InterWorks Announces ‘Tableau Your Data!’ Book Tour with Author, Dan Murray
Stillwater, Okla. – InterWorks, the premier provider of Tableau Software services, is collaborating with Tableau User Groups (TUGs) across the U.S. to promote acclaimed Tableau guidebook, “Tableau Your Data! – Fast and Easy Visual Analysis with Tableau Software.” InterWorks’ Director of Business Intelligence Services and book author, Dan Murray will be present at several TUG […]
Promoting a Windows 2012R2 Server to Domain Controller
Once a Windows 2012 or Windows 2012R2 has had the Active Directory Domain Services role installed, the domain controller must be promoted to a domain controller. This article outlines the steps needed to add a domain controller to an existing environment. This article is the second part of a series: Creating a Windows 2012 or […]
Three Seasons of Man vs. Food Visualized in Tableau 8.1
I recently upgraded my version of Tableau Desktop to 8.1. While on holiday, I decided to play with the program a bit to mess with some of the new features. In lieu of any ground-breaking analysis, I decided to have fun. I submit for you a dashboard of three years of the reality television show, […]
Marimekko Part 1: Polygons, Paths and Custom SQL
Before we can attempt a Marimekko, we need to understand a few of Tableau’s lesser used tools. The first of these is the Polygon mark type which can be selected from the dropdown on the marks card. Since the Marimekko is actually made up of lots of x-y (Cartesian) coordinates we need to join the […]
Marimekko Part 2: Parameters and Table Calculations
In Part 1 we learned how to use custom SQL to shape our data ready for use later on in polygons. In this part we will use parameters to allow dashboard viewers to exchange dimensions. This methodology can be applied to any chart type which is sliced by a dimension and is a great alternative to replicating […]
Marimekko Part 3: Table calculations
In Part 2 we simulated a Marimekko using stacked bars but since the boundary for each element / polygon of a Marimekko in Tableau is made up from 4 Cartesian Coordinates we are going to use scales of 0 – 100 % for both X and Y axis and plot each corner of the polygon accordingly. This […]
Marimekko Part 4: Basic Marimekko
In Part 3 we created all the calculated fields necessary for our basic Mekko. Because we have preset the DTC (Direction of Table Calculation) for each calculated field we can simply drag them on to the view to create the mekko and be confident that the values will match our table.Mark Type: PolygonColor: [Y Dimension] (sorted ascending […]
Marimekko Part 5: Totals
In Part 4 of the blog we learned how to make a basic Mekko Chart. In this part of the blog we are going to add in some totals, thankfully we can use some of our existing calculations to do this. The first is the Y Dimension (Colours) total. We are going to use quick […]
DATEPARSE-ing Tips for Successful Speed Dating with Tableau 8.1
Thanks to another new and improved feature in the Tableau 8.1 release, we no longer have to spend time writing out long tedious calculations to reformat date fields! If you haven’t met the new DATEPARSE function, then let me introduce you. First, let me point out that DATEPARSE is not automatically in the list of […]
Creating a Windows 2012 or 2012R2 Domain Controller
With Windows 2003 nearing end-of-life, it is becoming more imperative to upgrade to a newer operating system. For many IT admins, this is a great opportunity to start upgrading infrastructures to Windows 2012 or Windows 2012R2. Since DCPromo was depreciated in Windows Server 2012, the following article serves as a step-by-step guide to creating a […]