Dashboard Confessions: Being a Data Nonconformist
I have no formal background in data or statistics. The skills and experience I’ve gained have been a direct result of working in analytics, figuring it out as I’ve gone along and working hard to solve problems about which I’m passionate. Big data, machine learning, complex algorithms—these are all now common associations with the world […]
Adventures in Dashboarding: A Summer of Real-World Tableau Training
Over the course of the summer, the InterWorks team of business intelligence interns was provided with extensive training and internal work that helped them gain extremely valuable skills. These individuals—Fisher Ankey, JP Urrutia and Andrew Langford—teamed up on this blog post to chronicle their work over the summer. Working with the Stillwater Chamber of Commerce […]
Event-Based APIs in Matillion
Building on top of my initial post about Matillion’s API Profile functionality, I have discovered some new information I just had to share with the kind readers of the InterWorks blog. In my original post about Matillion’s API functionality, I covered the ability to read, ingest, define schemas and land that data into a structured […]
Optimizing Portal Filters: Setting up the “Hidden” Filter Sheet
We’re continuing on with our blog series about how to fully unlock all of the filtering power available in your Portals for Tableau. The last post went over dynamically grabbing filter values from the dashboard itself to avoid having to manually input copious options. This option is incredibly convenient but alone might cause some increased […]
Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2019 in Review
At Disney World, every park has a theme. What you may not know is that their annual data and analytics conference has a theme, too. In line with their all-time record-breaking movie, Avengers: Endgame, this year’s theme was Analytics Assemble. The main keynote was from the real-life hero Captain “Sully” Sullenberger of “Miracle on the […]
PYD90 – Women in Tech
On this episode of PYD, InterWorks’ Marketing Generalist, Ricki Thompson, talks with three colleagues — Analytics Consultant Debbie Yu, Global Marketing Manager Jenny Parnell, and Project Coordinator Lyah Barberan — about their experiences as women in the technology industry. Each guest shares distinct difficulties she’s encountered, lessons learned and why being a woman in tech […]
Webinar Replay: Self-Service Data Prep with Tableau
What if there was a better way to clean and prepare your data for analysis in Tableau? Tableau Prep Builder and the Data Interpreter were designed with just that in mind. These tools can streamline your data preparation practice, saving you hours of manual effort. Check out this webinar replay as InterWorks’ Director of Strategic […]
InterWorks Blog Roundup – August 2019
Gone is another month on the blog, and it was a good one! With 19 pieces of content that featured over 25 contributors, the InterWorks blog offered resources designed to meet you wherever you are in your tech journey. From experts sharing Tableau tips and weighing in on the best BI solution providers to consultants […]
Advance with Assist: Nested IF Calculations in Tableau
Question: I’m needing to add multiple layers of logic in Tableau, but I don’t want multiple lines of AND options written out. How can I use multiple IF statements? Logical calculations take on many forms, and each of us probably has habits that affect the way we write out calculations. This client’s question has several […]
Optimizing Portal Filters: Dynamic Filter Values
Now that we have Sticky Filters set up, this post will continue our journey toward creating a fully optimized portal filter setup by enabling dynamic filter values: Setting up Dynamic Filter Values Maybe instead of filtering on Region, your use case involves filtering on State, like the dashboards above on my portal. The first thing […]