Help! One of Our Sigma Connections Was Accidentally Deleted (Asking for a Friend)
“Don’t Panic” The words printed on the cover of Douglas Adams’s Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy ring true in the case of disasters such as this. Luckily, thanks to Sigma’s API, restoring a lost connection does not need to be such a headache. I am going to take you through the steps to restore a […]
InterWorks Believes in People, Not Just AI
Salesforce just made headlines for cutting 4,000 customer service jobs, with CEO Marc Benioff proudly declaring he “needs less heads” now that AI agents handle half their support interactions. Microsoft chopped 15,000 roles this year. Meta cut 3,600. The message from Silicon Valley is clear: Humans are becoming optional in customer support. We respectfully disagree. Don’t […]
The Biggest Pain Points for Data and Analytics Leaders: Tool Selection
In the final part of our series breaking down common data and analytics pain points, we explore tool selection and its impact on your data ecosystem and end users. You can read about other common challenges in our full white paper, but today we’ll be keying in on the figurative nuts and bolts of our […]
Tableau Dashboarding 101: Make a Visual Filter “Filter” Itself
I have to admit, when I am teaching courses on Tableau, I oftentimes try to be perfect. Not to say that I am a perfectionist, but I just want the training to go smoothly and for the learners and participants to feel like they’ve gotten something useful from their time spent with me. Then, Tableau […]
The Biggest Pain Points for Data and Analytics Leaders: User Adoption and ROI
In the fourth part of our series on data and analytics pain points, I talk about user adoption and ROI is a pain along with some solutions that can make this biggest pain easier to manage. For more insights on other common challenges, I encourage you to download the full white paper. The Problem One […]
Creating a Sigma App to Track Company Flights and Carbon Emissions
While browsing our Snowflake sandbox, I came across a dataset tracking InterWorkers’ work flights and the corresponding carbon footprint each generated. Instantly, I imagined building an interactive decision app: a central hub where employees could request flights and supervisors could approve them while keeping carbon emissions in check company. Form Meets Function The result is […]
InterWorks Blog Roundup — August 2025
Can you feel it? In the air — change. We’ve finally hit the -ber months, which means that thing are getting cooler around the InterWorks headquarters. We’re eyeing our sweatshirts, pumpkin spice lattes, and just hoping and praying that we can finally stop turning into a puddle every time we step into the sun. In […]
Pixel Perfect Pages in Sigma
When I first started working with Sigma I was not sure if the tool would be able to create dashboards with the same high fidelity look as their competitors, such as Tableau. The grid layout’s ease of use and approachability for newcomers was a plus, but I had reservations about limitations around graphics and formatting. […]
The Biggest Pain Points for Data and Analytics Leaders: Strategy
As we continue our blog series broken out from the “Biggest Pain Points for Data and Analytics Leaders” white paper, we set our sights on the third most common challenge: strategy. The Problem One of the biggest challenges for data leaders is noise. There are often so many distracting fires that present themselves as something […]
Tableau Dashboarding 101: Create a “Reset All” Filters Button
When delivering dashboards for our clients, it’s easy to get caught up in the layout, containers and design while ensuring the experience is up to corporate standards and is “production” ready. For me, it’s oftentimes the little things that matter most in life. And with dashboards, it’s more of the same. As filters generally sit […]
