Packing for TCC13 – Tips from a Conference Veteran
“Pack your bags – your trip to Washington, D.C. starts on Saturday … “ Very few emails make me happier than the one that reminds me to pack my bags for the annual Tableau Customer Conference (TCC)! But what to pack? One thing you learn as a consultant is how to pack. We spend a […]
Learning to Speak Data at Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone Inc. is a U.S. software company that develops Rosetta Stone, a computer-assisted language learning program that teaches more than 30 languages. Client Testimonial “Working with InterWorks helped Rosetta Stone jumpstart our Tableau implementation. The InterWorks team was able to quickly train the Rosetta Stone BI team on the core features of Tableau and […]
Sketchnote your #DataLove
This year I’m going to try something different for the Tableau Customer Conference: I’m going to try to Sketchnote some of the sessions I attend. What’s a Sketchnote? I don’t blame you if you’re not familiar with this term. I wasn’t until recently. In my mind, I position Sketchnotes as an extension of the concepts introduced […]
Statistical Insights Using Tableau
In the interest of full disclosure, I should let you know that I am a SAS user with a math background. I want to share my experience of exploring Tableau as a new user doing analysis in a relatively unfamiliar environment. For this first piece, we will look at a multiple regression and examine how […]
Dashboard Filtering: Tableau 7 vs. Tableau 8
I know many of you cringed when you saw the words Global Filter, but I’ve had many questions come up recently regarding this while clients upgrade from Tableau 7 to Tableau 8. So, I thought I’d put something together. Quick Filters in Tableau 7 In Tableau 7, you basically had two options for quick filters. […]
Agile Data Warehouse Design: What is a Sprint?
This weekend I presented an introduction to Agile Data Warehouse Design for SQL Saturday #223 in Oklahoma City, OK. It was a fun talk for a great crowd. At the end, my friend Kristin Ferrier (blog:twitter) asked a great question: “What is the expected deliverable from an Agile data warehouse sprint?” I love this question. […]
What the 2013 Tableau Customer Conference Means to InterWorks
We’re less than a month away from the biggest Tableau event of the year: TCC13. If you’ve attended TCC in the past, especially last year, you understand just how huge this event is in the data visualization world. TCC sets the stage for how people will be using Tableau for the entire following year. Moreover, […]
Automated PDF Email Distribution of Tableau Views Using PowerShell and Tabcmd
I’m three months in to my career at InterWorks and think it’s high time for my first blog post. In this post, we’ll cover the basics of using PowerShell and Tabcmd to distribute PDF files of your Tableau views via email. I have to give the credit for this script to a former colleague whom, […]
InterWorks Earns Inc. 5000 Honor for Sixth Consecutive Year
STILLWATER, OKLA – Inc. Magazine recently unveiled the “Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies” for 2013. InterWorks earned the No. 2,161 spot nationally and also ranked No. 18 among companies based in Oklahoma. Within the IT Services industry, InterWorks placed No. 297 out of 700. This is the sixth consecutive year in which InterWorks received […]
InterWorks Supports 2013 Tableau Customer Conference as Gold Sponsor
STILLWATER, OKLA. – Tableau Software recently named InterWorks a Gold Sponsor for the 2013 Tableau Customer Conference. InterWorks sponsored previous Tableau Customer Conferences, but Gold Sponsor is their highest level of sponsorship to date. As a Gold Sponsor, InterWorks takes on a significant role in promoting and supporting TCC13. “Even though InterWorks is a top-tier […]
