Automation is the future, there’s no doubt about it. After all, who doesn’t want to save time and money. Tableau helps companies and government organizations automate reporting with a drag and drop style that doesn’t require coding, but welcomes it all the same. Automation is a hot topic in almost every industry including healthcare, agriculture, […]
If data alone could convince anyone of anything we’d all run perfect businesses. In the last two years we’ve created more data than all other years combined! So why does it feel like we’re not learning enough from all this information? Well, it’s because we’re using less than half a percent of all this data. […]
As new technologies are developed each year, our ability to deliver better technologies also increases. This leads to new breakthroughs each and every year in tech sectors, and in data analysis and management as well. We are constantly seeing newer and better techniques and methods to categorize, organize, and present data to make it easier […]
The following list of changes, tweaks, or considerations are all designed to improve performance of a Tableau dashboard. Not all suggestions will work in all situations, so even with this list there is a need for experience and understanding of how Tableau works in order to properly evaluate this list. There are three broad categories […]
Your data needs to be easily accessible and stored in a way that leads to insightful analysis. That means using a data architecture to create that perfect data warehouse – an amalgamation of disparate data sources optimized and organized into one. This will enable informed decision-making. And will make your job more meaningful. Bringing data […]
What is Tableau Prep? Tableau Prep is a desktop software tool that was introduced this summer. It’s a new offering in the Tableau Product family, joining Desktop, Server, Online and Reader. Tableau Prep is a separate software installation, with its own license key. With the new licensing of Tableau, everyone with Tableau Creator (which includes […]
RFM (Recency, Frequency, Monetary) analysis is commonly used for customer segmentation, to split our users into types. For example, people who visit a website regularly but don’t buy much would be a high “frequency” but a low “monetary” visitor. This analysis is especially common in retail where we want to create a view of our […]
Points and Polygons – together at last. But how? Read on… Tableau has made amazing progress on spatial data over the past year or two. In Tableau 9.2, we got the ability to add new maps through Mapbox, which opened up a world of more detailed and creative backgrounds like satellite or live traffic. Another […]
When I was asked to write a blog about Tableau Server Governance, I pondered how to make it somewhat entertaining. And I don’t think I can. Unless you’re a nerd like me, it’s not an exciting topic. With that in mind, I’m writing this blog as if I were having a friendly chat with a […]
Seemingly every week, there’s a story of an epic failure of a well-intentioned IT project. The company, or government, or charity set out to make changes and incorporate modern technology. They ended up wasting gobs of money and having nothing to show for it. Some stories can be truly mind-boggling, like the US Veterans Administration […]
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