Tableau 2020.3 New Feature Highlights
Since Tableau released 2020.3 on the 11th of August, it is high time to highlight some of the new or improved features. In this blog, I’ll highlight the following: Improvements to the New Data Model Improvements to set controls, both introduced in 2020.2 The IN operator Predictive modeling New Data Model – Join Calculations Tableau […]
PYD105 – Community Building: Tableau User Group Discussion
This week’s show is all about Tableau User Groups! Join our host, Ben Bausili, as he speaks with TUG leaders from across the globe. We hear from seasoned TUG leaders like Dan Murray who shares about his European TUG adventures and Eugenia Kis who speaks about the effectiveness of strong user group communities. We also […]
Advance with Assist: A Shortcut for Duplicating Calculations
Question: I’m needing to split Sales out for each member of a dimension to have separate measures. What’s the best way to go about that? This question comes up from time to time when someone has a dimension that separates out a single measure, but the desired analysis and report layout needs a separate measure. […]
Going Deep with Tableau Tooltips: Switching Vizzes
You are probably already aware of sheet swapping within a dashboard in Tableau, whereby a parameter is provided for the user to select the visualisation they want to see … Check out my colleague Keith Dykstra’s blog post that contains some great ideas on improving the user experience of sheet swapping. We can also use […]
Zero to Snowflake: Setting Up Snowflake External Functions with AWS Lambda
Recently, Snowflake implemented a new feature that allows its standard functionality to be extended through the use of external functions. Among several other capabilities is the ability to create AWS Lambda functions and call them within Snowflake. This has unlocked a whole new realm of possibility and flexibility for the Snowflake data platform and allows […]
InterWorks Named to the 2020 Inc. 5000
We’re pleased to announce that InterWorks was just named to the Inc. 5000 list for 2020! Each year, the Inc. 5000 list recognizes the fastest-growing, privately held companies in the U.S. Even though this our twelfth year (!) making the list, the excitement of being included again hasn’t faded. “One of the biggest contributors to […]
Introducing the Snowflake Data Cloud: Data Engineering
When talking about the “doing” part of data engineering, folks usually want to say something about ETL like, “How are your ETLs running today?” This is a horrible term and even worse in plural form. The new hotness is to flip the “T” and the “L” to get ELT, which is unfortunately not a delicious […]
Virtual Event Recap: Five Essential Tips for Table Calculations
As the world remains in quasi-quarantine, we’ve been staying connected and learning in our home offices thanks to InterWorks’ virtual Lunch & Learn series hosted by our APAC team. This month’s event covered five essential tips on table calculations. Table calculations are a special feature inside of Tableau. They are easy to use but have […]
Going Deep with Tableau Tooltips: Conditional Formatting
In this new blog series, we’ll be looking at a few advanced techniques for tooltips. To get to grips with the basics, why we use tooltips and how they can add to your views, refer to this blog from my colleague Brooks Barth. You can also access this guide to adding a viz to a […]
Introducing the Snowflake Data Cloud: Data Exchange
Have you ever been working on a project and wanted to pull in some data that you didn’t have access to? This has happened to me on far too many occasions. My next step is to figure out where I am going to get that data from then how I am going to bring it in for analysis. […]