Here at InterWorks, we've all been getting very excited about the upcoming release of Tableau 9.0, with many of us trying out and discovering the numerous enhancements the upgrade brings. If you've yet to download the beta version, or are keen to find out more...
Cohorts have been the go-to analysis for user retention for a while now, and Tableau has a great article on how to go about creating different types of cohorts. However, when our data set is limited, we may have to create some workarounds. An Example The data set...
Each year, Tableau holds several contests to find participants for the annual Iron Viz competition. The first one of 2015 is the Wiki Data Viz Contest. In the past, I’ve had trouble finding an idea, so I never entered anything. This time, I connected a...
There are plenty of perks that come with being an InterWorks employee. You get to work with an awesome team, you get to work at some of the best possible clients and you’re surrounded by people who are genuinely interested in your personal and professional...
So, earlier, you created a great report showing sales for the month and published it out to the server. The next month, your manager comes back and complains that the report is set to show last month’s data. Why doesn’t the report just update to...
The Tableau community is diverse drawing people from many industries and lifestyles. Keith is one of the most adventurous people I've me in the last few years. He's a regular at Burning Man and has lived in Europe and South America. Keith's a free spirit...
I'm that guy who straightens a picture when its crooked, even in public. If a book is out of place on my shelf, I'll move it. When the text on a Tableau dashboard isn't just so, I will change it. There are three things I...
Tableau purchased Power Tools in 2019. Contact Us for more information. Somebody pinch us, because we can hardly believe it’s almost here – the release of Tableau 9.0! As if a slew of new features wasn’t enough to get people excited about the release, Tableau is...
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...
Established in 1907, the Caravan Club was founded by ten men and one woman and is one of the few organisations that has maintained its same titles and goals since it first opened its doors. Now, over a hundred years later, the Caravan Club...
We’ve covered symbol maps and filled maps in our review of all of the different types of chart types in earlier articles. Today, we’re going to look at some of the formatting options you can apply to your maps beyond formatting the marks and fills. Let’s start with a...
Tableau purchased Power Tools in 2019. Contact Us for more information. Can you say, three-peat? Gartner just released their annual Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics, and wouldn’t you know it, Tableau was listed as a Leader yet again. That makes this the third consecutive year...
Hierarchies in Tableau are a great way to offer a high-level summary with the option to drill down into the data. For example, in the Sample Superstore extract, you can go from feeling great about Technology sales to worrying about losing money on DFX-8500 printers...
Ask Tableau users what they love most about Tableau, and they’ll likely say it’s the ability to create stunning data visualizations quickly and easily. Tableau was designed with usability in mind, apparent in its approachable interface, yet behind that interface lies a powerful collection of...
Tableau tooltips are a fantastic way to add additional context or information to your view without taking up any precious real estate on the worksheet (super important when the worksheet is on a dashboard). As we’ll discuss in this post, you can populate the tooltip...
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...
The first time I met Emily and Matt together in person was standing in a very long line at the Tableau Conference in Washington DC a few years ago. Tableau asked me to give a speech on their behalf (in Richmond) on the first day...
In this edition of Tableau Essentials, we’ll examine the Color button on the Marks card. Color options are a powerful way to add distinction to your visualization as well as depth to your data’s story. The most important thing to keep in mind is that you...
What are the differences between CASE and IF statements when making calculated fields in Tableau? How do different types of IF statements vary? When is it better to use one of these statements over the others? That is what I’ll address in this article. The Different...
Mike Roberts is a former InterWorks BI consultant that now works for Pluralsight. Mike enjoys running. His idea of fun is running 50 to 100 miles through the mountains. He also happens to be a talented student of technology and data visualization. In Mike’s first...
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