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Thoughts on Alteryx Inspire 2014
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the Alteryx Inspire 2014 conference in San Diego. The show was well-presented by Alteryx and conveyed a very consistent message of “data for the people.”I’ve...
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2014 FIFA World Cup Visualized in Tableau – Group G Outcomes
If you cried as much as I did as the U.S. Men’s National Team settled for a draw against Portugal last night, then you’ve probably spent your Monday pouring over the slew of scenarios for the last...
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InterWorks Takes the 'Tableau Your Data!' Tour to Europe
The wait is over for European Tableau fans! InterWorks plans to bring the “Tableau Your Data!” tour to Europe this July. With the U.S. tour winding down and incredible interest from the European...
View ArticleReinstalling OSX on a Wiped MacBook Pro
I know there aren't a lot of people reinstalling Mac OSX, but I thought I'd create a post just in case you run into a situation that deems it necessary.Here's how to reinstall OSX on a wiped Mac:Power...
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InterWorks Joins Tableau for the Tableau 8.2 Roadshow
InterWorks joins Tableau yet again on their latest major tour, the Tableau 8.2 Roadshow. The purpose of the Tableau 8.2 Roadshow is simple: show off all the amazing new features and capabilities of...
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When to Use Filters, Groups & Sets in Tableau
Tableau uses filters, groups and sets to organize data. They were each created for a specific purpose, but differentiating between use cases can be difficult at times. The purpose of this post isn’t a...
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Tableau Essentials - Connect to Data
Not everyone is a Tableau guru, at least not yet. To help Tableau rookies, we’re starting from square one with the Tableau Essentials blog series. The series is intended to be an easy-to-read reference...
View ArticleUse DreamObjects to backup your MySQL database (PHP script)
DreamObjects is DreamHost’s public cloud storage offering. It’s analogous to Amazon’s S3 offering, but slightly cheaper. The nice thing about DreamObjects is that it is compatible with the S3 API. This...
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Understanding R Integration in Tableau
When Tableau released Tableau 8.1, there was a lot of buzz surrounding R integration. Tableau 8.1 has come and gone, and Tableau released another great update with Tableau 8.2. However, I still find a...
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Tableau Essentials - Title, Caption & Summary
Not everyone is a Tableau guru, at least not yet. To help Tableau rookies, we’re starting from square one with the Tableau Essentials blog series. The series is intended to be an easy-to-read reference...
View ArticleRedirect loop on portal.microsoftonline.com after trying to log in
I've noticed this happens fairly often when trying to log into portal.microsoftonline.com. Firefox and Chrome will throw an error about a redirect loop. Seems like a conspiracy Microsoft, because this...
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How I Went from Investment Management to InterWorks Business Intelligence...
I got my introduction to rigorous, fine-grained analytical reasoning while studying philosophy in college. I took to it like a fish to water. There are few things better to me than being immersed in...
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Tableau Essentials - The Status Bar
Not everyone is a Tableau guru, at least not yet. To help Tableau rookies, we’re starting from square one with the Tableau Essentials blog series. The series is intended to be an easy-to-read reference...
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Evolution 2014 Viewer Numbers Visualized in Tableau
Two of my passions in life are data visualization and fighting games. These two passions haven’t overlapped a whole lot, but lately I’m finding more and more uses for data in taking my Ultra Street...
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Cleaning Up WinSXS Folder on Windows Server 2008 R2
I finally found some good information for cleaning up the WinSXS folder on new instances of Windows. I found the following site extremely...
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Identify a VID PID for a USB Device
One of the more common ways organizations choose to address security to computers is to restrict what USB devices can be utilized within an environment. Depending on the program, there are a number of...
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2014 OSU College Football Preview Visualized in Tableau
If you’re a sports fan like me, the next month can be one of the longest of the year. The World Cup and NBA Finals are over, the British Open just ended, and the baseball playoffs have not yet started....
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Website Data Collection Made Easy Using XPath in import.io
The release of import.io saves headache and heartache for many data lovers. Using a simple interface and a little bit of magic, manual input of data from websites is shortened to just a few minutes. I...
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2014 BYU College Football Preview Visualized in Tableau
If you’re a sports fan like me, the next month can be one of the longest of the year. The World Cup and NBA Finals are over, the British Open just ended, and the baseball playoffs have not yet started....
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Patent Assertion Entities: You’ve Been Tableau’d
Let it be duly noted that I used the euphemistic term rather than the pejorative “patent troll”.+1 for me! What is Patent Trolling?When an issue makes to the Office of the President of the United...
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