Questions from Alteryx Training
This blog post focuses on different aspects of the Alteryx platform that I’ve received questions on while delivering training. Hopefully, this will help answer some questions you may encounter in your...
View ArticleTime Travel with Snowflake
A couple years ago, as I was trying to teach myself programming, I managed to wipe out my computer. It was a silly mistake—all I was trying to do was learn how to work in command line and set a...
View ArticlePYD78 – Quantified Preview
Join Garrett Sauls and Katie Wagner as they talk about the basics of data and tackle important baseline questions about a career in data during this special preview of our new podcast, Quantified....
View ArticleGoing the Distance in Tableau: Greater Interactivity with Parameters
In the last blog, we looked at comparing all locations against a single, static point. Now, we can build on this and account for a selection of points in our distance calculation by using a parameter....
View ArticleWebinar Replay: The Road to Data Transformation
By now, you probably know that data is valuable, and you need it to make the best decisions for your business. But what does that really look like, and how do you put the right infrastructure into...
View ArticleI’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...
View ArticleInterWorks Named Tableau’s Asia-Pacific Services Partner of the Year for 2018
Last week, Tableau Software gathered in Singapore for their annual Asia-Pacific Partner Executive Kick-Off. During the event, they recognised their most impactful partners in the region with a series...
View ArticleQuantified 101: What is Data?
We’re kicking off a new show aimed at getting to the roots of data – what it is, what it means and how we can work with it. We’ll cover all of these topics and more over the course of the first season....
View ArticleMaple Syrup Production in the US and Canada
This blog came out of a desire to see which Canadian province is the “most Canadian.” After some extensive research into what metrics might quantify this (see below) and some searches for data, I...
View ArticleHow to Create a Culture of Learning with Tableau
Whether you just made the investment in Tableau Software or you’re leading an established Tableau community, getting the most out of Tableau is a goal that most analytics decision-makers have in...
View ArticleTableau Class Notes: A Use Case for the Self Join
It’s no secret that Tableau Prep is a game changer for those looking to clean, explore and connect their data sources together. There are myriad join options, from your traditional left, right and...
View ArticleDigital Nomad: Roundtable Webinar Replay
We have had so much fun creating the Digital Nomad campaign, and we hope you have enjoyed all of the insights from the team. Our hope was to portray an accurate depiction of the InterWorks culture and...
View ArticleInterWorks Trains the Next Generation of Data Analysts
As alumni of Maastricht University, we love to go back and contribute to the learning path of students. Therefore, Raphael and I were excited to be invited to contribute at the Career and Development...
View ArticleAdvance with Assist: Tableau and Named Ranges in Excel
Question: I want to only connect to certain rows in my Excel file, but I’m not seeing how to do that from Tableau. Is there a way to do this? Tableau connects to Excel as if it were a database. By...
View ArticleGoing the Distance in Tableau: Going Fully Dynamic with Table Calculations
Let me start off here by laying out the pros and cons of using table calculations when it comes to measuring distance. Pros: Table calcs do all of the work instead of us having to type out every...
View ArticleUnpacking the Built-in Scripts of Tableau Server
By now, most of us have utilized the tableau-server-obliterate.cmd script that comes with version 2018.2 and beyond (if you haven’t, you are about to find out what that is). But what do the rest of...
View ArticleQuantified 102: Data Collection
On this episode of Quantified, host Garrett Sauls welcomes back InterWorks analytics consultant and training lead Katie Wagner to discuss data collection. Katie shares some manual and automated...
View ArticleCloud-Based Data Collection with Airtable
Welcome, diligent readers of the InterWorks blog. Today, I am kicking off a great two-part blog. Internally, we have been tossing around conversation about a really unique tool called Airtable....
View ArticleP-Values and the Reductio Ad Unlikely
Relying on p-values to reach business decisions is common, which is reason for concern. Conducting analysis that’s too heavily based on p-values and engages in an unfettered quest for statistical...
View ArticlePYD79 – Tell Me I’m Wrong
Join Ben Bausili, Katie Wagner and Michael Treadwell on this episode of PYD. Together they tackle some hot topics within the data community including the 2019.2 Tableau Beta. On this episode we also...
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