.twb vs .twbx: What’s the difference?
Whenever you save your work in Tableau, the default file extension is .twb, or Tableau Workbook. However, you have the option to save your work under a different extension, .twbx. A .twbx file is a Tableau Packaged Workbook, meaning it is the original .twb file grouped together with the datasource(s) in one package. .twbx […]
Get Your Web App On!
With iOS5 boasting such an wide array of HTML5 and CSS3 support there’s no better time to start dipping your toes in the world of web app creation. So I thought I’d go ahead and put together a quick reference for all the little snippets you’ll need to get started and emulate that iOS native […]
Drupal: Render Images with Style
In Drupal 6, a module called Imagecache allowed developers to create custom styles to dynamically manipulate an image. We typically use Imagecache to scale and crop images to specific dimensions, but Imagecache can rotate images, deal with opacity, add borders, change colors and even change file formats. With the release of Drupal 7, Imagecache was […]
SOPA Congressional Picture
House Resolution 3261, more commonly known as SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act, is garnering a great deal of attention lately, especially as major websites such as Wikipedia and Reddit are blacking out their services in protest of the controversial legislation. For proponents of SOPA, this is a necessary regulatory action designed to halt […]
Veeam 6: Resource not ready: VI proxy
Encountered a weird issue in Veeam 6. We had migrated from one server to another, and the replica jobs suddenly all started hanging. The job as a whole showed “Waiting for processing resources availability”, and the individual machines showd “Resource not ready: VI proxy”. We had been sure to reset the guest and VSS credentials […]
Veeam 6: Importance of Proxies in Replication
We have been using and recommending Veeam for quite some time. The local backup product has been very solid, and always improving. The replication piece of the software on version 5 was quite non-functional. If you’re considering setting up replica jobs, make sure your support is up to date, and go ahead and upgrade to […]
Data Connections – Making life easy for your fellow colleagues
In my experience most technical IT types love to name databases and data fields in weird and wonderful ways. A good example is this gem I encountered recently “ATV”, take a guess at what that means. If you create a data field called “ATV” and then expect your user base to understand what it means […]
Instruction for Tableau Dashboard Hidden in Tooltip
Are you creating a Tableau dashboard and need to leave instructions for users on how to use the dashboard, but you don’t want to take up valuable space for these instructions? If so, this post is definitely for you. Using a Created Field, we will hide the instructions in the tooltip. Follow the steps below: […]
Migrating Veeam 6 Backups and Creating a New Repository
Purpose This article explains how to migrate existing backups in Veeam 6 to a location so you don’t have to reseed an entire job. Overview I recently did work on a Veeam setup that had several local backups that were about +100GB per job. Unfortunately, the hard drive that housed the backups was low on […]
Error Message: Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window
If you experience the following error message “Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.” when trying to open up Outlook 2007 (and usually see your Outlook screen flash in the background before crashing), I have a fairly quick and painless solution for you. Here is a screenshot of the error message: […]