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. […]
Digital Nomad: Who We Are, What We Do
At InterWorks, we love the work we do. We love the culture we have. But sometimes, we’re not the best at explaining to our friends, families and clients what it is that makes our company so unique. That is why we’re beginning this Digital Nomad blog series, and we invite you to join us on […]
Advance with Assist: Connectionless Failure Error in Tableau Server
Question: I’ve published my data source to Server and set the refresh schedule, but the refresh keeps failing with the error message “Connectionless Failure.” What am I missing here to get this working? I’ve seen this message many times over the years. It’s more generic than other error messages because this one can have a […]
Portals for Tableau 101: Launching Portals from Mobile Devices
You love Portals for Tableau, so much so that you wish it were easier to get to it on your smartphone. You long for the experience that comes with just tapping a button on your home screen to launch it like many of your other favorite apps. While there isn’t an app you can just […]
Synchronize Axes Across Multiple Sheets in Five Simple Steps
I often find myself building dashboards with a parameter to compare baseline data to different scenarios. Because these scenarios are built out in different worksheets, I am faced with the challenge of correctly displaying changes in results compared to each other. In the mocked-up example below, you can see how the axes change dynamically within […]