Donut Charts in Tableau
Donut Charts bieten einen schnellen Überblick über Datenfelder mit wenigen Dimensionen. Im Wesentlichen bestehen sie aus berühmt-berüchtigten Pie Charts mit einem zusätzlichen Kreis in der Mitte – nichts Besonderes, dennoch schnell zu erstellen und richtig eingesetzt sehr nützlich und informativ. Die Segmente eines Donuts eignen sich hervorragend zum Filtern von Dashboards und zur Navigation; der freie Kreis […]
The Tableau Performance Checklist: Data – Use ‘Describe’ to Explore
In this post, we’ll be looking at one of the features that makes Tableau a great data exploration tool. So, put on your miner’s cap, and let’s go spelunking! Specifically, we’ll be covering this point in the Data section of the Tableau Performance Checklist: “Use ‘Describe’ to explore dimensions in new data sets without having […]
Aus – my journey to being a BI Consultant with InterWorks
So let’s fast forward the early bits. Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, worked for Fidelity Investments as an out of uni job blah blah. Then things started to get a lot more interesting. I started a fledgling engineering business which quickly warped and twisted its way into a games console repair company. Fun. Anyone […]
The 2015 MLB Regular Season Schedule Visualized in Tableau
The days are getting longer. The weather is getting warmer. The ice is beginning to thaw. You know what this means? The greatest time of year is right around the corner! Summer time is almost here, and with it comes baseball season! To commemorate my favorite time of year and my second favorite sport (sorry, […]
Database Popularity via Social Media
A few years ago, I decided to try to count all of the database products that were available. After spending several hours on a Friday evening trying to count all of them, I gave up at around 2 a.m., having counted 200. I classified them in my own mind as: Relational databases Non-relational databases Grid-cache […]
“InterWorks et Criteo: Un grand déploiement pour une grande société”
Disponible en anglais Chez Criteo, tout est grand! L’unité de mesure de base est le milliard : 1 milliard d’internautes ciblés par des publicités personnalisées en 2014, 19 milliards de dollars de ventes post-clic l’an dernier, 741 milliards de publicités générées en 2014… tout est grand… et son système d’informatique décisionnel est entré dans la cour […]
Navigations-Buttons in Tableau
Immer wieder fragen Leute, wie man in Tableau innerhalb einer Arbeitsmappe effizient zwischen mehreren Dashboards vor und zurückspringen kann. Tatsächlich ist es ganz einfach: man erstellt ein “Button-Menü”, und mittels Aktionen navigiert man elegant dem augenblicklichen Gedankenfluss folgend von Dashboard zu Dashboard. Also statt mühsam die Tab-Leiste durchsuchen zu müssen, einfach klick und schon ist […]
Two Use Cases Where Blending Beats Joining in Tableau 8.3
Blending data sources in Tableau has a steep, although quick, learning curve. It can be easily frustrating to get everything to work, so much so that a user may opt to push all data joins to the database. Also, there are cases (many) where data sources simply cannot exist in the same database: Leveraging external […]
Tableau Essentials: Calculated Fields – Introduction
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 […]
Proud to be Sponsoring The Tableau 9.0 Roadshow…
Register for an upcoming roadshow here. Since the release of Beta 9.0, the InterWorks team have been getting excited over the numerous new and enhanced features the upgrade brings. We’ve written blogs, held webinars and have eagerly been awaiting its public launch. We’re getting ever closer to launch date; and in celebration, we’ll be sponsoring the […]