Take control of metadata while developing a visualization by employing these CALCULATED FIELD techniques. They make a workbook self-documenting, improve ease of navigation and enable searching of calculated fields. These methods will provide structure during development as well as documentation for future desktop publishers: Apply Metadata...
Recently, we shared a blog post entitled, "Life as an InterWorks Consultant: Oh, the Places You Will Go." In that post, we announced that we would be doing a follow-up series outlining the varied backgrounds which InterWorks consultants come from. Here's my story. Life in Casino Operations Shortly...
Our sister company, InterWorks Inc, the premier provider of Tableau Software services in the United States, is collaborating with Tableau User Groups (TUGs) across the country to promote acclaimed Tableau guidebook, “Tableau Your Data! – Fast and Easy Visual Analysis with Tableau Software.” InterWorks’ Director of Business...
I recently upgraded my version of Tableau Desktop to 8.1. While on holiday, I decided to play with the program a bit to mess with some of the new features. In lieu of any ground-breaking analysis, I decided to have fun. I submit for you a...
In Part 4 of the blog we learned how to make a basic Mekko Chart. In this part of the blog we are going to add in some totals, thankfully we can use some of our existing calculations to do this. The first is the...
Before we can attempt a Marimekko, we need to understand a few of Tableau's lesser used tools. The first of these is the Polygon mark type which can be selected from the dropdown on the marks card. Since the Marimekko is actually made up of lots...
In Part 1 we learned how to use custom SQL to shape our data ready for use later on in polygons. In this part we will use parameters to allow dashboard viewers to exchange dimensions. This methodology can be applied to any chart type which is sliced...
In Part 2 we simulated a Marimekko using stacked bars but since the boundary for each element / polygon of a Marimekko in Tableau is made up from 4 Cartesian Coordinates we are going to use scales of 0 – 100 % for both X and Y...
In Part 3 we created all the calculated fields necessary for our basic Mekko. Because we have preset the DTC (Direction of Table Calculation) for each calculated field we can simply drag them on to the view to create the mekko and be confident that the values...
Thanks to another new and improved feature in the Tableau 8.1 release, we no longer have to spend time writing out long tedious calculations to reformat date fields! If you haven’t met the new DATEPARSE function, then let me introduce you. First, let me point out...
Alteryx and Tableau are powerful tools that can revolutionize data analytics and data consumption in any organization. Alteryx is a user-friendly ETL platform with a powerful suite of tools, including spatial and predictive analytics. Tableau is the best tool for sharing data in a dynamic visualization....
I came across an interesting article today on WashingtonPost.com by Niroj Chokshi. It visualized the impending effects of the estimated 1.3 million people that will lose unemployment benefits when they expire on Saturday Dec. 28. I won't get into the politics of the issue, but...
My submission for the Tableau 3 Minute Win Viz Challenge - looking at 35 years of NFL data in only 3 minutes! The dashboard is also available on Tableau Public here....
As part of Tableau's The 3-Minute Win Challenge, I decided to build a 3 minute Tableau viz using film trilogy data. The rules of the challenge: Start from scratch. Build something useful. Do it quickly. The video must be no more than 3 minutes long. Your dashboard must start with...
In the spirit of the season and inspired by Tiffany’s recent blog post (Design Efficiently in Tableau) listed below are three underutilized features of the Tableau 8.x families that will save you some time during design and analysis. Clipboard data source Tableau Status Bar, worksheet summary...
The Problem Many times, it is necessary to display content in Tableau in a verbose manner. For example: displaying comments from a survey or showing lengthy project descriptions or calls to action in an executive dashboard. Connecting Tableau to a database with long string fields or textarea...
One of the much anticipated features of Tableau 8.1 is integration with R. Following is a compilation of notes and observations about this integration for those of you beginning to use this new feature. This was done using 8.1 Desktop and R installed on the...
This is the first in a three part series related to the four types of pills in Tableau. The four pill types are discrete dimension, continuous dimension, discrete measure, and continuous measure. Grasping these concepts is important to understanding Tableau and relational databases in general....
Irvine, Calif. and Stillwater, Okla. — Nov. 12, 2013 — Alteryx, the leading provider of Strategic Analytics software, announced today that business solutions provider, InterWorks, has joined the Alteryx Analytic Partner Program to deliver streamlined analytics and visualization tools to data analysts. The partner program,...
As an InterWorks Consultant, I get the privilege of traveling around the country at times to teach Tableau. In these classes are a variety of different people from different backgrounds and organizations. From CTOs and CIOs, to business analysts and just data geeks who desire...
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