Tableau Relationships: Basics – The Ground Rules
Until Tableau version 2020.1, whenever we had two or more tables that we wanted to connect with each other, we had to either join them or blend them. If you aren’t sure about joins, please take a minute and get yourself up to speed. We will need them later on, or rather we need to […]
InterWorks Keeping an Eye Out at Eyeo Festival
The Eyeo Festival can probably be best described by the way in which it was named, which you can find in a Medium article from one of the festival’s founders: “I came up with the name, Eyeo, which doesn’t mean anything specific, but riffs on the idea of eye-opening and I/O at the same time. […]
DataWomen Event Recap: Everyday AI
Information technology is one of the world’s fastest growing sectors. Data, analytics and technology have permeated through all aspects of our lives, and it is safe to say that in all sectors and industries, there are data problems to be solved. Just in Australia, the IT sector is forecast to grow by 5.4% on average […]
Using Snowflake’s Generator Function to Create Date and Time Scaffold Tables
Of the many useful functions available in Snowflake, one of my favourites is the GENERATOR function. This function allows you to create rows of data from nothing and can be useful in many ways. Any time you don’t have physical data to get you started but you know how you want to create it, I […]
Webinar Replay: Driving Adoption with User-Centered Dashboard Development
A video replay for this webinar is available at the bottom of the blog. In this webinar, we go over how to think like a consultant to elevate your dashboarding experience into something enjoyable for both devs and users alike. The Three Principles There are three cornerstones of the UCDD development philosophy that will be […]
InterWorks Blog Roundup – July 2022
I certainly can’t speak for every InterWorker around the globe, but July was a scorching hot month for us in InterWorks’ home state of Oklahoma. The highest we saw at our satellite office in Oklahoma City was somewhere around 114 degrees Fahrenheit (or somewhere around 45 Celsius for our metric friends). While the heat kept […]
Tableau Relationships: Basics – Logical Layer & Physical Layer
Relationships work on what Tableau calls the Logical Layer, while traditional joins work on the Physical Layer. Let’s have a look at what those two layers actually mean and why they have their names. Tableau’s Physical Layer So, the Physical Layer is the one we were used to until Relationships were introduced. We dragged […]
InterWorks Celebrates National Intern Day
Today is National Intern Day, and at InterWorks, we want to celebrate our interns that have joined us this summer! First, here’s a quick definition of what National Intern Day is all about: “Launched by WayUp in 2017, National Intern Day has served as an opportunity for thousands of employers to commemorate and thank their […]
Tableau Relationships: Series Introduction
Relationships in Tableau have grown older – it’s been almost two years now when they started seeing the light of day. And still, even after all that time, there are many questions around this data model, be it within the Tableau Community, be it in Tableau trainings or be it with clients who have been […]
AI in NYC: InterWorks at Dataiku’s Everyday AI Conference
New York City: the city that never sleeps. It’s the home of Wall Street, the Empire State Building, limitless talent (shoutout to the cast of Hadestown) and so much more. At the end of this past June, I, alongside a team of my fellow InterWorkers, had the chance to head to the Big Apple to […]