How to Rank by Group in Alteryx - Part 1 - Standard Competition, Dense, ...

Jun 24, 2021 Liu Zhang | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Alteryx does not have a default function for ranking, so to achieve the desired results, we need to use Multi_Row Formula tool to get the calculate the rankings.

TableauDates,TableauCalculations,Data

Five Different Ways to Add Reference Lines

Jun 24, 2021 Ali Agah | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Most people have a go-to way of adding reference lines to their chart. Yet, there are many ways to add reference lines, each with its own strengths. Read on to expand your context-adding horizons.

TableauDates,TableauCalculations,Data

Tableau Table Calculation Highlights: The Basics

Jun 24, 2021 Robin Schouten | interworks.com

Table calculations are a special group of calculation in Tableau that apply to the values that are currently in your view or viz, and they do not consider measures or dimensions filtered out of the view. These calculations are only applied after a...

Data,TableCalculations,Tableau,TableauTableCalculationHighlights

Power BI - #WorkoutWednesday 2020 Week 53 - Executive Sales Dashboard

Jun 23, 2021 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

Today I’ve been teaching DS23 a bit of PBI. We teach PBI as more of awareness than expertise. I need them to understand how it work in the event it comes up while on their placements.After creating some charts with Superstore and showing them how ...

areachart,backgroundcolor,BAN,dashboard,filter,KPI,layout,PBI,PowerBI,shape,textbox,WorkoutWednesday

How to Move All Column Labels to the Top of a Chart

Jun 23, 2021 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

A very common frustration I hear is that Tableau can’t move headers from the bottom of a chart to the top if there’s more than one dimension. In this tip, I’m going to show you how simple it is to move all discrete column labels to the top of a ch...

advancedsettings,analysis,formatting,header,help,marklabels,movetotop,tablelayout,tableau,tip,trick,tutorial

What did it take to get into DS24?

Jun 23, 2021 Andy Kriebel | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Here’s look at the visualization that DS24 created to get into The Data School.

Dashboards,Tableau,Technical,Tutorial,DataModeling,main,MapLayers,parameteractions,tableau

Week 12: Power BI vs Tableau | DS23

Jun 23, 2021 Auguste Navickyte | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Which is better for data visualisation - PowerBI or Tableau?

Dashboards,Tableau,Technical,Tutorial,DataModeling,main,MapLayers,parameteractions,tableau

How to Create Custom Buttons in Tableau

Jun 23, 2021 James Zirbes | www.tessellationtech.io

Buttons are ubiquitous and self-explanatory to use, and yet it feels like our options for creating and implementing them in Tableau can be quite limited. Not anymore! This guide will walk you through the steps needed to create beautiful and func...

Dashboards,Tableau,Technical,Tutorial,DataModeling,main,MapLayers,parameteractions,tableau

Increasing Tableau Server (or Tableau Online) User Adoption with Instruc...

Jun 23, 2021 Carly Capitula | interworks.com

The Tableau platform is a suite of innovative and intuitive tools. When I first started using Tableau Desktop in 2009, I managed to create basic dashboards and, for the first time, the organization I worked with used visual analytics to inform dec...

Data,Enablement,Server,Tableau,TableauTraining,useradoption

#MakeoverMonday 2021 Week 25 - Stop & Search in England & Wales

Jun 22, 2021 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

Tough topic this week, stop & search by race. What really stuck out to me is how much more likely anyone with black ethnicity of any type is to be stopped and searched. No one can tell me there isn’t racism in the UK.Resources:Final Viz (and b...

bias,bumpchart,color,crime,england,ethnicity,heatmap,label,MakeoverMonday,race,racism,rank,stop&search,wales

Alteryx tip: Using Transpose and Cross Tab to swap column values and hea...

Jun 22, 2021 George Pattinson | www.thedataschool.co.uk

PIVOT! A quick Alteryx tip to move desired values from a column into column headers

News,Award,CRN,CRNSolutionProvider500,IT

InterWorks Ranks on the 2021 CRN Solution Provider 500

Jun 22, 2021 Garrett Sauls | interworks.com

We’re pleased to share that InterWorks recently ranked on the 2021 CRN Solution Provider 500 list! The list recognizes the top 500 IT solution providers across North America based on solutions number and degree of IT partnerships and certification...

News,Award,CRN,CRNSolutionProvider500,IT

Tableau Toolbar Tips

Jun 21, 2021 Muneeb Sajjad | www.thedataschool.co.uk

This blog post focuses on how you can make the most of the Tableau Toolbar (the row of icons/buttons located just under the menu at the top).

IT,Dell,hyperconvergence,quickQ&A

SALES GOAL SELECTION TOOL?

Jun 21, 2021 Rosario Gauna | rosariogaunag.wordpress.com

Ann Jackson set challenge # WOW2021 for week 23, based on a recent “real world” situation she had encountered. Dashboard users can use between two ways to set sales goals and required an option that would allow them to interact with the dashboard ...

English,BulletChart,LODcalc,ParameterActions

HERRAMIENTA DE SELECCIÓN DE OBJETIVOS DE VENTAS?

Jun 21, 2021 Rosario Gauna | rosariogaunag.wordpress.com

Ann Jackson estableció el desafío # WOW2021 para la semana 23, basado en una situación reciente del “mundo real” que había encontrado.  Los usuarios del tablero pueden utilizar entre dos formas de establecer objetivos de ventas y requerían de una ...

Español,BulletChart,GanttChart,ParameterActions

Quick Q&A: Why We Like Dell-EMC for Just About Everything IT

Jun 21, 2021 Garrett Sauls | interworks.com

In this edition of “Quick Q&A,” we talk about Dell-EMC with InterWorks Director of Enterprise Solutions Daniel Holm, IT Architecture and Solutions Lead Andrew Wooten and Global Director of Business Development Aaron Confer. They combined their...

IT,Dell,hyperconvergence,quickQ&A

QGIS for Tableau Users # 2: Bending Text Files to Your Will!

Jun 21, 2021 Ken Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

We’re once again excited to have Sarah Battersby joining us for the second in her series about QGIS for Tableau users. Sarah has been a member of Tableau Research since 2014. Her primary area of focus is cartography, with an emphasis on cognition....

How-To,Maps,QGIS,Tableau

Using a set action to show similarly ranked values

Jun 20, 2021 George Pattinson | www.thedataschool.co.uk

This blog shows how to use a set action and a couple of calculated fields to show similar sales. The lookup() function is your friend!

Español,BulletChart,GanttChart,ParameterActions

How To Create a Normal Distribution Curve Within Tableau

Jun 19, 2021 Rajeev Pandey | vizartpandey.com

Normal distribution represents the distribution of symmetric probabilities compared to the mean and its very easy to built in tableauThe post How To Create a Normal Distribution Curve Within Tableau appeared first on Welcome to Vizartpandey.

Home,Tableau,TableauBootcamp,AdvanceCharts

Integrate R with Tableau

Jun 19, 2021 Liu Zhang | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Only ever use forecast in the Analytics pane? What to do when it’s grey not applicable?Time to call for additional support.

Data Prep and Analysis Series -Standardize vs Normalize Data Part 2 (Tab...

Jun 19, 2021 Liu Zhang | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Data standardization and normalization part 2Let’s do some calculations in Tableau, follow along, then you will be ready for some cluster analysis in future blogs.

Data Prep and Analysis Series -Standardize vs Normalize Data Part 1

Jun 19, 2021 Liu Zhang | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Keep seeing data standardization or data normalization?Ever wonder what are they and what is the difference?Time to follow and try out a simple case.

Optimising Costs of Snowflake with Alteryx & Tableau

Jun 18, 2021 joe.stokes | www.theinformationlab.co.uk

At The Information Lab, we as consultants have had a real focus on Alteryx and Tableau – tools used for data transformation and visualisation respectively. With the recent addition of Snowflake we are now able to complete the ‘Full Stack’. In this...

Blog,Alteryx,AlteryxDesigner,optimisation,Snowflake,Tableau,TableauDesktop

Using set actions to create a nested bar chart

Jun 18, 2021 Hannah Murphy | www.thedataschool.co.uk

This week at the Data School it was all about Tableau basics, including sets! A nested bar chart is a simple but effective usage of set actions that allows the user to interact with supplementary data and directly compare between categories/sub-ca...

Data,COVID-19,healthcare,Podcast,PodcastYourData,Tableau

Python - How and Why to get started.

Jun 18, 2021 Garth Turner | www.thedataschool.co.uk

A brief walk through of my experience with PYTHON, how to get started, and reasons to do so.

Data,COVID-19,healthcare,Podcast,PodcastYourData,Tableau

DS24 Training Blog - Week 2

Jun 18, 2021 Liu Zhang | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Weekly blog on Data School Training and Notes

Data,COVID-19,healthcare,Podcast,PodcastYourData,Tableau

Adding Multiple Spatial Files as Map Layers in Tableau

Jun 18, 2021 Ryan Callihan | interworks.com

The advent of map layers in Tableau was a giant leap forward in Tableau’s mapping capabilities. There are many great examples out on how to use them. Here are a few blogs that come to mind: Exploring the New Map Layers Feature in Tableau 2020.4…Th...

Data,maplayers,mapping,relationships,spatialanalysis,Tableau

Alteryx Challenge & Prepping Data Alteryx Solutions Log

Jun 17, 2021 Liu Zhang | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Data Prep Exercise Log

News,APAC,APJ,Award,PartneroftheYear,Snowflake

PYD111 – A Healthcare Conversation with Chief Analytics Officer, Niloo S...

Jun 17, 2021 InterWorks | interworks.com

InterWorks Analytics Consultant Martin Plourde speaks with Hospital for Special Surgery Chief Analytics Officer, Niloo Steele. They discuss how the pandemic has changed HSS operations, unique opportunities in the healthcare vertical and how data c...

Data,COVID-19,healthcare,Podcast,PodcastYourData,Tableau

InterWorks Receives Snowflake Partner of the Year Award for Asia-Pacific...

Jun 17, 2021 Jia Liu | interworks.com

Recently, InterWorks was honored to receive the Snowflake Regional Solution Integrator Innovation Partner of the Year Award for Asia-Pacific and Japan! This award means a great deal to us because it is the third consecutive year that we have recei...

News,APAC,APJ,Award,PartneroftheYear,Snowflake

Can you visualise the Cholera Outbreak?

Jun 17, 2021 Donna Coles | donnacoles.home.blog

Lorna delivered an exciting map based challenge this week, to recreate one of the most famous visualisations ever created. If you’re part of the data viz community and never heard of John Snow and his cholera map, then I suggest you go and google ...

Using Custom Admin Views to Help with Tableau Server Housekeeping

Jun 16, 2021 Joselito Bondoc | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Using Tableau Server Insights and Custom Admin Views to help with housekeeping of Tableau Server.

TableauDates

Tableau Simples #8: Barcode Chart

Jun 16, 2021 Henry Mak | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In this new blog series, Henry shows you small tips and techniques in Tableau… in a short and simple way. This blog post shows you how to quickly create a barcode chart.

TableauDates

How to Create a Custom Calendar for Tableau (in Excel)

Jun 16, 2021 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

Tableau date period comparisons and calculations work great as long as you use a conventional calendar. If your organization uses a non-standard calendar (e.g. your fiscal year doesn’t start on January 1st or you have comparison periods like semes...

TableauDates

Date Comparisons in Tableau, Part 2: Visualization

Jun 16, 2021 Beth Kairys | interworks.com

Current vs. comparison periods are one of the most common queries our Assist team receives. They’re so common I was inspired to put this blog together – it’s actually one of two blogs. The first tackled how to create these comparisons, while this ...

Data,datecomparisons,Tableau,timeperiod

Week 11: PostgreSQL & Tableau Server | DS23

Jun 15, 2021 Auguste Navickyte | www.thedataschool.co.uk

How do you gain insight into Tableau Server performance via Postgres?

Data,COVID-19,healthcare,PAHO,Podcast,PodcastYourData,Tableau

Tableau Postgres Server Basics

Jun 15, 2021 Harry Osborne | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Potentially underutilised and underappreciated, Tableau Server’s PostgreSQL database offers an array of information about a business gathered from their own Server usage. Implemented properly (and with some guidance), this is a powerful internal b...

Data,COVID-19,healthcare,PAHO,Podcast,PodcastYourData,Tableau

Improving Stacked Bar and Area Charts Using Interactivity

Jun 15, 2021 Joselito Bondoc | www.thedataschool.co.uk

This blog post will look at how to add more value to the use of stacked bars and area charts.

Data,COVID-19,healthcare,PAHO,Podcast,PodcastYourData,Tableau

Pivoting Without Pivoting: Exploring Tableau’s Relational Data Model

Jun 15, 2021 Keith Dykstra | interworks.com

Pivoting without pivoting … it’s not a trap or a trick. This blog will take a look at how to use Tableau’s relational data model to pivot data without duplicating records. When would you need this? This technique is mostly useful when you need to…...

Data,datamodel,Pivot,relationaldata,relationships,Tableau

Pivoting Without Changing Granularity: A New Use for Tableau’s Relationa...

Jun 15, 2021 Keith Dykstra | interworks.com

Pivoting without pivoting … it’s not a trap or a trick. This blog will take a look at how to use Tableau’s relational data model to pivot data without duplicating records. When would you need this? This technique is mostly useful when you need to…...

Data,datamodel,Pivot,relationaldata,relationships,Tableau

Prepping for the Tableau Desktop Certified Professional Exam

Jun 14, 2021 Lindsay Betzendahl | vizzendata.com

I recently sat for the Tableau Desktop Certified Professional Exam, which is the exam you can take after you passContinue reading

Career,DataVisualization,Tableau,ProfessionalExam,Storytelling,Test

#MakeoverMonday 2021 Week 24: Which States Have the Highest Average Stud...

Jun 14, 2021 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

If you watch this week’s #WatchMeViz (below), you’ll get a good look at how I use containers to create a dashboard. I didn’t iterate very much this week, as far as the number of charts is concerned, but I did mess around way too long when trying t...

average,BAN,bignumbers,borders,color,containers,context,dashboard,debt,filters,hexmap,MakeoverMonday,studentloan,UnitedStates,USA,WatchMeViz

How to build a Control Chart in Tableau

Jun 14, 2021 Harry Osborne | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Control Charts are a great way to show outliers and trends within your data over time, plus can be made dynamic with the use of parameters.

Data,COVID-19,healthcare,PAHO,Podcast,PodcastYourData,Tableau

How To Create a Quarterly Calendar Heatmap in Tableau

Jun 14, 2021 Henry Mak | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In this blog post, Henry shows you how to create a yearly heatmap calendar which has been separated into quarters.

Data,COVID-19,healthcare,PAHO,Podcast,PodcastYourData,Tableau

PYD110 – Pan American Health Organization on the COVID-19 Story

Jun 14, 2021 InterWorks | interworks.com

On this episode of Podcast Your Data, join Dan Murray as he speaks with Patricia Schroeder Mariduena and Jisoo Kim from the Pan American Health Organization. Together, they discuss how their teams have worked to collect and report daily case data ...

Data,COVID-19,healthcare,PAHO,Podcast,PodcastYourData,Tableau