The volume, velocity and variety of data (Big Data) has been beaten to death over the last few years. I think it’s a silly metaphor. Why? How many of you have “run out” of storage recently? Has your company told you that you can’t have...
In this post, we'll be looking at one of the features that makes Tableau a great data exploration tool. So, put on your miner's cap, and let's go spelunking! Specifically, we'll be covering this point in the Data section of the Tableau Performance Checklist: "Use 'Describe'...
This post is about boosting Tableau’s performance through data selection. Let's address the second performance enhancing idea in the Data section of the Tableau Performance Checklist: "Bring in only the data needed for analysis. Consider adding a data source filter or using an extract. If using...
The first topic we’ll be covering in this new series is Data, and the first point on the checklist is as follows: "Keep analysis simple. Work with a subset of your data. Extract a sample if needed." The old adage, “Keep It Simple, Stupid” is just as...
Here in InterWorks we are getting a little bit over-excited about Tableau 9. Especially, when this blog post came out from the Tableau mothership. Individual Query time improved by 10x Dashboard Query times improved by 9x Query Fusion improving times by 2x And Query Caching improving times by 50x Those are...
Firstly, for all those still on Windows Server 2003 (you know who you are), it’s time to finally upgrade as Tableau Server 9.0 won’t run on this OS. New User Interface The first thing that you will notice when connecting to the Tableau 9.0 server is the...
During the past year, I’ve given lots of speeches and spoken with hundreds of people that are using Tableau. Many are expanding their Tableau Server deployments. Most people want to know how to ensure success or improve the utilization of the tool. They want to...
Last year, in July, Tableau Software introduced Tableau Online, their cloud-based product. Over 1000 companies adopted Tableau Online in the first nine months in market, making it Tableau’s fastest-growing product. Tableau has dominated the BI market with 80% growth in just the last year. Transitioning Big Data...
If you enjoy monitoring your Tableau Server cluster by constantly refreshing the admin view (image below), this might be for you. Whether it’s the repetitive clicking or the severe lack of sleep that’s got you down, this tip might give you a much-needed break. So,...
A major vulnerability was recently patched in OpenSSL. Tableau Server 8.1.5 currently uses a vulnerable version OpenSSL. The patched version of OpenSSL is 1.0.1g. Here's a quick guide on how you can perform an in-place upgrade of OpenSSL to close the security hole. Please do...
Tableau Server is officially online. Users can now take advantage of their data from virtually anywhere with Tableau Online, a hosted (SaaS) version of Tableau Server. The benefits of a comprehensive, cloud-based business intelligence platform in Tableau Online are massive: Greater Access to Tableau Server With Tableau Online,...
Tableau 8 is out and we're really excited. InterWorks Europe can help you with upgrading your server to the latest and greatest version of Tableau. With over 90 new features such as web authoring, Google Analytics and Salesforce.com connectivity and improved performance it's the latest...
If you're a Tableau Server administrator or publisher of content to Tableau Server, then you probably at some point wondered how popular your dashboards and views are. Tableau fortunately has a simple answer to that with their Server Admin views. If you've ever wanted to...
In general, Tableau Server is relatively easy to administer. This is in large part due to having very few configuration items you can adjust. The less you can tweak, the less chance you’re going to break something. Sometimes this leaves much to be desired, but...
After working in Seattle with the wonderful folks at Tableau for the last week I was reminded of the incredible significance of Tableau Server. I have found that we often look at Tableau Server as a self –service tool. We see it as a tool...
It's common for Tableau Server users to want to embed content into a separate web application while maintaining tight security restrictions. If you want your web application to handle all of the authentication, it's possible to use the trusted ticket authentication system offered by Tableau...
Managing Tableau Server security can be a lot of work, especially when you're dealing with tons of users from all over the enterprise. Fortunately, Tableau has an easy way to set this up once and let users manage it themselves using Active Directory Groups (aka...
When Tableau released version 6.1 last year they also released the first iteration of their iPad application. With it, users have the ability to connect to any Tableau server they have access to and not only view but interact with visualizations on Apple’s brilliant touch...
There are a couple ways we can connect to data in Excel … today I want to show you one that many people overlook. You can simply drag an icon for a file that Tableau recognizes (Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel or a Text File like...
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