Changing a Crosstab Happy Mindset
In a world of daily technological advances, many business analysts and executives continue to lean on the comfort of their crosstabs as a preferred mode of consuming their corporation’s data. A crosstab, more commonly known as a data table, displays a relationship between two or more variables from a dataset. The table displays summary information […]
AI and The Elephant
Change management is hard. With AI changing our businesses, it’s also crucial. I’ve been thinking about change management lately through the lens of “Switch” by Chip and Dan Heath. If you haven’t read it, the book uses a powerful metaphor: Our rational mind is the Rider, and our emotional side is the Elephant. The Rider […]
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. […]
