“Tableau is an Excel complement, not an Excel replacement.” Whenever I teach a training class, I make this point multiple times throughout the course. Each tool has its own set of specialties and comparative advantages that should govern usage. Or, put more simply, there are situations...
Although I’ve attended Tableau Conference as an InterWorks client before, this is going to be my first TC as an IW employee, and I couldn’t be more excited to see my former students and hear what they’ve been up to with Tableau. It’s like a...
Let’s talk Tableau. As an accredited Tableau instructor (and a self-proclaimed Hermione Granger), I’ve got a question that just won’t leave my mind: it has to do with heat maps and highlight tables. But first, a little background on those chart types. In Tableau Desktop I:...
When talking about data-driven culture deployment and Tableau user adoption, there are many components that can contribute to the overall process and help make it successful. One of these components is educating users. Many of us at InterWorks are certified Tableau trainers, and we are...
In the Tableau Desktop III: Advanced course, we teach you how to build sparklines, with the added bonus of using a dual axis to create a circle for the last sales value. This circle highlights that final point on the line, making it slightly easier...
The Evolution of InterWorks Assist InterWorks Assist was launched back in 2016 for clients who needed quick, personal attention to their requests via email. As the offering continued to grow, we thought about how we could make it even easier for clients to access our experts. Introducing...
There is an example we do in the Tableau Desktop Intermediate course to look at how to union your data. In the example, we use Tableau’s Union function to append different sheets, labeled as different quarters, from a single Excel file into one long table...
When asking a recent Tableau class about how they might use Tableau’s mapping features, I had one course member state that a view he currently uses (and is looking to transfer into Tableau) shows the % change in sales from the previous period by either...
Tableau user adoption is a common topic not only internally at InterWorks but also throughout the community. You can find many interesting blogs, videos, podcasts and discussions about it. User adoption has many aspects, including building Centres of Excellence, building community and scaling, sharing best...
Every single day, I get emails from former students asking for help with everything from visual best practices to calculated fields. Sometimes the questions are quick while others require more thought. Some may be deceptively simple questions that turn into something more complicated than first thought. What...
I was born in New York City to two Chinese parents who emigrated from Hong Kong when they were kids. We bounced around different boroughs before my parents decided to set up in what I like to call, Good Ol’ Dirty Jerz (that’s New Jersey)....
"How can I draw a 45-degree angle in Tableau, starting from the lower left-hand corner of my view and ending in the top-right corner?" This question came from Ece during a Desktop III class in Atlanta, as well as Christa and Erik from a Visual Analytics class in Boston....
In the Tableau Extended series, we are exploring all of the extra features that aren’t covered in the Tableau Desktop curriculum. Think of this series as a companion to your Tableau Desktop training experience. In this article, we’re going to continue to explore the Data...
One of the exercises we often have in class involves plotting shapes on top of a map and sizing by a specific measure. Instead of using Tableau’s default (blue) circle, we use varying colors and shapes. However, regardless of what shape or color we use...
When you register for a Tableau training course, you have two options of how your course will be delivered: in person or in a virtual learning classroom. While classroom training gives you that face-to-face time with an instructor and other students, virtual training courses are a great...
This question came up from one of the attendees where I was leading a Tableau Workshop and it’s not the first time either! After showing a demo of creating a crosstab, they asked: "Can we colour a specific column or row in a crosstab?" So, here it is...
From the very beginning of our Tableau journey, we use the Data Connection Page to connect to data sources and even modify the data connection for additional combinations of information. In this article from the Tableau Extended series, I’m going to fully introduce the Data...
This is a question that came up in a class I taught to a commercial airline who were looking at their web analytics data, I also taught it in a colleague’s class dealing with car parking at airports: “How can I compare a metric against the same...
This question came from Jerry in a New York City Desktop I class: “How can I change this view so my reference line labels are easier to read?” Great question! I agree – they are kind of tricky to read on the left-hand side of our groups...
In a Desktop II: Intermediate course I recently taught, a student asked, “When would I ever need the specific dimensions option with table calculations?” This is a great question! We know that we can utilize the prebuilt options in our table calculation dialog box to...
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