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Feed: What's New. Author: Larissa Amoroso. It wouldn’t be Tableau Conference without the world’s ultimate data showdown—Iron Viz. Three fierce contestants took the keynote stage to rock day two with their mad data storytelling skills. The Iron Viz contenders had 20 nail-biting minutes to build an awe-inspiring visualization that would energize and electrify a panel of three viz-savvy judges and a massive live audience of data enthusiasts from across the globe. Which one reigned supreme? You’ll have to read on to find out. Andy Cotgreave—Tableau’s technical evangelist—was back to host his fifth Iron Viz competition. He brought along a new ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Kitty Chou. Helping everyone to be successful with data has always been part of the Tableau DNA, and this includes investing in our platform to support people and organizations in all stages of growth. Critical to analytics success is the ability to scale it efficiently and easily, so we’ve been growing and innovating our cloud-based solution to offer intelligent tools, deliver insights where people already work, automate and scale processes for all tech stacks, build trust and confidence in data, and so much more.  Welcome to Tableau Cloud. This evolution of our fully-hosted, cloud-based solution that ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Andy Cotgreave. The crowd during Iron Viz. The competition is held on the keynote stage at Tableau Conference. Iron Viz is the world’s largest data visualization competition. Three worthy contestants take center stage in front of a global audience and have 20 minutes to deliver a compelling and awe-inspiring story using the same data set. How do they get there? Who decides the winner? Read on.  How it began Based on the world-renowned Iron Chef cooking show, Iron Viz started as a Tableau Conference 2011 breakout session with a mere 300 people in attendance. Eleven years ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Volker Metten. When you work in IT, you see first hand how the increasing business appetite for data stresses existing systems—and even in-flight digital transformations. You’re tasked with managing a sprawling data ecosystem that likely requires costly maintenance, and at the same time, your analysts can’t find the data they need or worse, are building their findings on poor data.  If that's the case, you aren't alone. Only 25% of IT leaders say their technology maximizes employee productivity. They rank disconnected data and systems among their biggest challenges alongside budget constraints and competing priorities. It might ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Clayron “Cj” Pace. In today’s digital world, data drives everything across our personal and professional lives—from fitness plans to strategic business decisions. As a result, analytics dashboards and visualizations are beginning to appear everywhere: in consumer apps, business software, news sites, and more. We want quick and seamless access to the personalized insights we need to help guide our choices. Infusing analytics into user experiences is a way we can help our customers make smarter decisions and achieve greater success. And the technology behind these experiences is embedded analytics. Embedded analytics expedites decision-making by putting data ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Mark Bradbourne. Tableau Conference 2022 (TC22) is back in person—and virtual. With so much to learn and do, whether you’re heading to Vegas or tuning in from your computer, it’s time to get organized and maximize your #Data22 experience. Here’s what to know before you go.  In-person: Viva Las Vegas It’s been a minute since we’ve gathered in person, so let’s get back to basics.  First, allow me to direct you to Sarah Bartlett’s comprehensive and entertaining 10 ways to connect with your data community at TC22. As a Tableau Visionary and certified Tableau Doctor, Sarah ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Mark Bradbourne. The Tableau Community provides many things to many people, both tangible and intangible. One of the greatest gifts I’ve received from the DataFam is the gift of feedback, something my partner in crime, Andy Cotgreave, mentioned in the lead up to last year’s IronViz competition. Now, there are right and wrong ways to provide feedback, which is why I participated in Joshua Smith’s Feedback Loop a few years back. The Feedback Loop was a small group discussion framed around building visualizations and going through two feedback rounds, intentionally structured to improve how we give ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Neal Myrick. Most conversations about climate change have a global lens. Yet, for people to more efficiently engage in climate action initiatives, they need to see themselves and their own local communities in the narrative. That is precisely what a trio of our Tableau Foundation partners are doing—driving local conversations about climate change. Earth Month is a terrific opportunity to highlight the work that some of our partners are doing in telling relevant stories about climate solutions and the positive effects on local communities. Let’s dive into the work of these impactful partners and learn more ... Read More

Feed: The Information Lab. Author: Craig Bloodworth. 25 April, 2022 | Craig Bloodworth Tableau Connected Apps The embedding of Tableau dashboards in third party applications and web pages has always had the ability to bring the magic of Tableau’s data visualisation to the masses. It is the ultimate of all Tableau goals, allow the software to disappear and put the data at the fingertips of the end user. Now embedding dashboards in itself is really easy, Tableau even provide an HTML snippet with every dashboard via the ‘Share’ button. What has always been tricky is handling authentication. If your dashboard ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Neal Myrick. For a lot of people, knowledge of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) starts and ends with the logo on the bottom of a paper grocery bag.   What they may not know is that the organization—through its work to improve forest management and market transformation, certifies and protects 231M hectares (500M acres) of forest through 1,165 local member companies in 89 countries.  As you can imagine, meeting such a massive challenge data has become an invaluable part of that effort. FSC certifies and protects forests across 89 countries Tableau Foundation and FSC partnered for ... Read More