What Is the Deal With All This AI? (And Why You Should Care)
AI use cases are spreading rapidly across the workforce, but many companies don’t seem to have a policy in place to prevent workplace disasters. The Conference Board recently conducted a survey of 1100 US employees (Which you can find here) and found that that 56% of respondents are using generative AI on the job. Respondents […]
ML in Snowflake with Snowpark for Python
Earlier this year, Snowflake announced the availability of Snowpark ML during its Snowflake Summit. Snowpark ML is a set of tools, including SDKs and underlying infrastructure, to build and deploy machine learning models; all within Snowflake. It works with Snowpark for Python, so you can use the Snowpark DataFrames to hold the data, manipulate it […]
Learn ThoughtSpot With Me: To Admin-finity and Beyond
It’s been a lot of fun taking you through the ins and outs of ThoughtSpot over the course of my “Learn ThoughtSpot with Me” blog series. I’ve got the final installment here for your reading pleasure. But seriously, if you have any questions, get in touch. I work with the most amazing folks here at […]
Event Recap: QSR Evolution
On September 6-7, InterWorks sponsored and attended the first-ever QSR Evolution conference in Atlanta, GA. For those who aren’t aware, QSR stands for “Quick-Service Restaurant,” and also is the same name of the magazine that put the show on. QSR’s have been commonly known as “Fast Food” in American culture for decades. You might be […]
Learn ThoughtSpot With Me: The Bread and Butter
Back to work here, Part II of my “Learn ThoughtSpot with Me” series. I hope you enjoy it. Buckle Up In my initial post, we talked about the basic interactions in ThoughtSpot. For a typical user, we defined some of the key language, functionality, tools and reporting provided by the system. More specifically, we helped […]
How to Configure a Local dbt Core Environment
Setting Up a Personal dbt Instance Over the past few weeks, I have been diving into dbt in my free time to learn more about the tool as well as about data preparation before it normally reaches my hands in Tableau. If you’re unfamiliar with dbt, check out this introduction from our very own Paul […]
What Are Tableau Collections and How Do I Use Them?
Collections were released back in version 2021.2 and are a very useful and somewhat underrated feature, in my opinion. So, let’s take a look at how to make the most of this feature in your organisation today. What Are Collections? Collections are a feature in Tableau Cloud and Tableau Server that allow users to create […]
InterWorks Blog Roundup — September 2023
Ah, September. The breaking of the summer heat, state fairs, the winds of change beginning to usher in a new season and children returning to school. Idyllic, for sure, but we haven’t been taking too much time to stop and smell the roses. We kicked things into high gear this month with a slew of […]
Tableau Hacks: The Forklift
In the past, Tableau used to have a maximum number of 16 dimensions on the Rows shelf. Whilst it is generally not recommended to create tables that exceed that number anyway (there are other tools for that), Tableau has upped the limit to 50 and one would hope that this would be enough for anyone. […]
Exploring Football Transfer Window Spending with Tableau in 2023
Last year, I took a look at the Summer 2022 transfer window for the top five leagues in Europe. The main takeaway was that Premier League clubs are pulling away from the rest of Europe when it comes to their spending power. But has this trend continued a year on? I’ve once again used Tableau […]