Test jumbo Frames; How to Tell if the 9000 MTU is working.
Since iSCSI networks have been growing in popularity the past couple of years, more people have been trying to use jumbo frames to eek out a little more speed. This article is going to tell you how to test your jumbo frames after getting it configured. The theory behind why raising the MTU will […]
How to Change the Registered Owner and Organization Name of Windows
How Do I Change the Registered Owner and Organization Name of Windows Scenario: Either you have purchased a pre-owned PC or you have a PC which has exchanged hands somehow and Windows reports it is registered to a person and/or an organization which is not longer correct. You want to change this information without necessarily […]
Restoring SmarterMail folder from Backup Exec
While troubleshooting missing inbox email for a client, I ran across these instructions to restore an email folder (Inbox) for SmarterMail. This client uses an older version of SmarterMail and these instructions worked perfect with Backup Exec. Restore the mailbox from Backup Exec to a temp folder such as C:temprestore Log into the SmarterMail web […]
Restrictions this operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer
If you have experienced this error, don’t have Google Chrome and are not getting anywhere then try the following steps. 1. Reset IE back to default settings, under tool/internet options/advanced 2. If you don’t Firefox it then download it and install. Set Firefox as the default browser, both from the Control Panel and from Firefox (Tools, […]
Range Filter on a Text Dimension
Tableau provides many types of filter including range filters for dates and numerical data, but what of textual dimensions? For instance lets say we have a dimension with data in the following format, 3-digit months with a 2-digit year and a period used by the client to adjust the year end balance: Period Sales Jan-10 […]
UK Weather – 140 Years Visualised!
With our interesting November weather it couldn’t be a better time to look at how our weather has changed in the last 140 years…the results may surprise you.
How to Make Bubble Charts
Flowing data posted nice and clear instructions on how to make bubble charts using R. It’s a great post, and I thought it would be a good thing to show how to create the same chart in Tableau. Readers can compare and contrast the ease of each. Let me know your thoughts in the comments […]
The Joy of Six: One Against the Rest
This is the third post on simple tricks that are available in version 6. This one represents a common request we get. The client says “I want to compare the performance of x against everyone else.” What is x? Well, it could be Customers, Departments, Countries, anything. Parameters once again make this easy: Let the […]
Tips, hints, etc.
Ok bloggers and bloggees. I recently ran into this issue while rebuilding an E-series Dell Latitude. Let’s say your hard-drive on your Dell Latitude E6500 laptop needed to be replaced due to multiple disk errors reported on it. After you rebuild (aka completely format and reinstall Windows) your computer you will be faced with locating […]
The Joy of Six: Add an “About” Box
You may have seen my response to an Information is Beautiful post. Here’s the viz I used in that post: Wikipedia banner testsThe effectiveness of donation appeals on Wikipedia Powered by Tableau This uses sheet tabs to create an “About this viz” tab. It is good practise to credit data sources and date your vizualisation. […]