Global Company, Tight-knit Culture: Staying Connected from Afar
Note: This blog post was written before the global pandemic of the coronavirus imposed strict limitations on much of the world. Thus, it seems supremely apropos to share this now in light of...
View ArticleCollaborating in Tableau: Neat Lessons Learned from Messy Projects, Part 1
Have you experienced this? You have a fun idea for a dashboard. Just a little side project for your Tableau Public profile. You start out enthusiastically, full of excitement about the possibilities....
View ArticleInterWorks Blog Roundup – March 2020
The world is a place of unknowns and fear right now. At InterWorks, we’ve worked extra hard to find ways to creatively connect our team members across the globe. From scheduling “water cooler chats” on...
View ArticleCollaborating in Tableau: Neat Lessons Learned from Messy Projects, Part 2
While relying on each other is extra crucial in these strange times, sometimes it can still be tricky to figure out what that really looks like. Especially in the workplace. This blog is the second...
View ArticleDashboard Confessions: Fighting Blank-Page Paralysis
Everyone has that moment. You’ve got the data. You have the goal – make a dashboard/visualization that says something interesting. You sit down. And then you freeze. You’re staring at a blank screen....
View ArticlePYD101 – Champions of Change
Adjusting to change is one thing, but what does it take to be a champion and initiator of that change? Listen in as Global Marketing Manager, Jenny Parnell, talks with analytics consultants Rachel...
View ArticlePortals for Tableau New Feature Spotlight: Auto-Logout
There has been a recent boom in the number of people working from home, or at least away from the office. With this new development, security-minded businesses need a way to prevent an unattended...
View ArticleUsing Parameter Actions for Interactive Data Storytelling in Tableau
My colleague Kendra Allenspach and I recently put together a visual story about InterWorks’ musical preferences using Spotify Wrapped data (we’ve embedded the final product at the end of this article...
View ArticlePYD102 – Teaching Tableau: 3 Perspectives From Higher Education
You’ve heard that the best way to learn something is to teach it, and this PYD episode is a true testament to that maxim. Listen in as host Zion Spencer, Marketing Analytics Manager, talks with our...
View ArticleOut of Office: My Woodworking Hobby
So far, the spring of 2020 has been defined by the global pandemic of COVID-19. The world is being strongly encouraged to stay home, and a large part of the global workforce is working from home. And...
View ArticleVirtual Event Recap: Five Game-Changing Tableau Features
The world is in lockdown. That’s true here in Australia, as well. So, we decided to take our popular Lunch & Learn learning series from the conference rooms in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and...
View ArticleUsing Viz Animations for Interactive Data Storytelling in Tableau
In my previous article, I explained how Kendra Allenspach and I used parameter actions to build an interactive story about InterWorks’ Spotify listening preferences. The counter technique I described...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Data Viz: Flattening the Curve
As I write this article, approximately 100,000 people have officially died from COVID-19 around the world, and there are no indications that the pandemic is going to end. I live in Singapore where we...
View ArticleTableau Help While Working from Home
For a large part of the world, work looks very different right now. With social distancing implemented, the workforce is grappling with how best to accomplish day-to-day tasks away from the office and...
View ArticleMy Epiphany About Using Tableau for Financial Reporting, Part 2
In this follow-up to my previous post on discovering the power of Tableau for financial reporting, we’ll be looking at how to create a waterfall chart. We’ll create the chart and include addition and...
View ArticleWebinar Replay: Analytics für Marken: User Experience besser einbetten
Beseitigen Sie die größten Hindernisse bei der Nutzerakzeptanz, indem Sie sich auf ein markengerechtes und intuitives UX-Design fokussieren. Embedded Analytics ermöglicht Ihnen, Ihre Analysen mit...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Data Viz: United States
As I write this article, there have been over 560,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States. Over 22,000 people have died, almost all in the last three weeks. Media outlets have recently...
View ArticleWebinar Replay: Self-Service Data Wrangling
Think data preparation is just for the seasoned data engineer? We think not! Enter Tableau Prep, a self-service data preparation tool that empowers you to use a friendly and familiar UI. This equips...
View ArticleWebinar Replay: Portals for Tableau
Have you ever built THE perfect dashboard in Tableau, only to publish it to Tableau Server and wait for traffic that never comes? Even if your dashboard has all of the bells and whistles that...
View ArticleWebinar Replay – Branded Analytics: Embedding a Better User Experience
By ramping up the focus on branded and intuitive UX design, your biggest barriers to user adoption will be removed. Embedded analytics allows you to frame your analytics with the familiarity of your...
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