Tableau and Aster Data: Out of memory while reading tuples
You might come across this error when working with large datasets or extracts when using the native Aster Data connection. As of this writing all the versions of Tableau, up to 7.0, only support the 1.0 aster data drivers natively. However, Aster Data’s driver is up to 4.6.3. Again, this doesn’t become an issue until […]
On Her Majesty’s Secret Server
Tableau’s second European conference is fast approaching (for full details click here). I cannot recommend these conferences highly enough. Tableau’s organisation at these events is faultless and the speakers are inspirational. The conference is also a great opportunity to meet other fellow Tableau evangelists and see how they are putting Tableau to use within their organisations. […]
Designing Tableau Visualizations for the iPad
When Tableau released version 6.1 last year they also released the first iteration of their iPad application. With it, users have the ability to connect to any Tableau server they have access to and not only view but interact with visualizations on Apple’s brilliant touch screen device. Making Tableau workbooks available for consumption on the […]
Tableau Administrators Toolkit: tabcmd.exe
He stands at the podium and proclaims with a sense of otherworldly serenity ‘it just WORKS!’. A friendly wink, an embarrassed half grin and a subtle nod in the direction of the competition and the message is clear. You’re one of us now brother. While THEY suffer needless complexity YOU will enjoy effortless analytics. Sorry […]
Preparing Data for Tableau: 3 of 3 (video tutorial)
I find the best way to learn how to use Tableau is to find some real data you’re interested In, bring it in to Tableau and do something interesting with it. In this video series I’ll show you how I found some data and the steps I went through to shape my data so it […]
Preparing Data for Tableau: 2 of 3 (video tutorial)
I find the best way to learn how to use Tableau is to find some real data you’re interested In, bring it in to Tableau and do something interesting with it. In this video series I’ll show you how I found some data and the steps I went through to shape my data so it […]
Preparing Data for Tableau: 1 of 3 (video tutorial)
I find the best way to learn how to use Tableau is to find some real data you’re interested In, bring it in to Tableau and do something interesting with it. In this video series I’ll show you how I found some data and the steps I went through to shape my data so it […]
Art in Tableau 1
We love playing with Tableau and seeing what new things we can do with it. These visuals all look better on a full screen so please feel free to download the workbook.
Simple Histograms in Tableau
Histograms are yet another example of an efficient statistical tool that Tableau can create for you with ease. Created by well-known Statistician Karl Pearson, a histogram also functions as an effective approximation to a variable’s probability distribution function. A histogram is a frequency plot: it will illustrate the number of times a particular result occurred […]
The Art of Living
I’ve been thinking a lot about life balance lately. If I love what I do for my ‘work’, why would I want to stop doing it to ‘play’? I’ve struggled with these questions for a long time. Chuck Hooper (blog:twitter) shared his thoughts on this question over the weekend, and I’d like to share them […]