A Definitive Guide to Creating Python UDTFs Directly within the Snowflake User Interface
Snowpark for Python is the name for the new Python functionality integration that Snowflake has recently developed. At the Snowflake Summit in June 2022, Snowpark for Python was officially released into Public Preview, which means anybody is able to get started using Python in their own Snowflake environment. I would understand if you wanted to […]
Webinar-Wiederholung: How-to: Exotische Charts bauen
In diesem Webinar geben wir einen Überblick über einige der exotischeren Charts in der Analysis-Landschaft, und wie wir sie in Tableau Desktop bauen. In diesem Webinar geben wir einen Überblick über einige der exotischeren Charts in der Analysis-Landschaft, und wie wir sie in Tableau Desktop bauen.
Creating a Worldle Practice Tool in Tableau
When building out a Tableau Centre of Excellence, it’s often useful to show the power of the tool using engaging games or apps. The following is a more advanced example of what’s possible to do in Tableau to get users exited about the capabilities of the tool: In May 2018, Josh Wardle released the phenomena […]
What Are Tableau Partner Certifications?
Tableau offers many different types of certifications open to anyone who wants to assess their skills in using or implementing Tableau. These are broken down into the following certification categories or types: Tableau Desktop Specialist, Tableau Data Analyst and Tableau Server Certified Associate. These are targeted certifications where boundaries stay very much within their suggested […]
An Introduction to Python UDTFs in Snowflake
Snowpark for Python is the name for the new Python functionality integration that Snowflake has recently developed. At the Snowflake Summit in June 2022, Snowpark for Python was officially released into Public Preview, which means anybody is able to get started using Python in their own Snowflake environment. I would understand if you wanted to […]
Automatically Backup the SNOWFLAKE Shared Database with a Python Stored Procedure
Every Snowflake account comes with a shared database called “SNOWFLAKE” which stores a fantastic amount of account-level and organisation-level information. Most notably, this shared database contains a series of account usage views which covers all of the activity that has taken place in the account. This is incredibly useful, however there is one potential risk/flaw with […]
SQL Scripting in Snowflake
From its inception, Snowflake has always supported the ANSI standard version of the SQL language. As much as we may enjoy using SQL to manipulate data – how cool is it to write in a language based on something called lambda calculus? Still, it doesn’t quite work when it comes time to write some procedural commands, […]
DataWomen Event Recap: IEEE Mixer
On Friday 24 October, we were invited to an IEEE NSW Education Chapter and DataWomen university mixer where we had the privilege to talk to information technology students of all levels about all the different roles they can pursue in the IT field. We paired that with examples of the roles we have here at […]
Lost in Translation: The Importance of Developer/User Communication
I know the endoplasmic reticulum is a thing. I know the Inuit people have 50 words for snow. I couldn’t tell you what the endoplasmic reticulum does, nor do I know a single Inuit word for snow. But, to a biologist or someone from Nunavut or Quebec, these might be considered common knowledge. Just like […]
What a Designer Actually Does
What does it mean to be a (graphic) designer? You could ask a variety of people and get a whole slew of different answers to this. Heck, Debbie Millman even wrote a whole book that’s chalk full of great insights from a variety of well-established designers about this very subject. But, the everyday person doesn’t […]