What are Tableau Viz Extensions?
In one of its newer releases from 2024 (version 2024.2 to be exact), Tableau began to offer Viz Extensions. These are newly offered chart types, which are available as point-and-click selections from within the Marks cards area. Essentially, they are powered by web applications that can extend the native visual capabilities for the Tableau workspace. […]
How to Decide Between Light Mode Versus Dark Mode Dashboards in Tableau
Ever wonder what the pros and cons of dark mode versus light mode dashboards in Tableau might be? I think ultimately, it boils to personal preference. That’s exactly my point. Stay with me as I discuss why users might prefer one over the other. First, a dark mode dashboard in Tableau is a dashboard with […]
My Favorite Project of 2024: Holistic UX Consulting in Healthcare
When it comes to the business intelligence sphere, InterWorks provides quite an array of services and solutions. From foundational data engineering and data architecture to helping clients create beautiful dashboards, it’s truly end to end. One area we’ve seen explode in recent years is an increased focus on user experience (UX). Often, organizations get caught […]
InterWorks and Wiiisdom: Elevating Analytics Confidence Through Partnership
At InterWorks, we’re always on the lookout for innovative tools that enhance data-driven decision making. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce our partnership with Wiiisdom, a leader in analytics governance and testing solutions. This partnership underscores our commitment to empowering organisations to make confident, accurate and actionable decisions with their data. So, What is Wiiisdom? […]
My Favorite Project This Year: The IT Vulnerability Scan
For some, their favorite projects don’t roll into the shop one day and quickly rise to the top of the heap — they steadily grow into a favorite, like wine growing better with age. That’s what happened with Systems Engineer Warren Sinor when he was assigned a relatively routine task right after he began at […]
InterWorks’ 2024 Top Data Content Hits
Ah, December! The month that was once ruled by many festive holidays is now ruled by quite a different cultural phenomenon: the release of everyone’s Spotify Wrapped. However you feel about Spotify Wrapped these days, there’s no denying that it taps into a very effective mode of communication that’s been employed for ages. Recaps, rollups, […]
My Favorite Project This Year: The Semantic Layer White Paper
One of our biggest projects this year was a white paper collaboration between InterWorks and dbt, one of the most important players in the data space at the moment, titled “Semantic Layers in Action: Real-World Use Cases and Business Impact.” Nor surprisingly, for white paper co-author Jack Hulbert, it was his favorite project of the […]
Understanding LODs in 10 Minutes or Less
When I teach LODs in Tableau trainings, I usually set the expectation that it will take a while (and a lot of practice) before students will understand what is going on. That still stands. Teaching the pure concept, though, we can do in ten minutes. I’ll phrase everything like I wished someone had explained it […]
Demystifying the EU AI Act
This summer, the European Union (EU) has released a new regulation regarding the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) in order to protect EU citizens. The Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), with the official name “Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules […]
My Favorite Project This Year: Learning and Growing
Continuing on with our favorite projects this year, I swung by our Curator team to hit up Curator Engineer Kate An and find out what her favorite project was this year. To my surprise, her answer was less a project in the traditional sense, and more of the precursor to many projects yet to come: […]