10 Questions for TUG Builder Mike Moore
I met Mike via Twitter several years ago. I thought he was a deranged stalker because he retweeted just about everything I put out. Then we were engaged by his company to do some training/consulting work. After meeting Mike, I realized he was just very passionate about data visualization and a really nice guy. After […]
Use This Script to Push or Pull Replication for a Windows Domain Controller (2003, 2008, 2012)
If you would like to avoid using the AD Sites and Services GUI to force replication across your domain controllers, consider the script below. Save this as a .bat file to a machine on the same domain as your domain controllers and run as a domain administrator. The script will prompt you for the desired […]
The Tableau Performance Checklist: Data – Use One TDS File
This post is on how to make use of TDS files to easily share metadata about a data source with others. We will be digging into the fifth point in the data section of the Tableau Performance Checklist: “Create a published TDS file for your business team to use rather than each analyst creating their […]
Adding Traditional User Desktop Icons to Windows 2012 / 2012R2
When installing a fresh copy of Windows 2012 or 2012R2, some of the more common items on the desktop, such as My Computer, User’s Files, Network, Control Panel are missing or no longer part of the default configuration. On a Windows 7 or 8 machine, to add these icons you could right-click on the desktop […]
Tableau Essentials: Calculated Fields – Number Functions
Not everyone is a Tableau guru, at least not yet. To help Tableau rookies, we’re starting from square one with the Tableau Essentials blog series. The series is intended to be an easy-to-read reference on the basics of using Tableau Software, particularly Tableau Desktop 8.1 and 8.2. Since there are so many cool features to […]
Interacting with your trend line in Tableau (Part 2)
PART 2 In part one we familiarised with Tableau’s automatic Trend Line, information provided and inferences possible. Now I want to focus on the fun part: how to calculate the trend line ourselves using Tableau-R integration as well as two applied examples “How much above/below ?” and “What if”. HOW TO CALCULATE A LINEAR TREND LINE USING TABLEAU & R […]
10 Questions for Tableau Biochemist Nicole Nichols, Ph.D.
Last summer, I was invited to speak for the Boston Tableau User Group at the Broad Institute. This was a different crowd, composed of mainly scientists. There were two Zen Masters in attendance: Chuck Hooper and Jonathan Drummey. Prior to my speech, I had the good fortune to see Nicole Nichols, Ph.D., present a talk on her use of Tableau to support DNA […]
The Tableau Performance Checklist: Data – Remove Unused Columns from Extracts
Rarely do you have a data connection that has only the data you need. Typically, we end up with data connections that include many columns that are unnecessary for our analysis. In the early phases of your analysis, it can be tough to judge what you do and do not need, but as a workbook […]
Three Keys to Enabling a Prudent Data Strategy
The volume, velocity and variety of data (Big Data) has been beaten to death over the last few years. I think it’s a silly metaphor. Why? How many of you have “run out” of storage recently? Has your company told you that you can’t have any more data because they don’t have space left to […]
Tableau Essentials: Calculated Fields – Logical Functions
Not everyone is a Tableau guru, at least not yet. To help Tableau rookies, we’re starting from square one with the Tableau Essentials blog series. The series is intended to be an easy-to-read reference on the basics of using Tableau Software, particularly Tableau Desktop 8.1 and 8.2. Since there are so many cool features to […]