Wheel of Presidents: A Different Way to Visualize Presidential Data in Tableau
The Drawing Tool has been incorporated into CBI Studio by InterWorks. Explore CBI Studio to see what’s new. People working with Tableau come from many different backgrounds. They’re analysts, data journalists, graphic designers or just curious people wanting an upgrade from their spreadsheet. Regardless of who creates them, I think the best dashboards share one […]
Tableau Conference On Tour – Next Stop: Munich!
Is there a better way to share your passion for Tableau, learn new things by the hour and touch base with the community than visiting a Tableau Conference? I will let you be the judge of that, but after an amazing conference in London we sure are getting excited and ready for the Tableau Conference […]
Politics Viz Contest: Plotting Political Polarization
I’m the kind of person who binges on real-time charts during election nights, but not this voting season. My interest is waning because of a sense that political divisions have become deeper, less civil, and less thoughtful in recent years. Is that intuition correct, or have things always been this way? Pew Research Center, an […]
Why YOU Should Volunteer as Support Queen for #OKFreewheel
This week I’ve had the pleasure of attending an 8-day trip across the state of Oklahoma with 22 of my friends (who also happen to be coworkers). These 22 #teamiw brave souls are battling heat exhaustion, treacherous hills, and lots of mechanical problems as they ride bicycles an average of 64 miles per day in […]
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 […]
