in timeliness?

3. Timeliness Trend Analysis

Watch your team’s timeliness trend over weeks or months. Did that new process change help? This chart shows you.

Timeliness Trend Line Chart

Business Questions Answered:

  • Is our timeliness improving or declining?
  • Were there specific periods when performance dropped?
  • Have process changes impacted completion times?

Workload and Activity Visualizations

4. Process Ownership Distribution

Ever wonder if work is fairly distributed? This chart shows exactly who owns how many processes. No more guessing.

Process Distribution by User

Business Questions Answered:

  • Is process ownership evenly distributed?
  • Are certain users handling a disproportionate amount of work?
  • Which users are most engaged with the platform?

5. Task Completion by User

Count completed tasks per person over any time period. You’ll quickly see who’s handling the heavy lifting - and who has room for more.

Tasks Completed by User Bar Chart

Business Questions Answered:

  • Who are your most productive team members?
  • Is the workload appropriately distributed?
  • Are any users significantly above or below average completion rates?

6. Task-Specific Timeliness

Some tasks always run late. Why? This heatmap reveals the problem steps in your processes - darker colors mean more delays.

Task Timeliness Heatmap

Business Questions Answered:

  • Which tasks consistently cause delays?
  • Are there specific steps that should be redesigned?
  • Do certain task types have longer completion times?

7. Process Template Usage

Your templates tell a story. Which ones get launched 100 times a month? Which collect dust? Find out here.

Business Questions Answered:

  • Which processes are most frequently used?
  • Are there templates that should be retired or redesigned?
  • How does template usage vary across departments?

8. Daily Task Completion Activity

Track daily task completions to spot patterns. Monday madness? Friday slowdowns? The data doesn’t lie.

Daily Task Completion

Business Questions Answered:

  • Are there patterns in when work gets completed?
  • Do we have consistent workflow or significant fluctuations?
  • Are there days when productivity peaks or drops?

Process Quality Visualizations

9. Comment Frequency Analysis

Lots of comments on a task? That’s usually a red flag. This visualization pinpoints which steps confuse people most.

Comments by Task Heatmap

Business Questions Answered:

  • Which tasks require the most clarification?
  • Are there steps that need better documentation?
  • Where is communication most intensive in our processes?

10. Issue Frequency by Task

When tasks generate issues, you need to know. This chart ranks your most problematic steps - fix these first for maximum impact.

Issues by Task Bar Chart

Business Questions Answered:

  • Which tasks consistently generate problems?
  • Where should we focus process improvement efforts?
  • Are specific users experiencing more issues than others?

Getting Started with These Visualizations

Ready to build these yourself? Download our sample Tableau workbook and customize it for your data:

  1. Download the sample Tableau workbook
  2. Open the workbook in Tableau Desktop
  3. Choose Edit Connection to connect to your Tallyfy data source
  4. Customize the visualizations to match your specific needs
Tableau Workbook Sample

These 10 examples just scratch the surface. Once you connect Tallyfy Analytics to Tableau, you can build hundreds of custom views - each answering your specific workflow questions.

Analytics > Tableau

Tableau integration enhances Tallyfy Analytics by offering extensive data visualization tools for creating interactive dashboards and reports to analyze workflow performance through direct connectivity with Amazon Athena.

Process Improvement > Gather data and use Tallyfy analytics

Data and analytics transform process improvement from guesswork to fact-based decision making by measuring performance identifying bottlenecks tracking outcomes and validating the impact of changes through both output measures like customer satisfaction and process measures like completion times.

Process Improvement > Understand process flow without flowcharts

Tallyfy templates provide an intuitive alternative to traditional flowcharts by allowing you to define sequential processes visualize real-time workflow status through tracker views identify bottlenecks using analytics and easily optimize flow through step reordering conditional logic and parallel processing capabilities.

Tableau > Connect Tableau to Tallyfy

This content explains how to connect Tableau to Tallyfy Analytics data through Amazon Athena by installing required drivers setting up authentication credentials and configuring the connection to create workflow visualization dashboards.