InterWorks Named 2020 Global Tableau Partner of the Year by Salesforce
It’s been a little over a year since Salesforce and Tableau officially joined forces, bringing together the best of the CRM and visual analytics worlds respectively. One of the great strengths of both Salesforce and Tableau is their extended partner network – essentially, the hands and feet that help customers get the most out of […]
Snowflake Data Cloud Summit 2020: A Recap
2020 has been filled with unexpected surprises. From the global pandemic we find ourselves in to the disappearance of the business travel I had grown to love, the way this year has wrapped up was not at all expected. While the days of traveling to a high-energy tech conference might be on pause, there has […]
Boost Tableau Performance: A Tale of Two Checklists
We recently partnered with Tableau to give a couple of talks called the Tableau Performance Series. In our first webinar, we talked about what to look for in Tableau Desktop to improve performance, and we finished out with a presentation on Tableau Server itself and items to look for. We’ve compiled information from our different […]
Virtual Event Recap: Row-Level Security in Tableau Desktop
Another month, another virtual Lunch & Learn in the books! This time, we discussed row-level security in Tableau Desktop. Row-Level Security in Tableau Desktop Row-level security allows you to filter out data from your dashboards based on the user profile accessing your data. This may sound a tad boring but is actually anything but! Imagine […]
InterWorks Celebrates 10 Years on the Best Places to Work in Oklahoma List
Just last week, InterWorks was named to the Journal Record’s “Best Places to Work in Oklahoma” list for another year! As the name suggests, this list recognizes Oklahoma’s top employers. Winners are determined through a combination of employee satisfaction surveys and a benefits questionnaire. Claiming such an honor is an achievement in any year, but […]
Advance with Assist: Encrypt Tabcmd Credentials
Question: I need to script tabcmd commands but can’t leave passwords in plaintext inside scripts! How can I script tabcmd commands securely? The Challenge Tabcmd requires a username and a password passed to it in order to log into a Tableau Server site. While this is fine for running interactively, it presents security problems when […]
How to Manipulate Grand Totals in Tableau
To my surprise, the question of how to manipulate Grand Totals in Tableau arises quite frequently. Most times when it comes to Grand Totals, it is about tinkering with a table or plot so that it will show the most valuable output for the user. So, if you have had this problem or are currently […]
Advance with Assist: Tableau Server License Renewal Refresh
Question: I renewed my subscriptions in Tableau Server, but my licenses no longer show on the server following the old key expiring. However, I see the new key in my customer portal. What happened? We’ve seen this question come across the Assist desk a few times now, so we wanted to write up a short […]
Webinar Replay: How to Use Curator’s Report Builder Feature
Curator’s Report Builder is one of the most powerful features available for your dashboard consumers. It allows your users to pull together and export a personalized array of dashboards that’s ready for presentation in PowerPoint or PDF. Users can pull these reports once, save them to pull repeatedly and even schedule the reports to show […]
Using Relationships for Data Densification: Map Coverage
Often, clients want to show a geographic area of their coverage for some services. This might be countries per region or sales rep, or it might be countries where the product can be sold, etc. Now in Tableau, you can imagine that you would have a field like Country to plot on a map. However, […]