How to Start Learning Tableau Prep
Learning a new tool can be daunting, especially if you are starting from square one with little to no experience. That’s why I’ve outlined a small list of free learning resources and exercises for a beginner with no experience to transition into a more intermediate user, or if you’re more experienced, these will give you […]
ThoughtSpot 101: 5 Tips for Creating Really Good Liveboards
In our last blog, we gave you some tips on how to create worksheets that will bring your users a delightful search analytics experience, but what if you want to build some pre-built analyses for users needing to quickly consume visual data that can then be customized and drilled into futher? Enter ThoughtSpot liveboards! Let’s […]
What Are Tableau GPT and Tableau Pulse?
I think it is fair to say that most of us are familiar with Chat GPT, a revolutionary Large Language Model from Open AI that is revolutionizing the way we work and interact with AI. Tableau recently announced at TC 2023 that they are working on a new tool called Tableau GPT, but what is […]
Devs on Stage at TC23
Devs on stage was such a joy to watch this year at Tableau Conference 2023. For those of you unfamiliar with Devs on Stage, this keynote offers an opportunity to hear about exciting innovations from the developers of Tableau themselves. You can watch sessions from Tableau Conference including this keynote for free on Salesforce+. Here’s […]
Password Security: The Do’s, The Don’ts and the Please Just Stop’s
The inspiration for this blog was my seething hatred for overly complex password requirements and a PowerBI report I created to show the math to see if it would help fill my never-ending pit of rage. After discussing the logistics of converting that PowerBI report to a Tableau Dashboard with my buddy Chris Chang from […]
Using VMware’s Avi for Horizon Load Balancing
If your organization already utilizes VMware’s vSphere and you have a need for load balancing in your infrastructure, you’re in luck. VMware incorporated Avi Networks’ load balancing software into their NSX solution. Formally called NSX Advanced Load Balancer, or NSX-ALB (but familiarly just known as “Avi”), this powerful L4-L7 load balancer is easy to deploy, […]
Say Less: How To Ensure Your Tooltips Add Value
We’ve all done it. We’ve completely ignored the warning label. You know, the one we probably see everyday: CAUTION: Contents Hot We ignore it because it’s understood. We just ordered hot coffee or tea, and we expect it to be hot. We see the steam. The warning label adds no value. But perhaps we added […]
Building a Tableau Dashboard for National Donut Day
I heard a week or so ago that National Donut Day was coming up, and it sparked my curiosity about donut day, leading to many long study sessions about everyone’s favorite ring-shaped pastry. I figured the best way to disperse my newly acquired yet useless knowledge about donuts would be to make a fun donut […]
The Cody Ehlers Baseball Project
One amazing thing about InterWorks’ people is that we all come from very diverse backgrounds. Though we all ended up here working with data, some of us have taken an interesting path to get here. Cody Ehlers is not just a talented Strategic Client Manager. After growing up in our very own Stillwater, Oklahoma, he […]
Data Analysts of the Future: The Skills Desperately Needed in an Ever-Changing World
As the professional equivalent of a monkey with a typewriter, I have been watching the news about AI chatbots with both wonder and an ever-present, underlying fear that I will soon be replaced by our machine overlords. The future, it seems, is a mystery to almost everyone in nearly every industry imaginable. The people on […]