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The BI Cantos: Initial Deployment Considerations
In this post, I’ll cover team composition, focusing on technical and operational staff that will form the core of your team. The need for more detailed information about your business drives the desire...
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The BI Cantos: Developing a Strategic Roadmap
A strategy vision roadmap (SVR) is a document that details the purpose of the project, expected benefits, training plans, project timeframe, proof-of-concept testing and validation. The SVR summarizes...
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Challenges of NLP and Solutions with Dataiku
In the previous post (that you can read here), we started doing some analysis on airline reviews. We did very basic data preparation, used the Dataiku Sentiment Analysis plugin and evaluated the model...
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines for Tableau
As data grows more and more entrenched into everyday business decisions, the importance of questioning our data and how we interpret it becomes vital. At InterWorks, we work with all different types of...
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The BI Cantos: Team Composition
This section summarizes the skills and knowledge your deployment team must have. Your deployment team will set up the software, define the proof-of-concept (POC) deliverables and perform efficacy...
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A Tableau Style Guide Made in Tableau
One of the reasons I gravitated towards a career in data visualization was just that — the visualizations. My background is in the visual arts and to see data, facts and numbers, concepts and...
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The BI Cantos: Conducting Discovery Sessions
An essential part of any business intelligence system plan is to collect information on the vital data workflows within your company. An ounce of discovery is worth a pound of remediation. -Adapted...
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User-Centered Dashboard Development: Maintain
If you’re new to User-Centered Dashboard Development (UCDD), please check out the earlier posts in this series (also found at the bottom of this post) to get acclimated, then come back here! We’re...
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The BI Cantos: Building Data Workflows and Best-of-Breed Solutions
Data workflows are like hiking boots — good-fitting ones can take you anywhere. Ill-fitting ones spawn misery. As you document the existing workflows in discovery meetings, these details will influence...
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5 IT Tips for New Businesses
After working in the IT Managed Services industry for over 18 years, particularly in medium and small business markets, I’ve come across businesses of all shapes and sizes. The underlying goal has...
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The BI Cantos: Planning a Proof-of-Concept Sprint
The plans, quotes and project deliverables your selected consulting partner helped you develop should include a proof-of-concept project recommendation based on your combined due diligence. The...
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Choosing Data Pipeline Tools: Matillion or Alteryx Designer
What are the differences or similarities between Matillion and Alteryx Designer? Both Matillion and Alteryx are popular low-code/no-code tools that help with data transformation and integration, so...
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The BI Cantos: Releasing Your First Dashboards
Most people in your company are not database experts. They are interested in something other than databases and ELT programs. They want information that supports their work needs. Human beings are...
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How To Use Tableau Repository to Monitor Your Tableau Server
Looking to optimize your Tableau Server? If you are reading this, you are most probably on the right path. But how do you know where to start? Just like our health, before any treatment can be...
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The BI Cantos: Training Your Team
If you skimp on training, you may burn every penny you save later in the project when it’s inconvenient and more costly. Even your expert team members need training and time to become confident in...
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The BI Cantos: Understanding Security Considerations
Security and data governance are often treated as the same thing. They aren’t. Security is about preventing unauthorized access. Governance is making it easier for people to find the information they...
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The BI Cantos: Establishing a Governance Framework
In the last post, I provided guidelines on security and preventing unauthorized access to your data. I warned you that an overly restrictive security model could encourage bad behavior. BI system...
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Tableau Conference 23 – Live Experience
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The BI Cantos: Managing Licensing Expenses
Licensing SaaS (software-as-a-service) products can be complicated. Every vendor wants to encourage commitment. Commitment comes in long-term contracts of one or more years, with better prices...
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InterWorks’ Tableau Conference 2023 Primer
Whether you’re currently picking up your badge in Las Vegas or anxiously awaiting the livestream, Tableau Conference 2023, a.k.a. #data23, is officially here! Buckle up for a few days packed full of...
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