InterWorks Recognized for Entrepreneurial Excellence in Oklahoma
Last Friday, the Oklahoma Department of Labor honored InterWorks with the Entrepreneurial Excellence in Oklahoma Award. Mark Costello, the Oklahoma Department of Labor Commissioner, swung by our home office in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to congratulate us in person. With him came Stillwater Mayor John Bartley, state Sen. Jim Halligan and several staff from the Stillwater Chamber […]
CASE Statements vs. IF Statements in Tableau
What are the differences between CASE and IF statements when making calculated fields in Tableau? How do different types of IF statements vary? When is it better to use one of these statements over the others? That is what I’ll address in this article. The Different Types of IF Statements Before discussing CASE statements, it […]
DataGravity Discovery Series Solution Short: Data Governance
This is the third post in yet another blog series covering DataGravity’s Discovery Series. We’re calling this group our “Discovery Series Solution Shorts,” and these posts give you a broad overview of key features found in the Discovery Series. This post focuses on how DataGravity enhances your data governance capabilities. You can view all posts […]
10 Questions for Analytics Ace Mike Roberts
Mike Roberts is a former InterWorks BI consultant that now works for Pluralsight. Mike enjoys running. His idea of fun is running 50 to 100 miles through the mountains. He also happens to be a talented student of technology and data visualization. In Mike’s first year at InterWorks, he worked at Facebook and Google and […]
What To Consider When Comparing Current vs. Prior Periods
Many analyses start with a simple question: “How are we doing compared to this time last year?” The quick, easy way to answer that is to add up the numbers and compare prior year-to-date (PYTD) to the results of the current year-to-date (CYTD). However, be wary of the pitfalls that come with that approach. Focusing […]
Promoting Data-Driven Education at SUNY
Background: The State University of New York (SUNY) is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States. With 64 schools, a mix of research universities, liberal arts colleges, specialized and technical colleges, health science centers, land-grant colleges and thirty community colleges, SUNY’s reach is broad and its potential impact extensive. These institutions […]
Data Reshaping in Tableau 9 – data interpreter & data pivot
We hope you’ve been enjoying our blog series on Beta 9.0. So far you’ve heard us chat about the new inline calculation editor, general interface, LOD calculations & connections. Today I’m offering something slightly different, by way of a “vlog” which will run through “Data Reshaping in Tableau”, old-skool approach, as well as using the new Tableau […]
Prepare for Landfall: Surfing the ‘Silver Tsunami’ with Tableau
A look at effectively preparing for the rapid aging of the American workforce utilizing calculated fields and parameters in Tableau. The Scenario It’s no secret: The American workforce is aging – rapidly. The “Silver Tsunami” is hastily approaching land. With it comes waves of increased medical expenditures, inflated salaries and, eventually, the retirement of all […]
What’s new in Tableau Server 9.0
Firstly, for all those still on Windows Server 2003 (you know who you are), it’s time to finally upgrade as Tableau Server 9.0 won’t run on this OS. New User Interface The first thing that you will notice when connecting to the Tableau 9.0 server is the new user interface. The login screen now has […]
Using Excel to Generate Tabcmd Syntax
This post builds off of two great previous posts about Tabcmd by Kate Treadwell and Tanner Ladd. Please refer back to these posts if you have questions about setting up Tabcmd and distributing PDFs. The goal of this post is to show you how to use Excel to generate the syntax to export PDFs from […]