Tableau Viz: A Scatter Plot with a Twist – The Movement Plot
The Challenge Visualize movement from Date A to Date B with one dimension and two measures. More specifically, display how these measures interact with each other and affect the outcome or performance of the dimension over time. This problem was posed to me by one of the most awesome clients I’ve been working with lately, […]
InterWorks’ Cole Shelton Judges ‘MS in MIS Case Competition’ at OSU
On Oct. 31, InterWorks’ Director of Data Services, Cole Shelton, spent his morning judging the annual “MS in MIS Case Competition” at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Cole and several other technology experts gathered at the OSU Student Union to examine several business cases presented by graduate students of the Management Information Systems program […]
Veeam 8 vs. Veeam 7: Backup Jobs
This is the first post in an ongoing series that compares new and improved features in Veeam 8 to those in Veeam 7. This article highlights the differences between backup jobs in the two versions. You can find all posts within this series on our Veeam 8 vs. Veeam 7 channel. To view a list of changes […]
Designing a Classic Timeline in Tableau
Typical day-to-day analysis is focused on things that have happened in recent days, months or years. We seldom go far enough into the past to make us think about what to do with dates prior to “date zero” (normally, January 1, 1900). That is unless you’re a paleontologist, history teacher or anyone else who may […]
2014 Midterm Elections Visualized in Tableau: House of Representatives
On election night every two years, major news organization compete for the best presentation of vote results. Data consumers are particularly drawn to red and blue colored maps. In recent years, there have been some impressive variations on mapping techniques, many of them aimed at presenting winners in ways that don’t distort our perception. The […]
2014 Midterm Elections Visualized in Tableau: House of Representatives
On election night every two years, major news organization compete for the best presentation of vote results. Data consumers are particularly drawn to red and blue colored maps. In recent years, there have been some impressive variations on mapping techniques, many of them aimed at presenting winners in ways that don’t distort our perception. The […]
My Speaker Idol Talk from SQL PASS Summit 2014
Tim Costello shares his Speaker Idol talk from SQL PASS Summit 2014. Speaker Idol is a speaking contest among 12 of the sharpest SQL minds in the industry. Whoever gives the best presentation wins. The prize is a speaking spot at next year’s summit. “If you can’t describe it to your grandmother, you don’t fully […]
Veeam 8: Step-by-Step New Install
Today, Veeam released Veeam Backup and Replication 8. This upgrade contains a vast number of new features, many of which can be viewed here. This article provides a step by step guide for installing Veeam 8 from scratch. Veeam 8 and Downloading New License Keys Similar to Veeam 7, Veeam 8 requires new license keys […]
Acquisition / Cabling – Initial Impressions | DataGravity Discovery Series Part 2
A Customer’s Perspective As both a customer and partner with DataGravity, I get to see two sides of the intial ordering equation, but trust me, it’s very optimized and streamlined. It was refreshing that the quote to order process was exceptionally easy and created no confusion for us. DataGravity handles the quoting, ordering and distribution […]
Tableau Essentials: Chart Types – Dual-Line Chart (Non-Synchronized)
A dual-line chart (also referred to as a dual-axis chart) is an extension of the line chart with a notable exception: It allows for more than one measure to be represented with two different axis ranges. This is done by assigning the right and left sides of the vertical axis with different measures. In this way, […]