How to Manipulate Grand Totals in Tableau

To my surprise, the question of how to manipulate Grand Totals in Tableau arises quite frequently. Most times when it comes to Grand Totals, it is about tinkering with a table or plot so that it will show the most valuable output for the user. So, if you have had this problem or are currently […]
Advance with Assist: Tableau Server License Renewal Refresh

Question: I renewed my subscriptions in Tableau Server, but my licenses no longer show on the server following the old key expiring. However, I see the new key in my customer portal. What happened? We’ve seen this question come across the Assist desk a few times now, so we wanted to write up a short […]
Webinar Replay: How to Use Curator’s Report Builder Feature
Curator’s Report Builder is one of the most powerful features available for your dashboard consumers. It allows your users to pull together and export a personalized array of dashboards that’s ready for presentation in PowerPoint or PDF. Users can pull these reports once, save them to pull repeatedly and even schedule the reports to show […]
Using Relationships for Data Densification: Map Coverage

Often, clients want to show a geographic area of their coverage for some services. This might be countries per region or sales rep, or it might be countries where the product can be sold, etc. Now in Tableau, you can imagine that you would have a field like Country to plot on a map. However, […]
A Newcomer’s Guide to the Tableau Community

Whether you are new to Tableau or have been using the tool for quite some time, Tableau provides a wide variety of options to improve your skills, get in touch with other community members, contribute to the data community and get inspired. In this blog post, I want to give an overview of different initiatives […]
A Day in the WFH Life: Account Executive

The first things I need for the day are coffee, my planner and a favorite candle. Without them, I honestly don’t think I could function. Pro tip: Get yourself a Yeti-type insulated mug and thank me later. Welcome to my dining room office! Since March, my now-husband and I have both been working from home […]
InterWorks Blog Roundup – October 2020

Another month down and only two more to go in the crazy whirlwind that has been 2020. This month, we kept our good things going on the blog by loading you up with tons of Tableau treats, fun stories from our team and webinar replays you can watch from anywhere. Our roundup this month features […]
Webinar Replay: 5 grundlegende Tipps für optimierte Tableau Workbooks
Starten wir mit einer einfachen Frage: „Warum ist mein Tableau Dashboard so langsam?“ Wenn wir den Grund dafür kennen, könnten wir als nächstes fragen: „Was kann ich tun, um das zu beheben?“ Genau das ist es, was wir Dir in diesem Webinar zeigen wollen! Wir schauen uns die Kategorien näher an, die für die Probleme […]
How I Went from Wine Sales Connoisseur to Account Executive

When I was young, I used to always imagine what my job would be when I grew up. A veterinarian, paramedic and tour guide were just some of the ideas I pictured. Who knew I would become a salesman like my dad? Called to Accounting? Hearing about all its parties and societies, I went to […]
Virtual Event Recap: Data Prep in Tableau Desktop

Data is rarely perfect, and we know preparation matters – badly prepared data risks being slow or inaccurate. In an ideal world, we’d build our data prep into the data source or in something like Tableau Prep, providing a consistent (and likely faster) data source for Tableau. But what if you don’t have that option? […]