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Friends Don’t Let Friends Make Pie Charts
It’s a common trope in the data analytics community to tsk tsk at any mention or appearance of the poor pie chart. There’s no other chart type that collects such derision and disdain. But why? Let’s...
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The 2017 InterWorks Event Debrief
2018 is full-steam ahead! Before we tell you about the exciting events we are gearing up for this year, let's reflect on how InterWorks made our events better each step of the way. Looking back, we saw...
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Questions from Tableau Training: Moving Reference Line Labels
This question came from Jerry in a New York City Desktop I class:“How can I change this view so my reference line labels are easier to read?”Great question! I agree – they are kind of tricky to read on...
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My Machine Learning Journey: The Second Project
Welcome back! The holiday season flew by, and if people were feeling generous, then it’s likely many non-profit organizations were showered in charitable donations. What does that have to do with...
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Questions from Training: Comparing Metrics for Same Weekday in Previous Year
This is a question that came up in a class I taught to a commercial airline who were looking at their web analytics data, I also taught it in a colleague’s class dealing with car parking at...
View ArticleVMware 5.5 Support Is Ending Soon, Upgrade to 6.5 Today
The general support timeframe for VMware vSphere 5.5, including both ESXi and vCenter, ends later this year – specifically, September 19. That might not seem close, but a few months can burn by quickly...
View ArticlePYD50 - Irwin Dolobowsky & Tableau Server on Linux
PYD has reached its fiftieth episode! To celebrate, we're talking with Senior Product Manager at Tableau Server Irwin Dolobowsky to discover how he and his team brought Tableau Server to the Linux...
View ArticleInterWorks Named 2017 Tableau Reseller of the Year
InterWorks was just honored as the 2017 Tableau Reseller of the Year for the Americas! The announcement came as part of Tableau’s Partner Executive Kickoff – an annual gathering of partners from around...
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Tableau Extended: The Data Connection Page
From the very beginning of our Tableau journey, we use the Data Connection Page to connect to data sources and even modify the data connection for additional combinations of information. In this...
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Building a Tableau Dashboard Navigation Pane Using Calculations and Actions
Recently, I’ve found myself setting up dashboards with navigation panes for one reason or another. Whilst this could be accomplished with a parameter-based drop-down or by navigating to different...
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Streetball Mecca: Mapping NYC Basketball Courts in Tableau
As a basketball fan, there are few places with a more unique history and culture than New York City. Since the sport’s early days, NYC has been a breeding ground for some of the best talent on earth to...
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Portals for Tableau New Feature Spotlight: Dashboard Thumbnail Loader
You’ve just built this amazing visualization that pulls together data from across your organization, blending data in never before seen ways, with some exciting new imagery that causes the audience’s...
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Portals for Tableau New Feature Spotlight: Daily Dashboard Thumbnail Refreshes
Tableau is a ground-breaking visual tool. As a result, it’s natural that Portals for Tableau would leverage those great visuals as thumbnails when listing dashboards on the home page.However, Tableau...
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How I Went from Public Policy Wonk to InterWorks Analytics Consultant
As evidenced by my StrengthFinders 2.0 test from Gallup (Connectedness, Arranger, Empathy, and Relator are all in my top five), I have always been a people person. Specifically, I love helping people....
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Event Debrief - January 2018
January is finally finished, and let’s be real – most of our new year’s resolutions are already fading. But here at InterWorks, we like to think we're doing just fine on the events side of things. So,...
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How to Create a Relevant Value Filter When Swapping Sheets in Tableau
Swapping sheets with parameters should be something you either learned in your intermediate Tableau Desktop training class or from a colleague. It is a nice technique, and I still enjoy teaching it to...
View ArticleInterWorks Blog Roundup – January 2018
Can anyone else believe that it's already February? Though the time flew by, the InterWorks blog has plenty to show for it. We reflected on the previous year, analyzed the release of Tableau 10.5,...
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Questions from Tableau Training: Colouring Specific Columns and Rows in a...
This question came up from one of the attendees where I was leading a Tableau Workshop and it’s not the first time either! After showing a demo of creating a crosstab, they asked:"Can we colour a...
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How to Configure SSO for Lattice via ADFS
If you're a Microsoft shop and have tried to set up SSO for Lattice via ADFS, then you've probably ran into similar issues as I have. You'll find that it's supported, but there aren't really...
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Portals for Tableau New Feature Spotlight: Microsoft PowerPoint Templates
You’ve already become hooked on Portals for Tableau’s ability to quickly and easily combine multiple dashboards or custom views of dashboards into Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. It is one of the...
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