Control Parameters and Simple Batch Macros in Alteryx
The ability to create macros that can be shared and used in other workflows as tools is one of the greatest features of Alteryx. Each macro works like a user-defined function that you would create in another language, like R. A standard macro takes a data stream input, performs a series of actions, and then […]
I Hate When Tableau Does That: Magical Morphing Mark Types
One of my favorite chart types in Tableau is the dual-axis chart. It’s a thing of beauty! Most often in client engagements, this chart type will be used to compare a base metric with a series of user-selected secondary metrics via a parameter. The best thing about this chart type is that not only can […]
Nutanix Community Edition Can Now Be Hosted in the Public Cloud
I recently wrote a blog detailing how awesome the Nutanix Community Edition was for the partner community. In that article, I point out how amazing it is for Nutanix to give partners an inexpensive way to learn and demo their product. The only hard part about the process was finding the hardware to install Community […]
InterWorks’ Ideen Jahanshahi Named ‘Best Veeam Engineer in the World’ for Second Consecutive Year
He’s done it again! InterWorks’ own Systems Engineer Ideen Jahanshahi claimed the title of “Best Veeam Engineer in the World” for the second consecutive year. Like last year, he earned the title along with $10,000 in prize money by coming in first place in Veeam’s LAB WARZ – a competition at Veeam’s annual VeeamON conference. […]
InterWorks’ TC15 Session with Princeton Available Online
Above: Princeton’s Heather Campbell presenting at TC15. We did a lot of fun things at Tableau Conference 2015, but one of our favorites was presenting a session with our friends over at Princeton University. InterWorks’ Kate Treadwell took the stage with Princeton’s Director of Analytics & Data Management, Heather Campbell, to share a few tips on how […]
Creating Custom Fiscal Year Calendars in Tableau
For a variety of reasons, businesses do not always tie their fiscal year to the standard calendar year. There are numerous explanations of why this might be beneficial to an organization, and they all seem to lead several of my clients to the exact same question: “How do you create a custom fiscal calendar in […]
Creating Responsive Embedded Tableau Dashboards
Many of us embed visualizations in our websites, and they likely look great on our own monitors, but what about on your boss’s giant, 28-inch iMac monitor? How do they look on a projector? How do they look on an iPad? In today’s world of varying screen sizes, we find ourselves in a difficult position […]
Questions from Tableau Training: Business Day Calculations
A common question that often comes up in trainings is: “How do I run a ‘difference between two dates’ calculation only considering business days?” In order to focus on business days, we need to adjust our calculated field to define what a “Business Day” is. First, we need to be aware that Tableau gives each weekday […]
The Tableau Performance Checklist: Rendering – Limit Text Tables With Lots of Marks
Let’s take a look at the next item on our rending category. “Limit the use of detailed text tables with lots of marks.“ Ah yes, the fabled Text Table. Mark Counts Let’s start this discussion by reviewing mark counts. We covered this in the previous Rendering article in the Tableau Performance Checklist series, but it […]
TCU @ Oklahoma State by the Numbers
TCU plays against Oklahoma State tomorrow, and few are giving OSU a chance in the matchup. OSU is surprisingly strong at home and TCU appears to have some weaknesses on the road that many are ignoring. See how both teams stack up thanks to some quick work in Tableau.