Tableau Prep Builder and Conductor are Tableau’s tools for enabling repeatable, documented and scheduled workflows to transform raw data into user-friendly datasets. Tableau Prep Builder’s first live release came in April 2018 in Desktop 2018.1, and since then, we’ve had four major releases and eight...
It’s no secret that Tableau Prep is a game changer for those looking to clean, explore and connect their data sources together. There are myriad join options, from your traditional left, right and inner joins to more advanced options such as Left Unmatched Only, which...
Note: A big thank you to Carl Allchin and Jonathan Allenby for initiating the Preppin’ Data project for our community. Hunker down, folks. It’s time to prep some data. Welcome to my submission for the first week of the Preppin’ Data project. For beginners, the idea...
Like many non-native Oklahomans, one of my greatest fears upon moving to the Sooner State was the threat of tornados. After almost five years, that fear has mostly subsided for a number of reasons: the storm shelter in my garage, the weather app on my...
As a follow-up to my prior blog post, I wanted to explore an additional use case for aggregation in Tableau: joining together data that might be at different date levels. It’s the same premise—you have two data sources at two levels of detail (e.g. row-level...
Last month, we were walking in a data wonderland over here on the blog. This list of December content (don't worry, we checked it twice) highlights 17 pieces and over 50 contributors—plus, one post alone that showcases 41 people!—and includes awesome resources pertaining to Tableau...
Since I have started using Tableau Prep, I can’t overstate how helpful it has been for cleaning, shaping and exploring my data before I start visualizing it in Tableau Desktop. However, one concept eluded me at first, and that was the Aggregate step. Why add...
With the release of Tableau Prep in April 2018, analysts have been given an incredibly valuable tool for their analytical kit. Considering both performance and ease of use, prepping your data before it enters Tableau Desktop has many benefits. I’ve created the following walkthrough to...
So, you have this dashboard. It’s a super cool dashboard. You’ve also got an elaborate Tableau Prep workflow to feed your dashboard. Unfortunately, time didn't stop as soon as you finished this project. And with time, comes more data. So, you must go back to...
November is known as a month of giving thanks, and we are certainly grateful for the solid content published on the blog this last month! With 26 posts and over 20 contributors, we've got a lot to be thankful for, including some great pieces that...
Before we look at data preparation using Excel and Tableau Prep, we need to ask a question. It’s always a healthy discipline to ask questions first and use technology to answer them second. Take a look at the question, look away from the screen then take...
I don’t blog often, but when I do, I blog about something awesome. This is the case with Tableau Prep. Tableau Prep has been out for a while, but I had not yet given it a hard look until recently. The rest of this article will...
Here’s the scenario: I work at Global Superstore. We sell products from lots of different sub-categories. I can always reference this from our Master Inventory File: I get weekly sales data sent to me, and my job is to make a weekly report for each region...
Picture this: You are trying to build a sales dashboard in Tableau Desktop to show your boss how great you are. But hey, there is one issue: The data you have is currently in a structure not suitable for Tableau Desktop. You need to crosstab...
It seems like the warm temps are heating everything up, including the InterWorks blog! This month was a smorgasbord of different pieces. We saw event previews and recaps. There were a handful of Tableau vizzes (including an excellent Viz for Social Good piece on diversity in...
As you may recall from my previous post, the year is 3015. As the spaceship sales manager for Toyota, I’m gathering data from the marketplace to analyze it, identify trends and eventually make pricing decisions based on my findings. We’ve been struggling to keep up...
In addition to beautiful flora, April brought with it a multitude of excellent posts on the InterWorks blog. Our authors kicked things off with some good April Fools' fun, created a handful of interesting vizzes ranging from pinball to LA crime, shared some invaluable Tableau tips...
Hello again, data friends. My focus for this blog post will be the variety of formidable data cleansing options available in Tableau Prep (TP for short). I long for the day when data arrives clean – no bogus characters, mismatched naming conventions and or even...
Guys and gals, I’m excited – my favorite data visualization tool, Tableau, now has a data preparation and transformation tool. It’s called Tableau Prep (Project Maestro when in beta) and yes, it is awesome. Tableau Prep is a personal data preparation tool that empowers the...
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