City of London Spending – Jan 2011 to September 2011
It's always interesting to see where government is spending so here's some data on a platter...
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Nato Operations in Libya – The Guardian
I'm not a great fan of infographics, they don't assist the viewer in understanding the core story being told, so here's my alternative version of a Guardian produced infographic. See below for the original: Although pretty and colourful does it make it easy to understand the...
To the point
At the recent Tableau Customer Conference (more on this later) one of the many excellent sessions I sat in on was Tips and Tricks From The Wild. Last up was the Tableau jedi, Joe Mako (@joemako or on Google+). Within the Tableau community Joe is famed...
InterWorks Secures GSA Contract to Offer Tableau Software Training and Database Management Consulting to Government Agencies
STILLWATER, OKLA. – Under General Services Administration (GSA) Contract #GS-35F-0575X, InterWorks is now able to offer Tableau Software training, data visualization consulting, and database design and management services to federal, state, and local government agencies. InterWorks will also offer government agencies additional technology services, including: system...
InterWorks Named “Key Partner” in Worldwide Tableau Partner Program
Stillwater, OKLA – Tableau Software, the global leader in rapid-fire business intelligence software, has announced the release of an enhanced worldwide partner program and named InterWorks a “key partner” in the success of the Tableau Partner Program. This confirms InterWorks position as the foremost Tableau...
InterWorks Offers Tableau Training and Business Intelligence Consulting Services in Europe
STILLWATER, OKLA. – The premier Tableau Software training and business intelligence consulting firm in the United States now offers consulting services to customers across the globe. Our experienced, multi-national team of Tableau Certified Professionals will provide customized solutions to customers throughout Europe. Business intelligence consulting services...
Croydon Cyclone 2011
This weekend saw the Croydon Cyclone disc golf tournament. It was the biggest UK tour event for a long time, and the Croydon club created a tough course. Here's the analysis of each hole's results. As you can see, it was a tough event. Click...
Panel Charts in Tableau
Over on the forum, Jeremy asked about making trellis charts. For more info on trellis/panel charts, John Peltier has a great article about them. Consider a case where you want to visualise two measures (eg sales and time) for a Dimension with many members, such...
Critiquing Other People’s Tableau Cisualisations
Tableau's sample files wouldn't look so good if they weren't well designed Alistair Knock posted a great question by Moose Peterson on Google+ about feedback on user photographs on the web:why do most people just make anodyne comments along the lines of “Nice!” when they probably...
Is your football team giving you value for money?
BBC Sport have just published their Price of Football survey where they looked at the cost of tickets, programmes and old-school refreshments. The following visualisation compares the BBC headline cost 'Cheapest Day Out' (the total cost of the cheapest ticket, a programme, a pie and a cup of...
JISC: how an offensive tweet helped the data viz revolution
Back in November, JISC InfoNet published the results of its survey of BI solutions in Higher- and Further- education. A snaphot is below. Being someone who is passionate about good quality visualisations, I rattled off a couple of less than complimentary tweets about this. Here's...
Green pastures
I have a new job, starting in late September. It's with a technology startup you may just have heard of. Yes, I am moving to Tableau. I'm very excited and in many ways it's the least surprising job move ever. I've been amazed by the product since...
Next Top Model
The power of social networking has struck again. Next are seeking their next Top Model. Computer Science graduate Roland Bunce is the runaway favourite so far. I took the data of the top five entrants and created this viz to emphasize how big a lead...
Jerome’s Tableau Viz Contest entry
Jerome Cukier has put together a great viz for the current Tableau vizualisation contest. Here it is, with my thoughts below (his original blog post and commentary are here): ...
Commuting in the rain?
Three years ago I had a debate with someone about why they didn't cycle to work in Oxford. "Because it's too wet," was their main excuse. Being a keen cyclist, I knew that it didn't really rain that much, and even on days it rained,...
Sparkbars in tooltips
You may have read my post on the bar-chart tooltip, or seen it on the Tableau Knowledge Base. That was always something I was proud of. When Tableau released v6, and with it Table Calculations, I suspected there was a way to extend it. Once...
Terrific tooltip tricks: European conference session
Thanks for visiting the blog - if you are visiting here as a result of my Tableau European Customer Conference session, welcome along. The best way to keep up to date with new posts is via my twitter feed (@acotgreave). My session was all about tooltips,...
Simple v simplistic: if McCandless reworked Minard:
There has been much interesting debate about David McCandless’ Information Is Beautiful this week, initiated by a well written critical piece by Stephen Few. I am pleased he has challenged the orthodox view that McCandless is the answer to the data visualisation industry’s problems. On both...
Springtime in Georgia – Time for The Masters
The azaleas are blooming in Georgia and that means golf’s finest will be trekking to Augusta for the first major of the year. You probably know Jack Nicklaus has won more here than anyone – 6 times over 3 decades. And, you may...
The journey is the destination
Unlike any other tool I've used before, Tableau invites exploration. One can start with a blank canvas and end up who knows where. That's what makes Tableau fun to use. However strange that word looks when used in a work context, it's true. I had a...
