InterWorks Blog Roundup – August 2018
Tableau purchased Power Tools in 2019. Contact Us for more information. The InterWorks blog record books have been broken. With a whopping 46 blog posts and 32 contributors, it’s safe to say our crew delivered the goods in August. For you, this means a whole lot of knowledge just waiting to be absorbed. Tableau vizzes, […]
A Problem-Free Philosophy of Analytics
Hakuna MaDATA, what a wonderful phrase! It adorned the t-shirts of one of our best partners, Snowflake, at the 2018 Disney Data and Analytics Conference. It’s a fitting slogan not because of the “Lion King” themed event, but because it’s very true of what their technology offers. As the joyful cartoon characters sang into my […]
How to Increase Tableau User Adoption Through Good Documentation
Yes, I know. Documentation is not a sexy topic. It is not easy to keep documentation updated. It is not always easy to identify the right level of technicality. Finally, we are all more the dashboard builder and tinkerer in our hearts than we are the nitty-gritty writer of documentation. First, let’s get a motivation […]
Tableau Dashboard Tip: Creating a Dynamic Colour Legend
While attending the Tableau Conference in London, we received many interesting questions. I want to share one of them here. We want to see sales performance over time. What if we sometimes want to compare different sub-categories separately and just want to see the development overall (for all sub-categories together)? Let’s say you have a […]
Questions from Tableau Training: Percent Change from Previous Period on a Map
When asking a recent Tableau class about how they might use Tableau’s mapping features, I had one course member state that a view he currently uses (and is looking to transfer into Tableau) shows the % change in sales from the previous period by either a regional, state or city level of detail. He wanted […]
How to Build a ‘Shape Funnel’ in Tableau and When to Use Other Funnel Types
As Dave Sirey recently wrote about it, “Funnel charts are a great way to track progress through a workflow with multiple steps. They can highlight how well a process is being followed and easily identify any bottlenecks. You can even use table calculations to look at different ways to measure progress to each step (percent […]
VMworld 2018: Day 4 Recap
Day 4 of VMworld was another day filled with announcements and information. Today, we are highlighting a few of the key messages related to vSAN. vSAN 6.7U1There have been multiple announcements around the next release of vSAN (6.7U1). The first is VMware Update Manager (VUM) support for Firmware during vSAN upgrades (for now, this is […]
WEBINAR: Extreme Sports – Using Data to Beat the Weather
When it comes to wind, water and air sports, understanding weather data is critical. In this webinar with Interworks, see Tableau in action visually analysing extreme sports data to better understand and beat the weather in competition. You’ll learn how to build interactive visualisations and dashboards that unlock powerful weather and competition insights, propelling real-world […]
Advance with Assist: Refreshing Tableau Online Data with Tableau Bridge
Question: “I’ve published a report to Tableau Online, but I keep getting an error message on the refresh that I’ve scheduled with Tableau Bridge. Can you help me troubleshoot?” Background In many circumstances, Tableau Online doesn’t have the ability to connect to your on-premise data within your servers. Tableau Online is not your company’s […]
InterWorks Teams Up with Automated Insights to Bring NLG to Tableau Dashboards
We’re thrilled to unveil the next big partnership in the Tableau community. InterWorks is officially teaming up with Automated Insights to bring the power of written analytics to your Tableau visualizations! What exactly does this entail and how does it work? Let’s dive in. About Automated Insights, Creators of Wordsmith First, let’s get to know […]