The Tableau Performance Checklist
Ask Tableau users what they love most about Tableau, and they’ll likely say it’s the ability to create stunning data visualizations quickly and easily. Tableau was designed with usability in mind, apparent in its approachable interface, yet behind that interface lies a powerful collection of components capable of cranking out complex data visualizations at lightning […]
OpenManage Alerts in Kaseya
I’ve seen this come up several times and finally decided to write a blog on it. It’s pretty straightforward: Kaseya gathers event logs, and Dell’s OpenManage puts events into System Administrator in the System event logs. Let’s put two and two together and make Kaseya let us know when OpenManage reports something wrong. This is […]
10 Questions for VizNinja Paul Banoub
I became aware of Paul Banoub a couple of years ago via Twitter and then his blog. Paul started doing interviews of Tableau community members a while ago. I didn’t realize that until I started digging into his website for this post. Paul is generous, enthusiastic and a great example of why the Tableau community […]
Power Tools for Tableau Named Tableau Technology Partner
Tableau purchased Power Tools in 2019. Contact Us for more information. Power Tools for Tableau, an extension of InterWorks, officially achieved Tableau Technology Partner status last week. The Tableau Technology Partner list is comprised of organizations that create complementary products to Tableau Software. In short, these partners are recognized for their ability to enhance Tableau, making […]
Tableau Essentials: Formatting Tips – Tooltips
Tableau tooltips are a fantastic way to add additional context or information to your view without taking up any precious real estate on the worksheet (super important when the worksheet is on a dashboard). As we’ll discuss in this post, you can populate the tooltip with as much information as needed including dynamic fields —fields […]
Comparing Performance on Tableau 8.3 Server vs Tableau 9.0 Server
Here in InterWorks we are getting a little bit over-excited about Tableau 9. Especially, when this blog post came out from the Tableau mothership. Individual Query time improved by 10x Dashboard Query times improved by 9x Query Fusion improving times by 2x And Query Caching improving times by 50x Those are some pretty bold figures […]
10 Questions for Tableau Wannabes Emily Kund & Matt Francis
The first time I met Emily and Matt together in person was standing in a very long line at the Tableau Conference in Washington DC a few years ago. Tableau asked me to give a speech on their behalf (in Richmond) on the first day of the conference, so I went to Richmond and missed […]
Restore Damaged or Corrupted Linux Partition Table
When rebooting Linux virtual server (Ubuntu), we received the frightening Operating System Not Found error. I verified the virtual hard drive was intact and accessible from the datastore. The first thing was to examine the structure of the virtual drive. I downloaded a Gparted Live ISO and saved to my local datastore. Edit the settings […]
New Functions in Tableau 9 Beta
The beta’s been out for a month and the excitement has died down (ever so slightly) over the new Level Of Detail (LOD) functions and Regular Expressions. Let’s take a look at what other functions have been made available in the new version: Number CEILING, FLOOR, HEXBINX, HEXBINY String FINDNTH, SPLIT, REGEXP_EXTRACT, REGEXP_EXTRACT_NTH, REGEXP_MATCH, REGEXP_REPLACE […]
Tableau Essentials: Formatting Tips – Color
In this edition of Tableau Essentials, we’ll examine the Color button on the Marks card. Color options are a powerful way to add distinction to your visualization as well as depth to your data’s story. The most important thing to keep in mind is that you can color your marks by a discrete field OR […]