Webinar Replay: Analytics für Marken: User Experience besser einbetten

Beseitigen Sie die größten Hindernisse bei der Nutzerakzeptanz, indem Sie sich auf ein markengerechtes und intuitives UX-Design fokussieren. Embedded Analytics ermöglicht Ihnen, Ihre Analysen mit internen aber vor allem auch externen Partnern zu teilen. Transportieren Sie die Werte Ihrer Marke mittels BI in Ihr vertrautes Markenumfeld und gestalten Sie gleichzeitig die Qualität, Flexibilität und Zugänglichkeit […]
My Epiphany About Using Tableau for Financial Reporting, Part 2

In this follow-up to my previous post on discovering the power of Tableau for financial reporting, we’ll be looking at how to create a waterfall chart. We’ll create the chart and include addition and subtraction using parts of a dimension. In this post, we are going to look at how I created the visuals I […]
Tableau Help While Working from Home

For a large part of the world, work looks very different right now. With social distancing implemented, the workforce is grappling with how best to accomplish day-to-day tasks away from the office and without the convenience of gathering with coworkers to hash out project details or troubleshoot roadblocks that come up. The challenges of remote […]
COVID-19 Data Viz: Flattening the Curve

NOTE: The COVID-19 global pandemic continues to evolve. This data visualization is no longer being updated, and we recommend the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center for regularly updated data and information. As I write this article, approximately 100,000 people have officially died from COVID-19 around the world, and there are no indications that the pandemic is […]
Using Viz Animations for Interactive Data Storytelling in Tableau

In my previous article, I explained how Kendra Allenspach and I used parameter actions to build an interactive story about InterWorks’ Spotify listening preferences. The counter technique I described is the underlying foundation of the story, but we also used Tableau’s new Viz Animations feature to add some visual interest. An Unconventional Take on Viz […]
Virtual Event Recap: Five Game-Changing Tableau Features

The world is in lockdown. That’s true here in Australia, as well. So, we decided to take our popular Lunch & Learn learning series from the conference rooms in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Singapore and share them virtually to any and all that wanted a break while working from home. In our first event, I […]
Out of Office: My Woodworking Hobby

So far, the spring of 2020 has been defined by the global pandemic of COVID-19. The world is being strongly encouraged to stay home, and a large part of the global workforce is working from home. And while this moment certainly has its challenges and fears, it also carries hope and brings unexpected opportunity to […]
PYD102 – Teaching Tableau: Three Perspectives from Higher Education

You’ve heard that the best way to learn something is to teach it, and this PYD episode is a true testament to that maxim. Listen in as host Zion Spencer, Marketing Analytics Manager, talks with our guests as they share three different perspectives of teaching Tableau: Jerry Rackley, a Marketing Analytics professor at Oklahoma State […]
Using Parameter Actions for Interactive Data Storytelling in Tableau

My colleague Kendra Allenspach and I recently put together a visual story about InterWorks’ musical preferences using Spotify Wrapped data (we’ve embedded the final product at the end of this article if you want to skip straight to the fun stuff). The project took us outside our normal Tableau boundaries as we experimented with Tableau’s […]
Portals for Tableau New Feature Spotlight: Auto-Logout

There has been a recent boom in the number of people working from home, or at least away from the office. With this new development, security-minded businesses need a way to prevent an unattended computer from being hijacked by less-than-honorable individuals, not to mention a way to protect an unlocked keyboard from kids trying to […]