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 […]
Leveraging Tableau at Carnegie Mellon University: Putting the Focus on the Quality of Data, Not Just the Quantity
Ted Curran, Executive Director of Finance of the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), took a leap of faith when considering a massive over-haul of the school’s data evaluation system. This system affected over 250 faculty and staff, and an over-haul would potentially uncover necessary alterations to the school’s reporting and analytics. […]
Drupal for Decision Makers: Innotech OKC 2012
I started my career as an artist, not a website developer. So it’s been a long, hard road convincing myself that I have the knowledge and background to be TEACHING other developers some of the technical skills that I’ve learned along the way. Developers can be an intimidating group, so a person needs to really […]
Move Over, Drupal Workflow … Workbench Moderation Does it Better
It’s pretty common for a client to require an internal approval process for updates and new content creation on their website. Often times, the person that’s changing/updating content is an administrative assistant, but for quality assurance reasons a manager or supervisor needs to give the final approval before the update is published. The Obvious Choice: […]
