We don’t have to re-invent the wheel when it comes to making improvements. It’s about taking what we have done and making minor improvements to improve efficiency. With Tableau to make these minor improvements it often means doing the work in advance. So why is performance...
It’s rare that a new Tableau feature can be used for so many other use cases beyond those intended. The Tableau community is continuing to find new ways to make the most out of Map Layers, a new feature from version 2020.4. Some are calling...
Question: I need to migrate Tableau Server; what are my options? Should I be using something like Azure Site Recovery or AWS AMIs to move my cluster? The Challenges There are a few challenges to using any sort of snapshot-based technology to migrate a Tableau Server deployment,...
It took a few years, but Tableau finally made a wish come true that had been long held by a large part of the Tableau community: the ability to visualize more than one layer in a map. With Tableau Desktop version 2020.4, we can do...
Our most recent virtual Lunch & Learn covered how to change your crosstab culture. Crosstabs are one of those enduring and painful components of analytics where you make something beautiful, and someone somewhere asks for a table of numbers. The problem is that tables of...
A friendly reminder: Tableau purchased Power Tools in 2019. Contact us for more information. Ready to add some more flavor and personality to your dashboard but not sure where to start? Color can be a difficult component to tackle when building out a dashboard, but luckily...
If you are transferring a dashboard from Excel to Tableau, and the Excel file uses the PERCENTILE.INC and/or the PERCENTILE.EXC functions, this is how to handle them in Tableau. Some Basics of Percentile Calculations There are several different methods of calculating a percentile score, but there are...
We’re continuing our monthly webinar series brought to you by the InterWorks Assist team. Each month, we survey our teams to find out what topics and technology can most benefit the data communities we work with and then chart a course to bring meaningful content...
I know. We can't believe it's already March, either. But another month means another opportunity to bring together all of the great resources from the blog for you. It feels good to get into the swing of a new year, and this last month on...
It's that time again: Gartner has released the BI Magic Quadrant for 2021. This announcement is highly anticipated every year to see where Gartner has ranked BI companies. The factors they use include things like execution and scope of vision, and there has been some...
As 2020 was coming to a close at InterWorks, we were approached with a unique problem from an organization we greatly respect. Amazon has been at the forefront of cloud computing for the better part of my career, and in recent years, they have been...
We’re excited to dive into 2021 with monthly Assist webinars! Brought to you by the InterWorks Assist team, we’ll be bringing new webinars each month that focus on the technology you know and love with answers to the questions we receive most commonly. Monthly Webinars from...
The year 2020 provided new, and at times harsh, perspectives on the ways we go about our lives. In light of this, InterWorks used the holiday season as an opportunity to examine what matters most. As a result, our CEO, Behfar, had the idea to...
Happy New Year! We are eager and hopeful as we're shifting our gaze away from 2020 and looking ahead at 2021. The year on the blog is off to a great start with 14 solid posts and contributions from 22 of our team members, including...
Question: I have multiple tables on a single Excel sheet. Can Tableau point to a specific range of cells in Excel, or do I need to make new sheets? The Challenge In an ideal situation, you will always want to structure your data so that it is...
As always, Tableau delivers on its newest release. There are plenty of great advancements in Tableau 2020.4, but there are two themes that stand out the most to me: maps and SaaS upgrades. The days are quickly approaching where you’ll feel like one of the...
It goes without saying (though the whole point of this blog is to say it) that 2020 was a year unlike any other. For many of us, what come to mind first are the negative aspects of the year: COVID, wildfires, social injustice, isolation. But...
What a year. A year with so much potential for puns (think: hindsight is 2020, 2020 vision … if only) turned out to be quite different. Rather than sounding like a good joke, many people will forever react to hearing “2020” the same way characters...
How the heck does this function work? You know what? I have been working with (and teaching) Tableau for over five years. Have a guess at when I finally understood the PREVIOUS_VALUE function ...
"It doesn't have to look good. It just has to work." I have a client who often says this when I start a new dashboarding project. The statement seems paradoxical because design and functionality are so intertwined. As Laws of UX says, "Users often perceive aesthetically...
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