PYD10 – Derrick Austin – Solutions Architect, Bee Keeper
On our tenth show, InterWorks’ own Derrick Austin joins Tim and reminisces about always being an early adopter of internet technologies, gets excited about the Internet of Things and the Quantified Office, and explains how bees aren’t that scary.
Questions from Tableau Training: How Can I Get Box Plot Data into a Crosstab?
Another great question from one of my Advanced classes as posed by Yelda: “I love box-and-whisker plots, but how do I export that data out? I want to grab the median, the quartiles, everything and put it into a crosstab.” Awesome question! Let’s find a solution. bo Box Plots As a quick review, box and […]
Tableau Deep Dive: Parameters – Table Calculations
At the start of this Deep Dive series, I stated that there were four standard use cases for parameters: filters, bins, reference lines and calculated fields. What about other areas, such as table calculations? Why can’t we use parameters there? The answer is: You can! You just have to do a little extra work. Let’s […]
Tableau Server on Google Compute Engine
Tableau in the Cloud Tableau and Google already form a potent mix, as Tableau supports a number of Google’s data sources with native connectors, such as Google BigQuery, Google Analytics and Google Cloud SQL. But as of last month, Tableau Server is certified for use on Google Compute Engine, Google Cloud‘s computing product. With this you […]
InterWorks Celebrates 20 Years
What started out as a fairly normal weekend for InterWorks CEO Behfar Jahanshahi soon turned into something beyond expectation. Weeks ago, he was told by his wife and InterWorks Chief Culture Officer Staci Bejcek that they would be attending a charity dinner that they attend every year, so he needed to look presentable (though, when doesn’t […]
10 Questions for Tableau Zen Master Mark Jackson
I first became aware of Mark from his Tableau beta program participation. He was putting out excellent performance test metrics out on the Tableau beta website that were very helpful. I’ve had the good fortune to get to know mark better through the Tableau Conference, the Zen Master program and through consulting work. Mark exemplifies […]
Questions from Tableau Training: Can I Manually Set the Colors of a Stepped Gradient?
From my Melbourne Advanced class last week, I received the following question from one of my students, Arpan: “Can I manually set the colors of a stepped gradient?” The quick answer is: Yes, you can! Let’s learn more about this question and potential use cases for the solution. Stepped Gradient What Arpan was referring to was […]
InterWorks Lands on the 2016 CRN Solution Provider 500
GREAT NEWS! CRN recently named InterWorks to their 2016 Solution Provider 500 list! The list recognizes the top technology solution providers in North America by revenue. This award in itself is a huge accomplishment for InterWorks, but it’s an even bigger deal when you consider that this is the second CRN award we’ve won this […]
New Ways to Interact with Data (and Other Ideas)
If you want your mind blown, read this article; but don’t start listening to the podcast or watching the videos until you have a couple of hours to burn. AI, Virtual Reality and the Inevitable While I was working out this morning at the YMCA, I started listening to a Tim Ferris Podcast with Kevin […]
Extract U.S. Energy Data Directly to Tableau with Our Energy Information Administration WDC
Have you ever needed an easy source of coal usage data over time? Maybe your project calls for electricity consumption or petroleum prices. Luckily, the U.S. Energy Information Administration has all of the energy metrics you could imagine! Collecting this data isn’t terribly complicated, but it can be time consuming if you need more than one or two […]