In this brief video, I walk through the four steps to creating a parameter in Tableau: Create the parameter control Show the parameter control Use the parameter in a calculated field Use the calculated field in the view Follow along in the video to see how easy it is!...
I’ve just returned from Vietnam, and I’d like to share a story with you. This story involves hundreds of people from countries all over the world, working together for a common cause. First, let’s talk about a very common, little pest known as the aedes aegypti. Aedes...
Ahhh, September! School is in full swing for the youngsters and the weather is finally starting to cool down. That said, the InterWorks blog is just heating up. Check out all our content from last month below: News InterWorks Rakes in Metro 50 and Best Places to Work...
Have you ever wanted your scatter plots or quadrant analysis charts to be centered instead of skewed to one side of the axis? Perhaps you’ve even found yourself wanting to keep the axis centered as you interact with quick filters or dashboard actions. Well, you’re...
Consultant Alex Lentz and Alteryx Ace Michael Treadwell join Ben to talk about what predictive analytics is and philosophies and techniques for taking your data to the next level with R and Alteryx. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite...
Here’s a question I got from Quoc about how to work with the structure of the data source he was receiving: “How can I transform my crosstab into a flat list?" He wanted to take a table that looks like this: And make it into a flat list...
According to www.theknot.com, the average wedding in the United States costs approximately $30,000. With about two million weddings a year, this results in a multi-billion dollar industry. Every time someone says yes, plans must be made. Whether you are getting married at a courthouse, your...
In the first post of this series, we reviewed how you can calculate compound annual growth rates in Tableau. This week, we’ll look at time series data using Bollinger Bands. A technical stock analyst named John Bollinger developed the technique and trademarked the name. Bollinger bands simply...
This article is updated with the new icons from Tableau 10 and expanded for additional file types. Previous article for Tableau 9 here. Acronyms, acronyms, acronyms – They dominate the internet, social media, everything. IMHO, probably too much. And, yes, Tableau is no different. It’s all...
Here's a question I often get in my Tableau training classes: "How do I create friendly text hyperlinks on a dashboard that open to an external webpage?” You may know how to bring a text object onto a Tableau dashboard, but what if you want your users...
Often times during training, students approach me with a pretty understandable issue. "I already build this report. How can I use my current output to build a visualization in Tableau?" My initial response is: “Let’s see if we can access the original data. Using the transactional database will...
Sometimes, I feel like I’m cheating the system when I find a neat way to use something that Tableau has to offer. Other times, I feel like a genius for doing an end run around them. Is that bad? Well, either way, I’m here to...
Greetings, friends! As you may already know, the InterWorks blog is jam-packed full of IT and data goodness. Whether you come here for Tableau, Alteryx, data warehousing, Dell, VMware, you name it, we’ve got a little something for everyone. We’re not ALL business, of course;...
Every decade, I spend a few weeks planning the next 10 years. This thinking normally encompasses career and investment goals. This time, I decided to expand my time horizon. I’m 57 years old, so I wanted to start thinking about what my personal financial situation looks...
The City of San Francisco's Health Department is always busy making sure our local restaurants are meeting food safety standards. Thanks to SF Open Data, scores and violations for every restaurant are available to anyone. Naturally, I wanted to take this data and give it life...
One of my favorite viz types in the history of the whole wide world of Tableau is the bullet chart. I’m not sure I’ve ever produced a workbook that didn’t make use of this awesome “progress to goal” option because it’s simple, easy-to-understand and visually...
Remember Jeff Foxworthy? He did the whole “you might be a redneck” shtick. As a business using Tableau or working with data on any level, there are times when you might need a Tableau consultant. If you’re looking to grow your analytics culture into a full...
Jump to the viz! August in America brings record temperatures and signals an end of six painful months without American Football. Sports news websites begin to surge in traffic; even ESPN, despite their broad coverage of global sports, gains significant ground in its Alexa rankings once...
With nearly three years under my belt as a resident of New York, I’m still a relatively fresh newcomer to the city. And while I love this city and could talk your ear off about the many reasons why, I’ll admit that there are plenty...
InterWorks consultants Ben Bausili, James Wright and Mat Hughes preview Tableau 10, which was released today. They talk about their favorite new features in both Desktop and Server editions and where they believe Tableau is headed in the future. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher,...
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