InterWorks Blog Roundup β January 2021
Happy New Year! We are eager and hopeful as weβre shifting our gaze away from 2020 and looking ahead at 2021. The year on the blog is off to a great start with 14 solid posts and contributions from 22...
View ArticleUsing PGP Encryption to Protect Your Data
Have you ever heard someone say that they never lock their doors? This practice implies that we live in a world where bad people do not exist, that you are not exposing yourself to any risk by doing...
View ArticleData Stories: The Global Impact of Giving
The year 2020 provided new, and at times harsh, perspectives on the ways we go about our lives. In light of this, InterWorks used the holiday season as an opportunity to examine what matters most. As a...
View ArticleInterWorks Achieves Datto Blue Diamond Partner Status
January is often a time for companies to reflect on the progress of the prior year β what worked well, what didnβt and who helped make progress possible? The same is true of Datto, one of our go-to...
View ArticleQuick Q&A: Why We Like Datto for Data Backup
We support a lot of great solutions on the IT services side of our business. As a full-stack data and IT consultancy, partnering with a solid and diverse cast of IT vendors is essential to serving our...
View ArticlePut to the Test: Is Windows or Linux Faster?
While minimizing costs for infrastructure has always been a concern, with more companies moving to cloud platforms, thereβs never been a better time to re-evaluate the operational costs of...
View ArticleInclusive Challenges at InterWorks
The title sounds a bit like a dichotomy, but itβs a little hidden gem at InterWorks we explore all the time. I personally believe the connection is something everyone seeks; my interest professionally...
View ArticleWebinar Replay: Tableau Dashboard Templates: The Pros and Cons
Weβre excited to dive into 2021 with monthly Assist webinars! Brought to you by the InterWorks Assist team, weβll be bringing new webinars each month that focus on the technology you know and love with...
View ArticleIntroducing the Amazon SageMaker Integration for Tableau
As 2020 was coming to a close at InterWorks, we were approached with a unique problem from an organization we greatly respect. Amazon has been at the forefront of cloud computing for the better part of...
View ArticleThe 2021 Gartner BI Magic Quadrant Visualized in Tableau
Itβs that time again: Gartner has released the BI Magic Quadrant for 2021. This announcement is highly anticipated every year to see where Gartner has ranked BI companies. The factors they use include...
View ArticleInterWorks Blog Roundup β February 2021
I know. We canβt believe itβs already March, either. But another month means another opportunity to bring together all of the great resources from the blog for you. It feels good to get into the swing...
View ArticleWebinar Replay: Five Tableau UX Hacks for 2021
Weβre continuing our monthly webinar series brought to you by the InterWorks Assist team. Each month, we survey our teams to find out what topics and technology can most benefit the data communities we...
View ArticlePYD108 β Carlos Rodriguez, Johns Hopkins University
Todayβs Podcast Your Data episode features a PYDChats conversation with InterWorks East Coast Regional Lead, Nayeem Ahmed, InterWorks Northeast Regional Lead, Ben Young, and Carlos Rodriguez, the...
View ArticleUsing Excel PERCENTILE Functions in Tableau
If you are transferring a dashboard from Excel to Tableau, and the Excel file uses the PERCENTILE.INC and/or the PERCENTILE.EXC functions, this is how to handle them in Tableau. Some Basics of...
View ArticleBringing Custom Color to Your Tableau Dashboards
Ready to add some more flavor and personality to your dashboard but not sure where to start? Color can be a difficult component to tackle when building out a dashboard, but luckily there are a lot of...
View ArticleVirtual Event Recap: Tableau Deep Dive: Changing Your Crosstab Culture
Our most recent virtual Lunch & Learn covered how to change your crosstab culture. Crosstabs are one of those enduring and painful components of analytics where you make something beautiful, and...
View ArticleExploring the New Map Layers Feature in Tableau 2020.4
It took a few years, but Tableau finally made a wish come true that had been long held by a large part of the Tableau community: the ability to visualize more than one layer in a map. With Tableau...
View ArticleCelebrating One Year of Virtual Water Cooler Chats
It was just about this time last year when things started to turn on their head. The COVID-19 global pandemic hit, and drastic changes followed. While I was already a remote employee, working from home...
View ArticleAdvance with Assist: Tableau Server Migrations
Question: I need to migrate Tableau Server; what are my options? Should I be using something like Azure Site Recovery or AWS AMIs to move my cluster? The Challenges There are a few challenges to using...
View ArticleCreate a Sunburst Chart with Map Layers in Tableau
Itβs rare that a new Tableau feature can be used for so many other use cases beyond those intended. The Tableau community is continuing to find new ways to make the most out of Map Layers, a new...
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