Working with Dates in Tableau: Optimizing Date Selection Logic

In the previous post, we discussed the benefits of supplementing traditional to-date reporting periods with rolling periods. In this post, we will dive into the optimal practices (and not-so-optimal practices) for creating the logic for effective Date Selection calculations in Tableau Desktop. Common Date Functions Before we...

We have all seen this problem in data transformation: names automatically becoming CAPITALISED NAMES or all lowercase names. If we have a list of cities consisting of only one word, it is quite straightforward to capitalise the first one using the following code: UPPER(left([Data],1)) + LOWER(right([data],LEN([data])-1)) However,...

InterWorks recently joined Dremio’s Global Partner Network, so naturally we’re here to give you a rundown of what Dremio is and when you’d look to use it. Check out our post announcing this new partnership. Dremio is a SQL Lakehouse Platform that features a shared semantic...

Tableau is committed to helping people see and understand data. This translates into many things: building products with intuitive platforms, making AI available in a no-code/low-code environment and investing in data literacy and governance, just to name a few. Ultimately, it’s about removing barriers between...

And just like that, another month gone! September on the blog saw 13 new posts and 18 contributors, and a lot of this month's focus was on security, convenience and recognition of individual contributions to the data community and beyond. It was a fun month,...

Does any of this feel familiar? Our end users struggle to find the dashboards they’re looking for in my Tableau Server / Tableau Cloud environment. Stakeholders are confused as to which dashboard(s) should be the source of the truth for reporting. Stakeholders aren’t sure what...

Often when working with Matillion Support or investigating other Matillion issues, you will need to retrieve the logs from the Matillion virtual machine. This could be for several reasons, including: The logs available through the UI may be trimmed whilst the virtual machine itself stores...

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