The strongest dashboards start long before the canvas.

What does it take to build dashboards that are not just visually impressive but structurally sound from the ground up? For our fourth meetup of 2026, LagosTUG is covering two parts of the Tableau workflow that most practitioners overlook until something goes wrong. We are talking clean, automated data pipelines and a creative approach to layering visuals that will completely change how you think about building in Tableau.

This is the session that fills the gaps nobody talks about.

Why Attend?

Whether you spend more time cleaning data than visualizing it, or you have been sleeping on one of Tableau's most creatively flexible features, this session is your wake-up call. Two practical, skills-first talks with takeaways you can put to work immediately.

The Lineup

🎤 Automating Tableau Prep Flows

Speaker: Waqar Ahmed Shaikh

Stop rebuilding the same flows from scratch. Learn how to automate your Tableau Prep workflows so your data is always clean, always ready, and always one step ahead of your stakeholders.

🎤 Make it with Map Layers

Speaker: Michael McCusker

Map Layers are not just for geography. See how this underused Tableau feature can be pushed beyond its original purpose to build complex, precisely positioned, multi-layered visualizations on a single sheet — opening up creative possibilities most Tableau users never knew existed.

Build smarter.