Portals for Tableau New Feature Spotlight: User Commenting
Some people like to post their work on the internet with no regard as to what people think, whereas other people are social and actually would like general feedback and questions from their audience. Portals for Tableau has added a feature for the latter group. Actually, it can be used by any portal user, but the […]
X Marks the Spot: How to Map Just About Anything with Tableau
The Drawing Tool has been incorporated into CBI Studio by InterWorks. Explore CBI Studio to see what’s new. When it comes to Tableau, I have something of a soft spot for the mapping functionality in all its glorious forms. Maybe I was a pirate with treasure to hide in a previous life, or maybe some […]
Viz for Social Good: Dear Tech People
It should be no secret by now that diverse teams solve problems more effectively and are simply a good thing to have as we work toward building a more inclusive world. But how are top tech companies doing at building diverse teams? Dear Tech People has enabled responses to this question by scraping data from […]
Portals for Tableau 101: URL Actions
URL actions are powerful and useful things to have in your Tableau dashboards. Many use these actions to navigate from one dashboard to another. Portals for Tableau supports URL actions, but we suggest a few adjustments for the best results. This guide will help you to make these changes and optimize your URL actions for […]
Picking a Summer Vacation Spot on a College-Kid Budget
Around mid-April, I got the idea to get out of town for a few days to regroup after a long semester filled with accounting and MIS courses. I recently moved into the Data Engineering Intern role here at InterWorks, and I wanted to be ready to dedicate my full energy to the role. I thought […]
Portals for Tableau New Feature Spotlight: Project Workbook Links
Portals for Tableau make it easy to publish only the relevant dashboards to your users. However, let’s say you have a project folder on your Tableau Server that all of your users should have access to. Let’s also say you want your portal’s navigation laid out in a workbook > dashboard structure. Lastly, let’s say […]
PYD57 – Big Data, Small Data, No Data & Lego
Today’s episode delves into the problem with averages and how one can gain interesting insight by deconstructing the outer layers – something that kids are notoriously good at by asking the 5 Why’s (though we’re pretty sure they don’t mean it in the same way). We also jump into several books and have our first […]
InterWorks Named Silver-Level Bicycle Friendly Business for 2018
In honor of National Bike to Work Day (and week), we have a special announcement: InterWorks was recently named a Silver-Level Bicycle Friendly Business by the League of American Bicyclists! We’ve earned this distinction in previous years, but we’re excited to keep the tradition going for 2018. What Does Being a Bicycle Friendly Business Mean? […]
Portals for Tableau 101: Dashboard Creation
Welcome back to Portals for Tableau 101! In today’s lesson, we will cover how to add a dashboard to your portal from Tableau Server. If you missed the last lesson, please check it out as we cover how to set up your portal to connect to your Tableau Server. If you’ve stumbled upon this post […]
Tableau Prep: How to Union and Join Your Data to Infinity and Beyond
As you may recall from my previous post, the year is 3015. As the spaceship sales manager for Toyota, I’m gathering data from the marketplace to analyze it, identify trends and eventually make pricing decisions based on my findings. We’ve been struggling to keep up with other manufacturers as of late, and it’s time to […]