Unlock Your SAP Data on the Snowflake Data Warehouse with Attunity and InterWorks
The world’s largest enterprises run their infrastructure on Oracle, DB2, SQL and their critical business operations on SAP applications. Organisations need this data to be available in real-time to conduct necessary analytics. However, delivering this heterogeneous data at the speed it’s required can be a huge challenge due to the complex underlying data models, structures […]
My Machine Learning Journey: Reinforcement Learning
When you ask someone a question, you likely have an idea of how the answer should be presented to you. For example, people will typically give you a specific time of day if you ask when they’re free for lunch. If you follow up by asking them if they’re a vegetarian, you’re probably expecting a […]
Visualising the Gender Pay Gap Across Australia
I was raised by a single mother. For many years, my mother was the sole breadwinner of the family. Though she worked hard to provide my brother and me with the best opportunities while growing up, she faced greater challenges as a woman than her male counterparts in the same industry and role. Keeping in […]
The Ease of Working with JSON in Snowflake
After attending an in-depth technical training in Dallas, Texas, I thought it could be beneficial to give some examples of how Snowflake is unique in a series of blog posts moving forward. This week, I’m talking about JSON (although Snowflake’s functionality displayed in the article can be applied to most semi-structured data). JSON is JavaScript […]
PYD59 – Tableau Conference Europe 2018, Part 1
Tableau Conference Europe 2018 is right around the corner! To prep, David Pires talks to some of his favorite (or “favourite”) people in the Tableau Community to see what and who they are excited about seeing in London. Today, we have Zen Master Neil Richards, Pablo Gomez, Annabelle Rincon and Tableau’s own Kent Marten. This […]
The InterWorld Cup: Who to Support in a World Cup Without the USA
As the World Cup kicked off last week, some Americans may have been surprised to notice the lack of the Stars and Bars being represented in the games. Even if you are a bit more dialed into the soccer community and were aware that the USA did not qualify, you may still be having a […]
PYD58 – Tableau Community With Patrick Van Der Hyde
If it takes a village, our village is lucky enough to have current and former Ambassadors and Zen Masters. Which is fortunate, because, in this episode, we dive into all the ways you can and should get involved in the Tableau Community. You know, if you’re into Tableau. And if you’re listening here, you’ve at […]
Portals for Tableau New Feature Spotlight: Data Manager CSV Download
If you’ve used Portals for Tableau’s Data Manager feature, it’s likely you have utilized the Tableau-friendly table in your dashboards. However, there are times when you need to get at the raw data but don’t have or don’t really need direct access to the database. Instead of hounding your go-to IT critter to get that […]
Mastering Viz in Tooltip and Tooltip Filtering in Tableau
Tableau recently introduced the viz in tooltip feature to Tableau Desktop, allowing users to add a whole new level of detail to dashboards and worksheets. For those who have been using Tableau for a while, you are already familiar with the impact a strong tooltip can have on your work. For those who are newer […]
See You in London for Tableau Conference Europe 2018
Tableau Conference Europe 2018 is on the horizon, and it is at this time of year that the buzz starts kicking off. The planning and preparations are in full swing, and we cannot wait to see all of the goodies that Tableau has in store for us 3-5 July in London. So much has happened […]