Advance with Assist: How to Exceed Tableau’s Column or Row Limit
Question: I need to add more than 16 columns to my sheet. How is this possible? Let me start by saying that this is not recommended by InterWorks. If we are using this many rows or columns to create a crosstab view, there is likely a better software available for the task or a better […]
PYD75 – Why Do We Do What We Do: Sian Davies
One of the things that gets us up in the morning is helping people solve problems. David Pires kicks off a series of interviews we’re calling “Why We Do What We Do” with Sian Davies, who leads the enablement practice for EMEA. Because we believe that if you’re not learning, you’re not growing.
Period Comparison with Set Actions in Tableau
Tableau is constantly evolving. It does not chimera itself into a beast with three heads, wings, a tail, 16 arms, scales and a blowhole. Rather, it stays true to itself while making itself stronger and better aligned for its target market. Set actions are a great example of this. This dashboard involves a few different […]
Add Options to a Filter Using Set Actions in Tableau
“I’ve filtered my countries to show me my top 10 by sales. However, I still want to see the information for England in the table and maybe Italy as well. Is there any way I can force these two to show up, as well as the top 10? What if I want to let the […]
Getting Active Directory User Information
Whether starting recon on a new client’s environment or migrating a long-term client’s data to new servers, it sometimes is necessary to know some basic information on the user accounts listed in Active Directory. Recently, I was installing new servers for a public school, and part of the project included the clean-up of unused login […]
Creating an Enterprise Template for Tableau Dashboards
At many organizations, Tableau opens the door for creativity that didn’t exist before. Often, it’s awesome because folks get to see and understand their data. However, sometimes, our marketing and communications department would probably prefer some major dashboard components stick to brand (I’m looking at you, five-years-ago self, and your rainbow dashboard). So, organized people […]
Building Community in a Global Company
How do you maintain a community-focused culture when a little business based in Stillwater, Oklahoma, evolves into a small giant with a global presence? Start Bev Bashes! After my first year as a remote employee, I was feeling particularly isolated at InterWorks, a company that does such a great job building community at its local […]
Digital Nomad: A Day in the Life
I am finishing breakfast while my Taxi app shows that the taxi driver will be in front of my house in five minutes. One last sip of coffee and off we go… This is how most of my days start when I am travelling to one of my exciting client gigs or trainings around Germany, […]
Tableau Class Notes: To Aggregate or Not to Aggregate? Part 2
As a follow-up to my prior blog post, I wanted to explore an additional use case for aggregation in Tableau: joining together data that might be at different date levels. It’s the same premise—you have two data sources at two levels of detail (e.g. row-level transactions vs. regional goals; employee-level vs. team-level), but the steps […]
Portals for Tableau New Feature Spotlight: Report Builder Watermark Text
When you were in school, did you have pages and pages of your notebook filled up with different variations of your name? Maybe you prefixed it with Dr. Maybe you changed your last name to that of your crush. Maybe you were trying to find a unique look for your autograph when you became famous. […]