Migrating DHCP Part 1: Installing a DHCP Server on a Windows 2012/2012R2 Server
Although Microsoft Windows Server 2003R2 went end-of-life on July 14, 2015, many business are still mid-process of upgrading to newer operating systems. Similar to installing 2003/R2 and 2008/R2, a 2012 or 2012R2 installation is fairly straight forward. This article explains how to install the DHCP role on a Windows 2012 / Windows 2012R2 and is the first […]
Bedlam by the Numbers
It’s finally here. I’m not talking about Thanksgiving, I’m talking about the single greatest weekend of college football in the state of Oklahoma: Bedlam. The contest pits the state’s two largest universities, Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma, against each other on the gridiron for a year’s worth of bragging rights. Of course, […]
Questions from Tableau Training: When to Pivot Data in Tableau
A common question that often comes up in trainings is: “How do I utilize the Pivot feature in Tableau to make building charts easier?” What does it mean to pivot data? A pivot is a transformation of data structure from a wide view (many columns) to a long view (condensed columns). There are many benefits […]
The 3-2-1 Backup Rule Still Rules
As technology has evolved in the IT sector, many businesses are transitioning to newer, redundant systems. These include redundancy through a RAID on a server or storage area network (SAN), computing redundancy (RAM/CPU) through virtualization and redundancy due to manufacturers incorporating field-replaceable units (FRUs) to swap out bad hardware. Additionally, many businesses have transformed in […]
Questions from Tableau Training: Adding Gaps Between Bars
A common question that often comes up in trainings is: “How do I add gaps between the bars of my visualizations?” The first thing to know is whether or not your graph should have spaces between the bars or not. If you are trying to visualize ordered quantitative data broken into ranges, then a histogram […]
Watch These TC15 Sessions from InterWorks Clients Arby’s and Cars.com
Last week, we shared a link to InterWorks and Princeton University’s sponsored session at Tableau Conference 2015. Today, we’d like to share even more sessions from some of InterWorks’ friends and clients. Below, you can discover how Arby’s and Cars.com have used Tableau to forever change the way they look at their data. To view the […]
How I Went from Dental Assistant to InterWorks Administrative Assistant
The famous/dreaded question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Well, it was always dreaded to me, at least. I had no idea what I wanted to be “when I grew up.” Am I grown up now?! Nobody wants to be a grown up! Adulting is hard – plain and simple – and […]
Baylor @ Oklahoma State by the Numbers
Two weeks ago, I shared “TCU @ Oklahoma State by the Numbers.” TCU had a solid advantage over OSU in most statistical categories leading into that game, yet OSU defied the numbers and came out with a convincing win. Last week, OSU scraped out a hard-fought win on the road at Iowa State – rallying from another 17-point deficit to maintain their perfect […]
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 […]