Cleaning Up WinSXS Folder on Windows Server 2008 R2
I finally found some good information for cleaning up the WinSXS folder on new instances of Windows. I found the following site extremely helpful: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2014/05/13/how-to-clean-up-the-winsxs-directory-and-free-up-disk-space-on-windows-server-2008-r2-with-new-update.aspx. Consequently, I was able to get 7GB of data cleaned up from the WinSXS folder on the first Server 2008R2 machine I followed this process on. Here are the basic steps: […]
Evolution 2014 Viewer Numbers Visualized in Tableau
Two of my passions in life are data visualization and fighting games. These two passions haven’t overlapped a whole lot, but lately I’m finding more and more uses for data in taking my Ultra Street Fighter 4 game to the next level. Last weekend, July 11-13, was the Evolution Championship Series, more commonly known as […]
Tableau Essentials – The Status Bar
Concluding the Tableau workspace in our Tableau Essentials series is the overlooked Status Bar. It runs along the bottom of the application, beneath the Data Window and the worksheet tabs. See it pictured below in Figure 1. Figure 1: The Status Bar. Summary Information The three pieces of information on the left-hand side of the […]
How I Went from Investment Management to InterWorks Business Intelligence Consultant
I got my introduction to rigorous, fine-grained analytical reasoning while studying philosophy in college. I took to it like a fish to water. There are few things better to me than being immersed in information and emerging with the feeling that I’ve understood something new. It’s not just about how deep you dive. What matters […]
Redirect Loop on portal.microsoftonline.com After Trying to Log In
I’ve noticed this happens fairly often when trying to log into portal.microsoftonline.com. Firefox and Chrome will throw an error about a redirect loop. Seems like a conspiracy, Microsoft, because this never happens to me in IE! Workaround Use an Incognito tab (Chrome) or a Private Window (Firefox) and save yourself from having to wipe all […]
Tableau Essentials – Title, Caption & Summary
Building a compelling visualization with Tableau is all about telling a “story.” Within your data, there is a story. That may sound strange to new Tableau users or to data analysts in general, but that’s the best way to describe what it means to “guide” your report consumers to the most critical and important insights […]
Understanding R Integration in Tableau
When Tableau released Tableau 8.1, there was a lot of buzz surrounding R integration. Tableau 8.1 has come and gone, and Tableau released another great update with Tableau 8.2. However, I still find a lot of confusion and lack of online resources regarding the actual use of R inside of Tableau. We are spoiled by […]
Use DreamObjects to Backup Your MySQL Database (PHP Script)
DreamObjects is DreamHost’s public cloud storage offering. It’s analogous to Amazon’s S3 offering, but slightly cheaper. The nice thing about DreamObjects is that it is compatible with the S3 API. This basically makes DreamObjects a drop-in replacement – very convenient. DreamObjects is ideal for backup storage. This tutorial breaks down into four parts: Get the […]
Tableau Essentials – Connect to Data
Connecting to a data source will likely be the very first thing you do in Tableau Desktop. Today, we will cover how to do just that, as well as some of the different options available to you. In the future, we’ll revisit this subject to cover more advanced topics, such as joins, blends and custom […]
When to Use Filters, Groups & Sets in Tableau
Tableau uses filters, groups and sets to organize data. They were each created for a specific purpose, but differentiating between use cases can be difficult at times. The purpose of this post isn’t a step-by-step guide in creating them; rather, it is a quick guide to “when” or “why” they would be used. First, let’s […]