# Tableau Templates: The Best implementation of templates in Tableau that I've seen!

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2024-02-19
- **Format:** Video · 81 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation, Tool strategy, Productivity
- **Tools:** Tableau (containers, dashboards, filters, formatting)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/tableau-templates-the-best-implementation-of-templates-in-tableau-that-i-ve-seen
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFIJCyklr0I

I sit down with Robert Januzik and Ludovic Tavernier to talk through Tableau Templates, a new product they launched last week under the Nudge BI banner. We cover how the two met, why they built it, and a full walkthrough plus live demo showing the delete-first approach, immaculate container hierarchy and tight integration with the Tableau UI kit.

## Key takeaways

- Tableau Templates uses a 'delete-first' methodology: every component is included up front and you delete what you don't need, with containers collapsing and rescaling automatically to reach thousands of layouts from a small set of templates.
- The templates avoid hacks, background images and floating, relying entirely on the container box model so dashboards stay maintainable and ready for future responsive design.
- Every layer is fully named and structured in the layout hierarchy, mirroring the Tableau UI kit one-to-one so the workbooks double as a learning resource for clean dashboard construction.
- Filters and navigation are kept separate following web and application design conventions, with filter pop-outs and positioning that change depending on the surrounding components.
- The workbook is deliberately lightweight (around 81 sheets) with almost no calculations, and the templates live on your own server or file system rather than a third-party service.

## Chapters

- 0:00 Why Tableau templates matter
- 1:29 Meet Robert and Ludovic
- 6:44 How they met in the community
- 8:35 Origin of the product partnership
- 15:01 Staying passionate about Tableau
- 18:17 What Tableau Templates is
- 21:18 Product walkthrough and design principles
- 37:32 No hacks and a lightweight workbook
- 54:23 Live demo: building from a template

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/tableau-templates-the-best-implementation-of-templates-in-tableau-that-i-ve-seen

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