Tornados in the US: 1950-2018 Data Viz
Like many non-native Oklahomans, one of my greatest fears upon moving to the Sooner State was the threat of tornados. After almost five years, that fear has mostly subsided for a number of reasons: the storm shelter in my garage, the weather app on my phone, my growing familiarity with Oklahoma weather and the relatively […]
What’s Next for VMware: A Partner Spotlight
Traditional storage, considering the foundation of virtual systems, has been extremely successful but has shifted towards a very commoditized solution and isn’t innovative anymore. We have seen an increased demand amongst customers for hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) that allows them to start small and scale as they go along. VMware is already the leader in all […]
Celebrating Black History Month Through Cinema
A few weeks ago, I saw If Beale Street Could Talk and experienced yet another representation of the way injustice persists in our society. The film is beautiful and tragic, showcasing a love story simultaneously strained and strengthened by our criminal justice system. Walking out of the film, I certainly felt sadness, but the overwhelming […]
Analytics Explained: The Foundation
Call me crazy, but I think this whole data thing has legs. At this point, it’s a cliché to say that data is the new oil or that data maturity is vital to the business. Everybody wants to be a data-driven company, but often the mantras we espouse don’t quite make it into the day-to-day […]
Portals for Tableau New Feature Spotlight: Favorites Score
People like knowing when they share the popular opinion or when they’ve found some undiscovered gem. Sometimes it confirms that they are a normal member of society. Other times, it gives them bragging rights as a trendsetter. One new way Portals for Tableau enables this obsession is the ability to show the number of times […]
Query Snowflake with Excel
Kicking off a new year of Snowflake blogs seemed like a great opportunity to give you the tips and tricks of connecting to Snowflake from Excel. Businesses have been using databases to get data for Excel workbooks forever, but looking through the depths of Google, there wasn’t a comprehensive step-by-step guide on how you could […]
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 […]