Rooms with a View: Window Switch
2020 has been a slog. So many unexpected and troubling things have befallen our world, and those repercussions are far-reaching. One of the consequences has been lots of time inside of our homes, and for those of us working from home, on one side of a window looking out at the same view day in […]
So You Want to Make a Starter Pack: InterWorks Edition
The process of designing the department starter packs has been such a treat. Andrea Avey, InterWorks Content Coordinator, originally came up with the idea when we were discussing ways to increase employee engagement, and I thought it was wonderful, though to be honest, I thought the task seemed a bit daunting at first. However, as […]
Simplified Parameter Actions in Tableau
If you’ve been using Tableau for a while, you have probably used parameters and case statements to swap metrics or dimensions. (If this technique is unfamiliar to you, you can read about the basics here.) With the release of parameter actions in version 2019.2, Tableau unlocked some ways to customize the user experience when using […]
DataWomen Event Recap: Thriving in Data
This month, InterWorks supported the kickoff of the very first event for DataWomen! DataWomen is a data network that hosts regular webinars, runs a mentoring program, hosts a LinkedIn group and shares awesome content and links for other groups. The aim of all of this is to support and empower DataWomen and data friends by […]
InterWorks Summer Tour 2020: Taking a Global Summit Virtual
This year has been one of unexpected twists, and even the best-laid plans have been waylaid by 2020, including ours. At InterWorks, one of the highlights of the year is our annual company-wide Summit where team members from around the globe get together to plan, discuss and celebrate our work. While we had high hopes […]
PYD106 – Snowflake with Kent Graziano
You don’t want to miss out on episode 106 of Podcast Your Data! Join InterWorks Data Engineer Holt Calder and Snowflake Chief Technical Evangelist & Strategic Advisor Kent Graziano for a discussion of all things Snowflake. From the origins of cloud technology to low-cost data warehousing, they cover it all.
Going Deep with Tableau Tooltips: User Control for On-Off Switching
In previous posts, we’ve looked at creating conditional fields for tooltips and using parameters to add user control to tooltips. Here, we’ll combine these to have a tooltip that users can turn on and off: To make sure that the tooltip does not show at all when we change the parameter, we need everything in […]
A Summer to Remember: Interning During a Pandemic
The year 2020 is what you might call … unique, to say the least. For John, Henry and myself—the InterWorks interns—many areas of our lives quickly changed in order to adapt to the current world we live in. Business is no different; it is constantly changing, as we saw firsthand during our summer with InterWorks. […]
InterWorks Blog Roundup – August 2020
The year may be half over, but we’re just getting started with some great data resources for you! We’ve recently launched several new blog series, taking closer looks at Snowflake and its modern data cloud capabilities, as well as Tableau tooltips, Alteryx use cases and more. With over 20 new pieces of content and even […]
Virtual Event Recap: The Good and Bad of Dashboard Templates
As COVID continues, so does InterWorks’ virtual Lunch & Learn series. This month’s event covered dashboard templates. Dashboard templates (pre-built dashboards with reserved space for worksheets and controls like filters) can save time and produce better results. However, how you create and use these templates is crucial. The Pros and Cons of Dashboard Templates In […]