Question: Of all the workbooks on Tableau Server, which (1) use a Tableau Server data source and (2) what workbook(s) use them? Answer: Since there’s no simple and straightforward way to extract this information from the default views on Tableau Server (_datasources, etc.), we’ll...
Is data visualized more insightful than data stockpiled? It certainly depends on who you ask but, in some very specific cases, data visualized can shed light on some tightly guarded tribal knowledge. To that end, the team for the Civic Data Challenge has provided numerous...
One of the easiest-to-use diagnostic and troubleshooting tools we use here at InterWorks when working with Vertica clusters is Tableau. Vertica tracks a vast amount of information about cluster and database status. Diving into that data and quickly building visualizations and dashboards from these system...
What you will cover: Aggregating extracts to different levels (Year / Month) Data blending Calculations Parameters Step 1: Model your Data (read: What are you trying to analyze?) For our specific case, we’ll have a total of 5 TDE files and our dashboard will move seamlessly through each of them using...
Whenever I get the chance to introduce someone to the world of Tableau, one of the first things people tend to fall in love with are the tooltips and the ability to quickly view the underlying data of a mark. The default tooltips in Tableau...
Let’s be honest, the new version of Tableau is pretty slick. Despite how one feels about various additions/omissions to the software, the most recent update is a step in the right direction. While never perfect for every person, the software will certainly encourage more people...
“Data for data’s sake is a path to disaster” As is so often the case, various colleagues, friends and random members of the data culture offer up ideas regarding the use of Tableau, data and design. Sure, some of these “Huh, I wonder if I can...
Our business intelligence consultants are constantly engaged in tackling challenge after challenge. The individual capabilities of each are impressive enough, but what they accomplish together is what makes them such an effective team. We’ve decided to share some of the solutions they’ve created together in...
Tableau 8 is out and we're really excited. InterWorks Europe can help you with upgrading your server to the latest and greatest version of Tableau. With over 90 new features such as web authoring, Google Analytics and Salesforce.com connectivity and improved performance it's the latest...
In light of the Tableau 8 launch today, I decided it might be a great time to share one last tip for Tableau 7, for those who might not be upgrading right away. Here we go.All starts with a question: Can I use a URL action...
InterWorks will join Tableau Software on the nationwide Tableau 8 Tour to promote the newest release of Tableau. InterWorks Inc in the US will be sponsoring the US tour dates, and InterWorks Europe will be sponsoring the Manchester and London dates. The coast-to-coast, 42-stop tour...
En route to Portland, Oregon to celebrate Chris’ 30th birthday! Another quick blog post here to walk through a technique I use often with my clients who have a Tableau Server setup. This is a great technique to really take advantage of two of Tableau’s...
Week two of the RBS 6 Nations Championship is now in the books. 3 excellent matches were scheduled over this past weekend, with the highlight expected to be the highly billed championship decider in Dublin between Ireland and England. Game Previews: The first match taking place on...
6 Nations Week 1 Individual Game Scoring Analysis Welcome to my first ever Blog as part of InterWorks Europe. It's an exciting time here at InterWorks Europe which just so happens to coincide with the Annual 6 Nations Rugby Championship. Rugby for me is a passion, being...
I'm enjoying the fire here in Telluride, Colorado and thought I'd put up a fun blog post while nursing my sore arms. I had the idea for this a few weeks back while working with a great new client in Columbus, Ohio and have finally...
Last week in Houston a student from another Tableau class submitted a question about how to properly create date calculations. For users across the experience spectrum, date calculations can be confusing and frustrating. Often students are intimidated by all of the available functions such as...
After the amazing show Tableau Software put on for us at this year's Tableau Customer Conference, the BI community was abuzz with excitement about the upcoming Tableau 8. Fortunately, we weren't kept waiting long. Beta access is widely available at this point. My colleagues have...
Social Media data is one of the fastest growth areas in the BI world. The dashboard below shows one of the possible ways you could use Facebook data. This dashboard focuses on the demographic, who, where, how many and what they think. The data for this...
In one of most recent projects I was asked to show a running sum of a measure over all of time. However they only wanted to see a particular window in time of this running sum that was calculated since the start of time. This was...
Back with another blog post fast on the heels of #TCC2012! Now that we’ve seen Christian’s and Chris’ amazing introduction to Tableau 8 in the TCC Keynote, here are some of the Tableau 8 elements the team and I are looking forward to. Overall, this looks...
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