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Highlights from Dell World 2014
Dell World. There aren’t many other brand-specific conferences bigger than this. Dell is obviously a company that needs no introduction. They’ve been a technology leader for decades, and that...
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Tableau Essentials: Chart Types - Box-and-Whisker Plot
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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Celebrating 1,000+ Posts on the InterWorks Blog
2014 has been a monumental year for InterWorks. From winning multiple awards and hiring like crazy to forging new industry partnerships, we have plenty to celebrate. However, just last week, we...
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Understanding Sequential and Diverging Color Palettes in Tableau
Tableau has two ways of coloring continuous measures: sequential and diverging gradients. The common understanding is that sequential palettes vary the intensity of one color while diverging palettes...
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Color Tool for Tableau: A Simpler Way to Create Custom Color Palettes
A lot has happened in the world of Power Tools for Tableau lately. Just last month, we announced the official addition of the Enterprise Deployment Tool for Tableau and Portals for Tableau.Those...
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Tableau Essentials: Chart Types - Gantt Chart
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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5 Benefits of DataGravity's Groundbreaking Data-Aware Storage Platform
There's a lot of buzz surrounding DataGravity lately, especially on the InterWorks blog. We've shared our in-depth Discovery Series blog series and even started creating Discovery Series Solution...
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3 Ways to Help Your Tableau Deployment
During the past year, I’ve given lots of speeches and spoken with hundreds of people that are using Tableau. Many are expanding their Tableau Server deployments. Most people want to know how to ensure...
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Our Tableau Vizmas Wish List: 16 Things Our Consultants Want This Year
With the holiday season well upon us, we can’t help but think of all the wonderful giving that’s going to take place in a few short days. But let’s face it, we’ve all pondered about what we’re going to...
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Tableau Essentials: Chart Types - Bullet Graph
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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Fixing a Jumpy Mouse in Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop
When remote-connecting to a Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2 computer, I have noticed that the mouse movement on the screen is often jerky and frustrating! There is a very easy fix for this. Simply edit...
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What Tableau IS and IS NOT
During the Christmas holiday, I noticed this tweet from a friend, Paul Banoub:This frustration isn’t uncommon. About 25% of the clients I’ve worked with during the last seven years have underutilized...
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Grappling with Data: The 2014 IBJJF Seattle International Open Visualized in...
In this post, we'll have a little fun with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or BJJ for short. I recently began training in BJJ at the Renzo Gracie Academy in Portland, OR. I feel very fortunate to have found a...
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Tableau Essentials: Chart Types - Packed Bubbles
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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Row-Level Highlighting in Tableau
Highlight tables can be a great way to help users quickly spot the most interesting values in a table of numbers. In cases where multiple variables are displayed, Measure Values can be used to apply a...
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10 Tableau Maxims
What is a maxim? According to Merriam-Webster: “A general truth, fundamental principle or rule of conduct.” Recently, I read a book called “Clear and Simple as the Truth” that got me thinking about...
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DataGravity Discovery Series Solution Short: Virtualization
This is the second post in yet another blog series covering DataGravity's Discovery Series. We're calling this group our "Discovery Series Solution Shorts," and these posts give you a broad overview of...
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Frequently Asked Questions from Tableau Training: Vol. 1
Chances are, several people have the same questions about Tableau as you do. The Questions from Tableau Training series spotlights these questions and provides answers. Questions are pulled straight...
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Data Art: A Portrait of Wind in the US
Of the hundreds of data visualizations I’ve seen, only a few stand out as exceptionally striking. The design, subject and uniqueness all come together perfectly. One of them is the animated Wind Map at...
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2015 CFP Championship: Calculating Recruiting Distances in Tableau
A couple weeks ago, I came across a College Football Playoff blog post that mapped the distance of each team’s campus to each player's hometown. While detailed and visually appealing, you could not...
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