Symantec PGP WDE Hangs during Encryption/Decryption
Overview On rare occasions when attempting to encrypt or decrypt disks, PGP will initialize the action, but will hang. After initiating the ENCRYPT/DECRYPT button PGP will display the PAUSE button, however even after clicking the PAUSE button option nothing will occur. Rebooting the machine, and clicking on the button, will produce the same results. […]
Tableau 8 Beta – The Kraken
The Tableau 8 Beta was released to conference attendees last week, the beta program gets the software out to real world content producers and gives Tableau feedback on any bugs or last minute feature requests. Tableau do a great job with their releases, as each year they jump the competition in features and usability. Just […]
Google Analytics in Tableau V8
I’ve used several tools for extracting data from Google Analytics (GA) in the past so I was particularly excited to find out about the new connector in Tableau V8 straight in to GA. Once you click Google Analytics from the list of data sources, you have to enter your Google authorisation credentials. Then you get […]
Adding Custom Geocoding in Tableau
I am often asked in my classes when a user would need to use custom geocoding. In Tableau, custom geocoding is a little-known feature that is often underused. In my post today I’m going to go over why you would want to use custom geocoding, and how to add it once you do. I have […]
Is Windows Task Manager missing the menu bar and tabs?
I’ve recently seen Windows Task Manager in newer OSes like Windows 7, Server 2008, and Server 2008 R2 losing the menu bar at the top of the screen. I initially thought it was a virus or some other new sort of way to limit/prevent users from trying to close out a program/application that was running […]
SEO Basics for Beginners: What the Heck is SEO?
SEO, PPC, CTR, CPC, SMH, BBC. In a world that has gone abbreviation happy, it is hard to tell what anything stands for anymore. This confusion is especially evident in the world of search engine optimization (SEO). If you are not an industry insider, trying to figure out how to add value to your webpages’ […]
What to do during the Tableau Customer Conference 2012 #TCC12
I’m really excited that the Tableau Customer Conference 2012 #TCC12 is right in my back yard, literally. I moved to San Diego going on 7 years ago and for the past 2 years have lived within a half mile of this years conference location, the Hilton Bay Front San Diego. With that said, I thought […]
Tableau Parameters: Let’s get Flexible
Parameters in Tableau Software are one of the more interesting and valuable aspects of the tool (when they work). As with most things, what you want to accomplish (with limited resources) can force some valuable insight, not to mention innovation. So, here’s the question: Can I make the parameter input dynamic like a quick filter? […]
Select a Chart
One of the requests we get quite often is can you set Tableau to have interchangeable charts on a dashboard so that when the user can select which chart to show in a particular place on a dashboard. Whilst not out of the box this is something that is very much possible using parameters and […]
Menu Navigation within a Tableau Workbook
There has been a conversation floating around on how to successfully navigate around different sheets of a workbook. On the face of it there doesn’t appear to be an obvious way of doing this in Tableau (perhaps Tableau 8.0 will address this!!). However it is possible and below is an example of a menu system […]