InterWorks Blog Roundup – June 2017
Summer is officially here and so is our June blog roundup! Over the past month, we’ve seen a tidal wave of content written on all aspects of Tableau. Be that the new Tableau 10.3 update, questions, new vizzes or deep dives, people were more active than ever in the data community. And we loved it! Another […]
A Detailed Review of My iPhone 7 Setup
Last week marked the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. Over the holiday weekend, I decided to share a deep-dive into my current iPhone setup. Do you remember when you first saw the iPhone? I do. I remember watching Steve Jobs’ worldwide presentation and was excited about the potential of having a computer in my pocket. While I […]
140.6 Miles: How Two People Trained for Six Months to Complete the Boulder Ironman
Deciding to spend six months of your life training for an endurance event isn’t easy. Most people I talk to tell me that it’s crazy, and some even tell me it’s impossible. What’s really at stake in endurance training, though? What do we gain? What do we lose? Metrics and Tracking People would often ask […]
Webcast Friday: Embedded Analytics
On today’s Webcast Friday episode, I had the chance to talk about embedded analytics and how InterWorks’ Portals for Tableau solution can help increase user traffic to your dashboards on Tableau Server. You can see the full video of the webcast above, but here are the main points that we touched on today. Product or […]
Five Reasons I’m Excited for EXASOL Xperience 2017
EXASOL’s international customer meeting, the EXASOL Xperience, is July 3rd to 5th in Berlin! With less than a week to go, I’m becoming more and more excited to be part of this huge event. Aside from TCOT, Tableau’s Conference on Tour, the EXASOL Xperience will be one of the most important data events in Europe […]
Anscombe’s Quartet: The Tableau Way
Why are statistics alone a limited way to understand data? How do graphs help you understand data? These were the subjects of a 1973 paper in “The American Statistician” written by Francis Anscombe. Anscombe thought traditional statistical schooling under appreciated the role that graphs play in enhancing the understanding of data. He believed three ideas permeated academia: […]
Tableau Deep Dive: Dashboard Design – Optimization & Governance
In parts one through five of this Deep Dive on Dashboard Design, we’ve built a dashboard step-by-step that focused on planning, structure, proof of concept, interactivity and visual design. It might be tempting to end the Deep Dive series there as a finished project. The real world dictates otherwise, because we have yet to cover […]
Get Better Insight with Data Source Audit
Tableau purchased Power Tools in 2019. Contact Us for more information. Recently, our Power Tools team released a video to show the ease and effectiveness Power Tools: Deployment brings to your workbooks. Well, they’re back at it again with a demo of the Data Source Audit tool found in Power Tools: Desktop. The Data Source […]
How We Learn with Data: Part 1 – Can You Learn This Stuff While You Sleep?
“How We Learn With Data” is a series that focuses on the path of learning each of us takes when we are working with, or trying to make sense of data. Take a wander with us through psychology, education theory, philosophy and history. This is an excellent resource if you are bringing data technology into […]
The Expected and Unexpected of Being Support Queen for OK Freewheel
You know that “I’ve made a huge mistake” moment when you realize you have, once again, committed to something that is most likely going to kill you? Somehow, of my own free will and volition, and under no duress or coercion, I managed to volunteer myself as Support Queen for the InterWorks team for OK […]