Last week, I had the good fortune to attend the Alteryx Inspire 2014 Conference in San Diego, and then spend an afternoon at Tableau Software. Best of all, I had the privilege to give a speech to an engaging and inquisitive crowd of Tableau fans...
With Tableau 8.2 now available, the InterWorks team wants to give you an in-depth look at some of our favorite new features. Our What’s New in Tableau 8.2 blog series covers these in detail. This post is the fifth post in the series. Check out...
With Tableau 8.2 now available, the InterWorks team wants to give you an in-depth look at some of our favorite new features. Our What’s New in Tableau 8.2 blog series covers these in detail. This post is the fourth post in the series. Check out...
With Tableau 8.2 now available, the InterWorks team wants to give you an in-depth look at some of our favorite new features. Our What’s New in Tableau 8.2 blog series covers these in detail. This post is the third post in the series. Check out...
With Tableau 8.2 now available, the InterWorks team wants to give you an in-depth look at some of our favorite new features. Our What’s New in Tableau 8.2 blog series covers these in detail. This post is the second post in the series. Check out...
With Tableau 8.2 now available, the InterWorks team wants to give you an in-depth look at some of our favorite new features. Our What’s New in Tableau 8.2 blog series covers these in detail. This post is the first post in the series. Check out...
Just a few days ago, the much-anticipated Tableau 8.2 made its debut. Tableau promised several new and exciting features for this latest release, and they didn’t disappoint. Naturally, all of us at InterWorks were some of the first people to check these features out. We...
Until recently, whenever I needed to filter data by date, I would use a quick filter and adjust the filter using one of the pre-determined controls (Single/Multiple Value(s) selectors). Where was the option for a drop-down calendar like you would see when you’re trying to...
It’s 24 days to go until the biggest Tableau event in Europe - Tableau on Tour: London. If you’re a seasoned conference veteran you’ll know these events are huge. And this year is special because it was the first time the European event was split...
The 2014 FIFA World Cup is quickly approaching. Just like with the Olympics, it is our duty to gain as much knowledge about the event as possible. That way, we can sound smart and cultured to our friends and coworkers. These dashboards should help you...
There are people living in America today who did not have electricity in their home growing up. It cannot be overstated how much the power industry has changed since then. To understand and communicate those shifts, we turn to data. Some have done an outstanding...
In this article, we are discussing setting custom properties on your workbook measures. You can find your measures in the lower half of the Sidebar, also known as the Data Window among regular Tableau users. Why Set Default Properties? Tableau does a pretty good job of figuring...
I’m a huge fan of Microsoft SQL Server. It’s a very user-friendly database with a wonderful tool stack, making it a perfect fit for many data warehouses that feed data to your Tableau users. The latest release, SQL Server 2014, gives us even more things...
Ready to pick up where we left off? Last week, I posted "10 Ways to Drive End-User Adoption of Tableau - Part 1." This week, I finish things off with Part 2. In this piece, I cover the remaining five ways in which you can...
The Worksheet Canvas For the Tableau Desktop Interface (see Figure 1), we have covered the Toolbar and the Sidebar. Today, we will examine the rest of the worksheet, focusing on all of the options and controls from the Worksheet Canvas. Figure 1: Tableau Worksheet. Cards & Shelves We’ll only...
NULL errors have cropped up twice in recent development projects utilizing Tableau’s JavaScript API. In one instance, getWorkbook() returned this error: SCRIPT5007: Unable to get value of the property 'get__workbook': object is null or undefinedIn another instance, getActiveSheet() returned this error: Uncaught Error: Internal error. Please contact...
Today we continue exploring Tableau’s interface. We will focus on the functionality and features of the Sidebar, commonly known as the Data Window among Tableau users. The Sidebar The Sidebar is located on the left-hand side of the Tableau worksheet (depicted in Figure 1 below), just beneath...
I often see Tableau developers fall into the "Field of Dreams" fallacy. With the perfect formula or the bar chart just right, they’ll have the perfect dashboard that everyone will want to use. We’re tempted to think, “build it and they will come.” That’s not...
Last week, I did a little ranting about data cubes and explained why I like Vertica. This week, I’m going to discuss the near future of business information systems and share some thoughts that you should consider before investing your time and capital. Data Sources Will...
The Toolbar Below is a screenshot of the Tableau worksheet interface connected to a generic Excel datasource (Orders). We will focus exclusively on the row of buttons just below the menu drop-downs at the top of the page - the Toolbar. Tableau often has multiple ways of...
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