PYD43 – Fi Gordon, Paul Banoub and Paul Chapman – Enterprise BI Trends
With the 2017 Tableau Conference next week, we decided to post a special bonus episode for everyone! On this week’s “Podcast Your Data!,” David Pires from InterWorks EU hosts a roundtable discussion on BI trends in large organizations. Panelists include Paul Banoub from London, Paul Chapman also from London and Fi Gordon from Sydney. They are all […]
Video Recap: TCOT Berlin and Watzmann Team Meetup
A few weeks ago, InterWorks Europe attended the Tableau Conference on Tour in Berlin. Even though the event is much smaller compared to the U.S. conference coming up, it was still informative for everyone who attended and very enjoyable! It was a great chance to meet colleagues, clients and Tableau enthusiasts alike. This time, we decided to extend our stay in […]
PYD42 – Mark Jackson – Director of BI
This week’s PYD! is extra special as we have not one, but two Zen Masters! Okay, one current and one former, but still! InterWorks’ Dan Murray chats with Piedmont Healthcare’s Director of Business Intelligence, Mark Jackson. They’re long-time acquaintances and jump right into the data talk! With Mark’s extensive experience working with EXASOL and Tableau, he […]
An Inside Look into a Road Warrior’s Carry-On
If you’ve been living under a virtual rock over the past month, you may not be aware that the 2017 Tableau Conference is approaching fast! This year’s conference promises to be bigger and more informative than ever before. With last year’s attendance at 12,000, we can only guess at how many people will travel from all corners […]
How to Create Quick Table Calculations in Tableau
Quick table calculations in Tableau are a great way to understand and visualise relationships between measure values. The most frequently used calculation types (running total, difference and percent difference) are core metrics in most financial management reports. What Are Ad Hoc Calculations? Quick table calculations were created to be used as ad hoc calculations. Ad hoc calculations […]
InterWorks Ready for 12th Annual InnoTech Oklahoma
We’re only about two weeks out from Oklahoma’s premier business technology conference: InnoTech Oklahoma! On Thursday, Oct. 5, the industry’s top vendors and solutions providers will gather at Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City to share the latest IT trends and innovations. InterWorks has been title sponsor for the past 11 years, and we’re thrilled to do […]
How I Learned to Code and Write Python Script
Let me start off by asking two questions: Why should we learn to code? Why use Python? If you type either question in Google, you’ll receive a long list of differentiating, yet persuasive answers. Knowing how to code is an empowering feeling and skill. From my perspective as a data analyst, coding helps me get the data I need, format […]
Flying with InterWorks Europe
Have you ever wondered what data analysts do in their free time? Obviously, we are tweaking data and exploring the beta version of Tableau Server! Other than that, InterWorkers are just ordinary people with many different hobbies. For instance, if you’re interested in finding the best recipe for homemade bread, David Pires is your go-to […]
Tableau Server on Linux: Performance Sneak Peek
As the first post in a series about Tableau Server on Linux, I wanted to share a quick note and some promising results of performance testing in the upcoming release. The TL;DR Tableau Server on Linux = Joy. Median dashboard load times were cut 40-60% compared to the same test on Windows. Since hosting costs […]
Tableau Deep Dive: Dashboard Design – Publishing
The ultimate goal of this Deep Dive on Dashboard Design is to guide Tableau Desktop users on how to create a dashboard from start to finish. That conversation would not be complete unless we went the extra mile. I’m talking about publishing the dashboard of course. We’ll also continue the second half of our governance conversation […]