dbt Coalesce 2021 in Review
Wow! What a great conference dbt put on this month. The conference gave us great insights into some work a few dbt enthusiasts are working on. Let’s dive into some of my favorite topics covered during the conference. For those of you who missed it, luckily you are able to watch any of the presentations […]
My Top Five Tableau Prep Solutions
Tableau Prep has tons of options, and you may have seen gurus pull off some truly fantastic tricks. But what should you focus on? Drawing from my work as a consultant and doing on-demand support via Assist by InterWorks, I’ve summarized my top five Prep go-to secrets: five basics to help you conquer a countless […]
12 Days of Vizmas: InterWorks APAC Hackathon 2021
We have all had a tough year. To round it out, we invited a bunch of our clients in Australia and throughout Asia Pacific to take part in an exclusive hackathon, run over 12 days in the lead-up to Christmas (hence the name). Thank you to all of you for taking the time of out […]
InterWorks Named to ‘Best Places to Work in Oklahoma’ List for 11th Year
There are few honors we appreciate more than being named an excellent workplace, and that’s exactly what happened on Nov. 4 in Oklahoma City. For the 11th consecutive year, The Journal Record listed InterWorks as one of the “Best Places to Work in Oklahoma.” You can see the full list of honorees here. Though this […]
Introduction to Git
This post does not cover all of the functionality of Git as there is far too much content to cover. You can find a far more comprehensive overview of all of the functionality by directly reviewing the Git documentation. The objective of this post is to introduce Git in a simpler way by explaining several core […]
Log4j Vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) Information
The InterWorks team will be providing updates to this blog as we continue to work on vulnerability remediation with our customers. (Last Updated: 12/23/2021 3:00 PM CST) Overview The morning of December 10, 2021, our team became aware of a Java web server vulnerability known as log4shell that easily leads to remote code execution on […]
PYD116 – A Conversation with Matillion CEO, Matthew Scullion
On this week of Podcast Your Data, we bring you a conversation with four-year InterWorks partner Matthew Scullion, CEO and co-founder of Matillion. Alongside host and Global Data Practice Director at InterWorks, Brian Bickell, Matthew discusses the exciting space of cloud-based technology at the 2021 Amazon AWS re:Invent Conference in Las Vegas. We invite you […]
Row-Level Security Basics in Tableau
In this blog, we will run through fundamental concepts and building blocks for Row-Level Security (RLS) solutions. This will include: USERNAME() and Entitlements Tables ISMEMBEROF() and Permissions Groups Implementation Patterns Some Simple Examples Version Considerations Mistakes to Avoid If you are questioning if you need RLS or you just want a high-level overview, check out […]
Tableau Conference 2021: Highlights from Our Favorite Sessions
Tableau Conference 2021 was big – really big – with more than 300 sessions and 800 speakers. So how do you know what to watch? Source: Tableau Well thankfully, I’ve watched a bunch of them and compiled the highlights. These are the sessions I’d recommend to kick off your binge watching replays, all of which […]
How to Mimic Dynamic Parameters in Tableau
Parameters – one of the most useful features in Tableau – received an extremely useful upgrade with Tableau version 2020.1. Named dynamic parameters, the user can now refresh a parameter’s list of values based on a column in your data sources or set the current value of a parameter to a calculated field. So far, […]
