PYD08 – Carlo Ratti – Architect, Engineer, Inventor, Educator
Carlo Ratti joins InterWorks' own Dan Murray to talk about his MIT research, the internet of things, design and how we can get more feedback from our environments....
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A Look at College Enrollment and Women in Business Leadership
During my email scan this morning, I noticed an interesting post from Statistica regarding women in board leadership roles by country. Norway had the highest percentage of women board members (39%) while the United States (12%) was ranked was well down the list at #8. I decided...
Using Addresses to Create Maps in Tableau
We all know that we can create some pretty cool maps in Tableau using fields like City, State and ZIP Code; however, Tableau cannot natively map street addresses. In order to plot specific addresses, we’ll need to use latitude and longitude coordinates. Through the use...
Tableau Driver’s Ed: Data Sources
“Without data, you are just another person with an opinion.” - W. Edwards Deming, Statistician, Author, Consultant Tableau without data is just an interface, a car without gas. The more usable data sources that you can add for your report creators the better. In this article, we’ll...
Editing Colors in a Tableau Highlight Table with Grand Totals
When going through training, people are often introduced to highlight tables and are immediately intrigued. That’s because they allow us to create a standard crosstab but use color to call attention to certain values (high or low). But how do we edit colors once we...
Tableau Driver’s Ed: Building Workbook Templates
One of the most effective ways to teach someone a new skill is to get them working hands on in the subject matter. The sooner you can bring your team into Tableau and get them playing with data marks, views and dimensions, the better. In...
Open Data Viz: Visiting Our National Monuments
Washington, D.C. is one of the most beautiful and historically rich cities in America. As someone who has lived in the area for over a decade, I can vouch for one park that never disappoints – the promenade between the Capitol and the Potomac known...
Exploring History with Tableau: World War II
George Santayana once said that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Every history professor I had from high school through college repeated some variation of that phrase. At one point, I hated history. I could not force myself to memorize...
A New, Improved Color Tool for Tableau
Tableau purchased Power Tools in 2019. Contact Us for more information. Tableau users should not have to write code to create and save custom color palettes. Although Tableau gives us some options for customizing colors, it isn’t easy to save those for repeated use. Creating custom...
PYD07 – Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic – Consultant and Storyteller
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic graciously takes some take away from her family to talk with Dan Murray about telling better stories through data and how the way in which that data is presented matters. Grab her new book at storytellingwithdata.com/book/....
Open Data Viz: Summer Fun in Washington, D.C.
Campers have a lot of options today! It’s not just a trip to the woods anymore but a plethora of special activities and camps to choose from. I can imagine the arduous process of finding something kids like that’s also close to your home. In Washington,...
Tableau 10 Beta: First Impressions
I jumped at the chance to play with the first beta of Tableau 10. The theme I recognize the most centers around one thing – less clicks to get to answers more quickly. Tableau got a makeover The world of clean visualizations Connect to more data Filter across data sets Click...
PYD06 – Lawrence Corr – Data Warehouse Designer and Author
Lawrence Corr joins Tim Costello on location to talk about his history in the sweets industry, adding more and more w's and how #modelstorming can make data modeling creative, collaborative and - dare we say - fun! You can find Mr. Corr's book on Amazon - US...
Tableau Deep Dive: Parameters – Filtering – Top N
In part 1 of this Deep Dive exploration into parameters, we covered how to create a parameter as well as the four essential steps of using one. For part 2, we covered all of the parameter properties. Now, we’re going to talk about how to...
Tableau Deep Dive: Parameters – Parameter Properties
In this article, we’re going to go into detail on all of the different properties in the Create Parameter window. Parameter Properties The Create Parameter window looks like this: Let’s explore each of these parameter properties: Name The name of your parameter. This is how it will appear throughout the...
The Tableau Server tabcmd Download Archive
Tableau Server installs with a handy command-line utility for scripting common site administration tasks called tabcmd. To get the installer for this utility, the Tableau Server admin guide points you to the extras folder in your Tableau Server installation directory, e.g. C:Program FilesTableauTableau Server9.3extrasTabcmdInstaller.exe. While Tableau hosts these installer...
Tableau Deep Dive: Parameters – Parameter Overview
In this Tableau Deep Dive, I’m going to dig into parameters and some of the different places where you can use them. Parameters are values that users can change when interacting with a view. They add versatility to your visualizations. Within Tableau, wherever you are entering a...
Open Data Viz: The NYC Restaurant Finder
After seeing my colleague, Maureen, dive into NYC Open Data with posts on NYC Vehicle Crashes and Parking Tickets, I figured I should take a look around myself to see what other kinds of data the city has made public. Turns out there are more than 1300...
Tableau Driver’s Ed: Creating a Center of Evangelism
In the previous article of Driver’s Ed, we covered the four phases of the Drive methodology to build an analytics culture step-by-step. The third phase, Foundation Building, details how to use the quick wins achieved in Phase 2 to solidify the base for scaling out...
Alphabet Soup: Understanding Tableau File Extensions
Acronyms, acronyms, acronyms. They dominate the Internet, social media, everything. IMHO, probably too much. And yes, Tableau is no different. It’s all just TMI. To help get you out of WTF and back to LMFAO, I’ve compiled all of the different Tableau file extensions, what...