Readers: Last week I attended the Tableau Conference 2017 in Las Vegas. Since many people are blogging about the conference (14,000+ attended), I decided to just focus on the four data myths discussed by Adam Selipsky, CEO of Tableau Software, and the great data governance practices overview presented by Sheri Benzelock, VP of Business Analytics Transformation… Continue Reading
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Readers: I put my Tableau Boot Camp Notes in Dropbox for the Tableau Community just now. It ranges from creating extracts, explaining Tableau architecture, an Introduction to Dimensional Modeling, A quick overview of SQL Joins, Tableau Tips & Tricks, etc. Here is the link. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ul4rfsayjjrp5is/Tableau%20Training%20Additional%20Reference%20Material%202017-10-05.pdf?dl=0 Enjoy! Michael
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First, Either a Joke or Quote He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts — for support rather than illumination. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) Source: Treasury of Humerous Quotations What is Forecasting? Forecasting is a planning tool that helps management in its attempts to cope with the uncertainty of the future, relying mainly on… Continue Reading
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Readers: In Part 2 of my deep dive into Trending in Tableau, I went over how to customize trend lines as well as the Trend Model. In Part 3, I will finish up this deep dive by discussing how to analyze Trend Models. I hope you enjoy this series about trending in Tableau. Best regards,… Continue Reading
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Readers: In Part 1 of my deep dive into Trending in Tableau, I went over the the different ways of adding trend lines, how trends are calculated by Tableau after querying the data source, and how trend lines are drawn based on various elements in the view. In Part 2, I will go over how to customize… Continue Reading
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Readers: Since my life now seems very centered in the Tableau World, I have decided to add a new blog topic called Tableau Deep Dive. I will, to the best of my ability, take a deep dive into a topic related to Tableau Desktop or Tableau Server. My first dipping of my toe in these… Continue Reading
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Readers: I have been creating some internal documentation at work for our new Tableau community who have been chomping at the bit to start working with it on some real projects. One of the topics that comes up a lot is the concept of COMPUTE USING or scope and direction. I have created some PowerPoint… Continue Reading
