An InterWorks History: Our Origins to Our Why
When you start your own company, the concept of “having made it” is one that rarely sinks in – no matter how objectively successful you become (whatever that means). I don’t doubt that there’s a part of my mind that views InterWorks in the exact same way as when it started – a part of […]
PYD113 – Data Literacy with Analytics Consultant, Rachel Kurtz
Data literacy is the cornerstone of advanced decision making. Individuals and organizations grow when they learn to correctly crack the data code. Today, InterWorks Communications Manager Garrett Sauls speaks with Analytics Consultant Rachel Kurtz about the importance and impact of data-literate communities.
Tableau Table Calculation Highlights: Types of Calcs
In my previous blog post, I started with some basics of table calculations in Tableau. This post and the next are going to build on that foundation by walking through the various kinds of table calcs there are and finally discussing more advanced options for this functionality. For each of the types of table calculations, […]
InterWorks Blog Roundup – June 2021
Another month down! We can feel things beginning to normalize in the world, and that was even reflected on the blog. With 21 new pieces of content – including two posts guest authored on partner blogs – and 30 different InterWorks contributors, we’re thrilled have a robust list of content to share with you this […]
Webinar Replay: Designing Efficient Tableau Dashboards
We love working in Tableau, so it was a great privilege to support them when they approached us and asked, “Write down everything you know.” The outline of the idea was to take a previously written whitepaper from Alan Eldridge and update it to support all of the platform’s subsequent updates. This meant 15,000 tests […]
How I Went from Music Theorist to Client Manager
Most of my earliest memories involve music: singing along as my mom practiced hymns for our church on the piano, putting a pillow over my head in a feeble attempt to drown out the sound of my dad’s rock band in the garage and smiling and laughing as my grandfather performed cowboy songs for my […]
Ein tieferer Blick in Tableau 2021.1: Quick LODs
In Kürze: Quick LODs machen LODs (Level-of-Detail-Berechnungen) bei weitem einfacher, was ein wenig beunruhigend ist. Wie auch immer, sie könnten eine Menge Zeit sparen und bessere Lernerfahrungen in Trainings liefern, wenn das Feature weiter ausgebaut wird. Großartiges neues Feature, große Verantwortung Als Tableau die Quick LODs hinzufügte in ihrem jüngsten Release, war ich zugegebenermaßen etwas […]
PYD112 – Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
Today on Podcast Your Data, InterWorks Analytics Lead Steve Taylor sits down with the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership’s Head of BI, Graham Beales, and Senior BI Analyst, Paul Langton. They discuss how GMHSCP works alongside many organizations to develop and deliver insights that improve health outcomes in the Greater Manchester area. Through […]
Tableau Table Calculation Highlights: The Basics
Table calculations are a special group of calculations in Tableau that apply to the values that are currently in your view or viz, and they do not consider measures or dimensions filtered out of the view. These calculations are only applied after almost everything else has already been done, like filtering, aggregating and calculating. Essentially, […]
Increasing Tableau Server (or Tableau Online) User Adoption with Instructor-Led Workshops
The Tableau platform is a suite of innovative and intuitive tools. When I first started using Tableau Desktop in 2009, I managed to create basic dashboards and, for the first time, the organization I worked with used visual analytics to inform decisions. At the time, I relied on a few free videos I found online […]
