We have a few (super) fans of Disney here at InterWorks, including me, so it was natural for us to be curious about what was going on at the Disney Data and Analytics Conference this year. A small InterWorks team took on the hard task...
Question: "I added a calculation that uses a parameter input and my dashboard is a lot slower now. How can I make it faster?" Example Calculation Some common reasons to include user-selected values (parameters) inside of calculations are: Change the measure displayed Set a date for comparison to...
Hakuna MaDATA, what a wonderful phrase! It adorned the t-shirts of one of our best partners, Snowflake, at the 2018 Disney Data and Analytics Conference. It’s a fitting slogan not because of the "Lion King" themed event, but because it’s very true of what their...
Yes, I know. Documentation is not a sexy topic. It is not easy to keep documentation updated. It is not always easy to identify the right level of technicality. Finally, we are all more the dashboard builder and tinkerer in our hearts than we are...
While attending the Tableau Conference in London, we received many interesting questions. I want to share one of them here. We want to see sales performance over time. What if we sometimes want to compare different sub-categories separately and just want to see the development...
When asking a recent Tableau class about how they might use Tableau’s mapping features, I had one course member state that a view he currently uses (and is looking to transfer into Tableau) shows the % change in sales from the previous period by either...
As Dave Sirey recently wrote about it, “Funnel charts are a great way to track progress through a workflow with multiple steps. They can highlight how well a process is being followed and easily identify any bottlenecks. You can even use table calculations to look...
When it comes to wind, water and air sports, understanding weather data is critical. In this webinar with Interworks, see Tableau in action visually analysing extreme sports data to better understand and beat the weather in competition. You'll learn how to build interactive visualisations and dashboards that...
Question: "I’ve published a report to Tableau Online, but I keep getting an error message on the refresh that I’ve scheduled with Tableau Bridge. Can you help me troubleshoot?" Background In many circumstances, Tableau Online doesn’t have the ability to connect to your on-premise data within your servers....
The challenge of communicating information and insight in a visual way lies with the complexity of user experience, bias and interpretation. A clear design, following best practices, is key to not only inform the user but also to avoid confusion and distraction with unnecessary clutter. On...
Mavis Liu has been a steady force since she started in our London office. From consultant to trainer to, now, Tableau Community Forum Ambassador, she's going places - both literally and professionally. Fellow consultant Eugenia Kis was able to catch Mavis between gigs and get a...
If you’ve used the report builder functionality in Portals for Tableau before, you already know that it can build a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation of one or more of your Tableau dashboards. What you may not know is that you can set a template for the...
When should a worksheet be part of a dashboard? When should a dashboard be part of a larger suite? Max Giegerich discusses how visual best practices and dashboard actions can be used to optimise the users’ analytical journey and demonstrates some useful advanced techniques for mitigating...
Question: "Tableau isn’t functioning the way I expect it to. I want to click on a chart and have it affect the two other sheets on the dashboard, but it won’t do what I want it to." To see what was going on with this question, we...
Portals for Tableau have had the ability to populate the filter and parameter options from the dashboard’s data. This is great if they change for each user or if you just don’t want to type them into the portal when creating the filter or parameter....
This post continues from Building Filters in Alteryx for Tableau, Part 1. In this, the foundation filter calculations were built. I advise going through Part 1 before looking at this section. If you would like to follow on with the workflow, it is possible to...
In Portals for Tableau, we understand the need to customize the look and feel of your portal for the front-end users. We provide a few different styles that you can utilize to give a unique experience for your users. These navigation types are the standard...
Recreating an inspiring visualization is a great way to learn and stretch the limits of a tool. Recently, Andy Kirk reached out to Twitter followers looking to see if it’s possible to make a grid full of circles like this Nobel Laureates graphic using Tableau....
For the rest of 2018, I have made it my goal to produce more Makeover Monday visualisations. I’m always trying to develop my skills, and an area in which I’m keen to improve is the design aspect. My goal is to make beautiful visualisations! Last week’s...
Tableau user adoption is a common topic not only internally at InterWorks but also throughout the community. You can find many interesting blogs, videos, podcasts and discussions about it. User adoption has many aspects, including building Centres of Excellence, building community and scaling, sharing best...
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