Introducing Models in ThoughtSpot
ThoughtSpot is a next-generation BI tool that addresses a specific pain point that almost all data practitioners have encountered — by the time an analytics solution is ready for me and my team to use, the business needs have changed. Can’t we just get direct access to the data so we can ask our own […]
Succeeding with AI When 80% of Projects Fail
Corporate AI Projects are High Risk, High Return McKinsey report that the adoption of AI within businesses has surged in the last year, with 72% of companies now using AI in at least one business function (ref). There’s a problem though: Most internal AI initiatives fail to deliver value. Research by the RAND corporation suggests […]
InterWorks Blog Roundup — September 2024
Spooky season, ladies and gentlemen, is finally upon us. Ghouls, ghosts and creepy crawlies lie in wait for us just around the corner. First, though, let’s take a look at last month’s blog posts. Then, we can play “Monster Mash” fifteen times in a row in anticipation for Halloween. Oh, speaking of music: Lucky you, […]
Dynamic Dates in Power BI (Video Tutorial)
In the video below, I go over how to implement a dynamic date axis in Power BI, giving the user the ability to show daily, monthly and yearly views of their data. This is especially useful for trends and timelines for seeing how your data changes over time. Dive in:
Actions in Tableau vs. Power BI
Great dashboards engage users and encourage exploration and discovery. A great way to do this is using interactivity. Let’s look into how to achieve this with different BI tools. Interactivity in Tableau In Tableau this can be achieved with dashboard actions. There are a number of actions we can use, with the most commonly used […]
The Art and Science of Product Management
In the realm of product management, two seminal works stand as contrasting pillars of wisdom: “Build” by Tony Fadell and “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries. These books represent the balance of product management: the art of visionary design and long-term craftsmanship, and the science of data-driven iteration and rapid experimentation. For Data Leaders, the […]
Simple Comparison of OLTP vs OLAP Systems
Now more than ever, businesses are focused on investing time and capital into their data platform. There is so much work that goes into processing data to generate insights, yet in my experience, there seems to be some confusion surrounding this core concept. When developing and deploying a data system, there are different ways to […]
Native Snowflake Connector for Google Analytics
At InterWorks, we regularly build data pipelines for customers that include tools for migrating and transforming data such as Fivetran or Matillion. Tools such as these have connectors for many common sources of data to save us the hassle of building and maintaining our own scripted solutions. Snowflake have developed their own set of connectors, […]
IT Sales Simplified: Recap and Lessons Learned
In this episode, InterWorks Content Manager Garrett Sauls sits down with IT Intern Genna Callahan to review what she learned over the course of her IT Internship, and how she feels about continuing her internship through through the fall.
InterWorks at CDAO Melbourne 2024
InterWorks recently attended CDAO Melbourne 2024, a three day event that took place on September 2-4, 2024. Featuring keynote speakers, panel discussions and interactive workshops, the conference addressed topics like data governance, culture and transformation. We had a great time there, and loved to interact with the over 600 registrations, with more than 400 attendees […]
