Category: Tableau

Feed: What's New. Author: Andy Cotgreave. Hello DataFam! Welcome to the roundup of Tableau blogs and videos from June 2022.  This month I wanted to tackle something slightly different. For the Data Leadership Collaborative Braindates, I hosted a session on Imposter Syndrome. I chose the topic because it’s something that’s dogged me for years, starting in some form soon after the publication of The Big Book of Dashboards.  The Voice of Doubt in my head says, “Look at all these people making amazing Tableau content, and writing inspirational posts about design and storytelling. They’re all better than you.”  Meanwhile, the ... Read More

Feed: The Information Lab. Author: Iwona Fredouelle. 20 May, 2022 | Iwona Fredouelle Consultant’s notes pt. 1: Consulting basics I have 5 years of previous experience in consulting and 3 years of experience in consulting at The Information Lab, so I decided to write a short article to help new consultants with their journey. This is from my perspective, people can see things differently. What is a consultant?Consultant is a person who a company hires for advisory and implementation. Usually that means that either you work alone and you come to a company as an expert or you are a ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Michael Hetrick. The latest version of Tableau is now available for customers! Tableau 2022.2 delivers new capabilities that make data easier for everyone to use, including more efficient data prep and faster analysis. This release includes the first wave of product innovations announced at Tableau Conference 2022.  Let’s take a look at the 2022.2 highlights: Read about data insights. Generate automated natural language dashboard summaries with Data Stories to add context for business users. Find content faster. View suggested content and past searches in Tableau Cloud’s new Quick Search to save time and speed up time ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Britt Staniar. Nominations and applications for the 2022 Tableau Ambassador Program are now open. We’ve curated all you need to know about the program, including what ambassadors do, what’s new this year, and how to nominate or apply. Already know it all? Then here’s the link to get started. Otherwise, read on. What do Tableau Ambassadors do? Tableau Ambassadors are leaders in our community and data champions who want to bring analytics to everyone. You can find them answering questions in our forums, publishing content on social platforms, leading or speaking at user groups, contributing code ... Read More

Feed: The Information Lab. Author: timea.demeter. 21 June, 2022 | Timea Demeter Dynamic YoY Comparison Flag for Financial Years using Alteryx Since I started working with data, one of the most common things I get asked is to do a year on year comparison. The calendar year The first step of this process is to flag the year which we are comparing (usually the current year) and the year against which we we are making the comparing ( usually the base year or last year). As an example we want to compare the sales value from this year 2022 with ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Blake Johnston. The Extension Gallery that you know and love is now the Tableau Exchange, and it has an even greater mission. The Tableau Exchange is your one-stop shop for offerings to jumpstart your data analysis to answer questions and get actionable data quickly. It’s where you can access trusted offerings built by both Tableau and our partner network to help you see faster time to value, address a large variety of use cases, and ultimately realize a greater return on your Tableau investment. You may already be familiar with Dashboard Extensions and Connectors that were ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Wendy Turner-Williams. Editor's note: This article originally appeared in Forbes, by Wendy Turner-Williams, Chief Data Officer, Tableau In today’s fast-paced world of competing business priorities, the capacity to enable self-service data analytics with right-sized data governance is key. This ability removes the structural barriers between IT-managed data environments and true, businesswide data-driven decision making.  Data fabrics—AI-based data management designed for federated environments—are the connective tissue between data, infrastructure, and software. Data fabrics support data discovery, linkability, quality, and governance, while also assuring agile, trusted information business use at scale.  The problem data fabrics are designed to ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Ashley Howard Neville. Editor's note: This article originally appeared in Forbes, by Ashley Howard Neville, Tableau  According to a recently released Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Tableau about data literacy and culture in global enterprises, organizations that have a companywide mandate to their data literacy training have higher employee satisfaction levels with training offerings than those that focus at the team or department level. With limited resources, it’s understandable why many organizations opt to utilize on-demand learning platforms to reach as many employees as possible. The Forrester study revealed only 40% of employees are satisfied with ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Clayron “Cj” Pace. Embedding analytics is a way we can help our customers make smarter decisions and achieve greater success. Seamlessly integrating dashboards, visualizations, and reports into end users’ products, apps, and web portals expedites decision-making by putting data and insights where people are already working. Companies that provide customers with these fast and easy-to-access insights can create revenue growth opportunities, more loyal customers, and a competitive edge. When creating an embedded analytics offering, the biggest decision is whether to build an in-house solution or purchase a turnkey solution. At first glance, tasking your engineering teams ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Christian Felix. Reunions come in all shapes and sizes. Some are modestly anticipated or even awkwardly avoided (think: class reunions), while others draw us together from near and far to rekindle relationships, ignite new ones, and celebrate a common purpose. Tableau Conference 2022 was unmistakably the latter, as summed up by Sarah Bartlett, one of the many data lovers who attended TC22 in Las Vegas last month.  After two years of virtual conferences, many Tableau Community members descended on the desert for the long awaited—in-person—DataFam reunion! And for those that didn’t or couldn’t, there were still ... Read More