PYD25 – Infrastructure & Security
We all love making new, beautiful visualizations, but what good are the vizzes if your data is unsecured and a mess? In this episdoe, InterWorks Data Engineer Matthew Brimer and Solutions Architect Jonathan Lundin talk about security, the Internet of Things and shoring up the wave of the future: mobile devices.
Tableau Deep Dive: Dates – Introduction to Dates
Dates are one of the most confusing topics that come out of Tableau training. What is the difference between a continuous date and a discrete date? What is the difference between those and normal continuous and discrete fields? Why isn’t my date field showing up in Tableau Desktop with the appropriate data type? What are […]
InterWorks Partners with the Data Integration Wizards at Keboola
We’re always looking for the latest and greatest things in data at InterWorks, and we think we found something really cool in our newest partner, Keboola. For those of you who don’t know, Keboola is an agile data integration and data preparation platform. That’s a fancy way of saying an awesome platform that lets you connect to, extract and […]
A Recap of the 2017 InterWorks IT Summit
Above: The InterWorks IT team gathers for the 2017 IT Summit. You may remember us mentioning our annual BI Summit back in December. Well, they’re not the only ones ascending metaphorical peaks. Just last Friday, the InterWorks IT team gathered at the OSU Alumni Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to discuss the events of 2016 and […]
Tableau Viz Showcase by Industry: K-12 Education
“Data-driving decision making” is a phrase heard in several industries, perhaps none more so than in education. In such a scrutinized field, the ability to back decisions up with data isn’t an optional luxury, it’s a necessity. The challenges that many educational organizations face are that they have a variety of data systems, a need […]
Outrage and Apathy: Presidential Election Voter Participation Visualized in Tableau
Emotions are running high right now as evidenced by the large number of people participating in the Women’s Protest Marches all over the world this past weekend. My oldest daughter is 24 years old. She wasn’t happy with the outcome of the election, but she didn’t vote. This and a Seth Godin post I read this morning got me interested […]
Tableau Viz Showcase by Industry: Finance
Perhaps one of the greatest things about Tableau is how industry-agnostic it is. Though some industries are predisposed to be more data-driven than others, Tableau is making it criminally easy for anyone in any vertical to get more from their data. As a leading Tableau consulting firm, we’ve seen this from firsthand experience, serving clients […]
Questions from Tableau Training: How Can I Customize Charts with Parameters?
Here’s a question I’ve heard often during training sessions: “How can I customize my charts with parameters?” If you’ve spent some time in Tableau you’ve most likely encountered parameters. Parameters can be an excellent addition to any workbook because they allow viewers to interact and make selections on your worksheets and dashboards. Using parameters to […]
PYD24 – Power Tools for Tableau with Zion Spencer
Tableau purchased Power Tools in 2019. Contact Us for more information. Zion Spencer, product manager for Power Tools for Tableau, joins us to talk about software development, how he and his team are gathering your feedback (hint: really cool clubs that you can join), and does his best Henry Ford impression.
Greatest Hits on the InterWorks Blog – 2016
2016 was the quite the year. We’re already over two weeks into 2017, and it seems as if we STILL haven’t quite processed everything that happened. Despite the bad taste 2016 left for many, there were some pretty awesome parts in the world of data. Data viz continues to grow in mainstream popularity, Tableau 10 dropped, […]