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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleWebinar 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...
View ArticleInterWorks 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...
View ArticleTableau 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...
View ArticlePYD113 – 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...
View ArticleAn 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...
View ArticleThe InterWorks Mantra: Do the Best Work for the Best Clients with the Best...
I’ve always found it hard to attach labels and definitions to things, especially InterWorks, for a lot of reasons. In a recent blog post, I detailed how and why InterWorks came to be. When I started...
View ArticleHow I Went from High-Fashion Showroom Manager to Data & Tech Client Manager
Ever since I was a little girl, I was determined to live in New York City. The buildings, the lights, the shows … but I also think the grit that one had to have in order to live there drew me to The...
View ArticleHow to Build an XmR Chart in Tableau
In this blog, I’ll run through the steps to build an XmR control chart, which is typically used to determine if a manufacturing or business process is in a state of control. In this example, I’m using...
View ArticleTableau Table Calculation Highlights: Advanced Options
The final blog in this mini series on Tableau table calculations focuses on more advanced capabilities users can execute. The first post discussed a foundational understanding of table calculations,...
View ArticleTableau 2021.2 New Feature: Show and Hide Everything!
With the recently released version 2021.2 of Tableau Desktop, Tableau fulfilled a wish I never knew I had: I am now going to use the Show/Hide button on any tiled element on every future dashboard I...
View ArticleThe Transformational Power of dbt in Analytics
Many of us have seen the recent news that dbt received another round of funding to continue growing its platform. For those unfamiliar with dbt, now is the perfect time to give you an introduction and...
View ArticleGetting Started with Python Scripts in Tableau Prep
In the last few years, we have seen an ever-growing number of codeless data-prep solutions made available to analysts and developers. At InterWorks, we are constantly vetting these technologies,...
View ArticleA Data Viz of U.S. Lumber Prices in 2021
My wife and I moved into our downsized home three years ago. Our timing was good. There was some available inventory, and we were able to purchase a very nice home for a reasonable price. This weekend...
View ArticleExploring dbt Cloud vs. Core
In our previous post, we briefly introduced dbt and an emerging role on modern data teams called an analytics engineer. If you’ve had a chance to dig into dbt, you’ve likely asked the questions, “What...
View ArticleHow to Stage Email Attachment Data with Matillion
Transferring datasets via email is definitely not ideal, and while we try to avoid it as much as we can, there are occasions where our data providers do not have the resources to provide their datasets...
View ArticleSnowflake, Matillion and InterWorks Accelerating Success in Asia-Pacific
Call it kismet or just plain-old great collaboration, but the relationship between Snowflake, Matillion and InterWorks continues to produce some real data magic. We’ve worked together for a few years...
View ArticleAdvance with Assist: Highlighting Points of Interest
Question: I want to allow my user to easily see a custom value that is connected to a highlighted point on my time series chart. How can I do this in a way that can also interact with a dashboard...
View ArticleWebinar Replay: Interactive Dashboard Tips & Tricks
Interactive dashboards are where Tableau really comes into its own. As a Creator, you can build something that lets your users explore and answer questions you didn’t even think to design for. But...
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