How to Load Data from JSON to EXASOL
If you’ve been looking for a way to load JSON data into EXASOL with just a click, then you’ll love this post! As data scientists, most of our time is spent preparing data for analysis and modeling. In my professional experience, I have faced many hurdles in getting the right data in the right format for […]
Tableau Deep Dive: Table Calculations – Custom Sorts, Part Two
In part one of this two-parter, I went into a lot of depth on how to use custom sorts within table calculations. I highly recommend reading that article first before continuing with the second part. In this post, we’re going to apply those ideas to illustrate how useful they can be with a little imagination. Ascending […]
Questions from Tableau Training: How to Use Specific Dimensions in Table Calculations
In a Desktop II: Intermediate course I recently taught, a student asked, “When would I ever need the specific dimensions option with table calculations?” This is a great question! We know that we can utilize the prebuilt options in our table calculation dialog box to choose scope and direction options like table down and pane […]
Analytics for the Holidays: The Top 30 Christmas Movies in Tableau
“Which is your favorite Christmas movie?” is a question often asked during the holiday season. And an even more convoluted question, “Is Die Hard really a Christmas Movie?” I decided to try and answer those exact questions by quantifying fan sentiment around movie rankings and juxtaposing that against a widely viewed list ranking those films. IMDv: Internet Movie Data Viz To start, I […]
Looking Back at the 2017 InterWorks Summit
Two weeks ago in Stillwater, Oklahoma, InterWorks hosted our first combined Company Summit. Why is that important? For the first time, IT, Sales, BI, Ops, HR and Marketing gathered together for an unforgettable week of catching up and insightful talks. Unfortunately, our UK and EU counterparts could not be in attendance. The good news, however, […]
Video Recap: Experiencing InterWorks Europe
It’s the end of December and naturally a time to reflect on the past year. I joined InterWorks in May. and the few months since then have been intense but exciting. My latest video above only shows a glimpse into my experience with InterWorks Europe. And there have been plenty of changes along the way. We opened […]
The 2017 InterWorks Blog Roundup
Time really does fly when you’re having fun publishing amazing content! 2017 was a huge year for our blog, and it wouldn’t have been possible without our fellow InterWorkers sharing their work with us. We published over 220 blog posts with content ranging from new data vizzes, how-to posts, podcasts, awards and everything in between. […]
PYD48 – Recapping 2017
It’s the final Podcast Your Data! episode of the year, and we’re looking back at an exciting 2017! Robert Rouse and David Pires talk about TC17, new technologies and the year’s best data books. Plus, they give us the rundown on what exciting new tools and organizations we can expect to hear more about in […]
Portals for Tableau: The Year’s Biggest Features
2017 was without a doubt the year of embedded analytics. So, we wanted to emphasize the year’s biggest wins for our version of embedded analytics, Portals for Tableau. It may seem small, but this year we built our Portal solution into a product that can update without manual intervention. This allows us to have continual releases […]
InterWorks Assist: Ad Hoc Help Since 2016
If you are an InterWorks client, then you hopefully already know about InterWorks Assist. If you’re not familiar with Assist, allow me to show you how much this ad hoc service has grown during its first year. Who Should Use InterWorks Assist? Initially launched at the end of last year, Assist provides assistance to current […]