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Tableau 2019.1 New Features
The January blues are gone, February is in full swing and with that comes a new Tableau release: 2019.1. Remember that last year, Tableau changed the way licensing naming convention works, so this new...
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Webinar Replay: Tableau Performance Checklist
Do you ever feel like Tableau Server is crawling rather than running? Do your workbooks seem to be on the sluggish side? There are all kinds of factors that can affect performance. InterWorks analytics...
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PYD77 – Gartner and Tableau
It’s that time magical time again! No, we’re not off to Hogwarts just yet. It’s Gartner’s report on business intelligence tools! Regular host Robert Rouse is joined by Russ Lyman and David Pires to...
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Visualizing Geographic Data with Set Actions in Tableau
Note: This blog post builds on a previous post and was created in collaboration with analytics consultant Dave Sirey. Set actions are opening up a new world of possibilities in Tableau. Recently, we...
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Preppin’ Data Project: Week 1
Note: A big thank you to Carl Allchin and Jonathan Allenby for initiating the Preppin’ Data project for our community. Hunker down, folks. It’s time to prep some data. Welcome to my submission for the...
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Portals for Tableau 101: Tableau Server Repository Connection
You’ve finally taken your IT security’s advice and thrown away all of the sticky notes with your passwords. However, you now have a weekly issue of needing to reset your password. Luckily, Portals for...
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Matillion 101: Starting from Scratch with Matillion
Holt Calder wrote an excellent blog post a couple months ago about why Matillion is so great and why you should be using it. As he writes, “We have been using Matillion for Snowflake with as many of...
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So, You’d Rather Not Die in a Plane Crash?
You’re someone who travels a lot. Perhaps you’re drawn to sandy beaches or snowy peaks, or maybe you’ve just landed a job as a traveling consultant. Jet-setter that you are, you settle into your seat,...
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Portals for Tableau 101: Multi-Server Setups
If one is great, more must be better, right? Well, if you answered yes then you probably like the idea of a high availability (HA) setup. If you’re reading this and thinking I’m just making up terms...
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InterWorks Blog Roundup – February 2019
So much data love was in the air this month. Here at InterWorks, we had all the heart eyes for our blog content. In February, we published over 30 pieces of content and featured 27 contributors. Some...
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Webinar Replay: Tales from the Portals Crypt
Oftentimes, when you run into issues within your data practice, a simple solution can be found. You just have to know where to look and who to ask. In this webinar, some of our InterWorks experts talk...
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Going the Distance in Tableau: Fixed Point Comparisons
Calculated fields are awesome. They can be used to discover incredible insights in your data by using fields from your original data source. And if some of those fields are latitude and longitude, they...
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Advance with Assist: Creating a Distribution of Sales in Tableau
Question: How would I go about calculating how many states generate a specific percentage range of sales? Like > 10% of total sales as an example? I want to know where to target more marketing...
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I’ll Take Jeopardy! Champions for 500, Please
I’m a bit of a Jeopardy! fanatic. Okay, that’s an understatement. I love Jeopardy! and I love trivia. Given the recent airing of the All-Stars tournament, it was a no-brainer for me to create a...
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Visualizing Geographic Data with Set Actions in Tableau
Note: This blog post builds on a previous post and was created in collaboration with analytics consultant Dave Sirey. Set actions are opening up a new world of possibilities in Tableau. Recently, we...
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Makeover Monday: Attendance at NHL Games
New Year, New Year’s Resolution. I’m not a huge believer in resolutions, but I do have a list of to-dos on my desk, and now seems as good a time as any to get things going. One of those things I’ve...
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Capturing the InterWorks Culture on Camera
Note: This post was written collaboratively by Ricki Thompson, marketing generalist, and Carter Link, graphic designer. The post represents their collective experience at their first InterWorks Summit...
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Celebrating the Women of InterWorks
As you may have heard, InterWorks’ best asset is by far our people. It’s the thing I’m thankful for day in and day out and one of the first answers I give when asked why I enjoy working here. Today is...
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Tableau Class Notes: Filtering with a Date Slider
This question comes from my student Christie. She wanted a quick way to create a date slider that started after a certain point in her data. The issue is, if you set your Range of dates or Starting...
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InterWorks Now and Then: A Photo Challenge
As years end and begin, we like to think back fondly (or not so fondly) on the last twelve months and look ahead with expectancy to those upcoming. As 2018 transitioned into 2019, popular culture...
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