Introduction For more than 20 years, I did a lot of groundwater flow and transport numerical modeling. This work prepared me well for my current career in business analytics, but life sure would have been easier if I had Tableau Desktop back then!
Introduction I have used many hundreds of comma-delimited (*.csv) files with Tableau over the past few years. I like to use csv files because Tableau reads them really fast and I can easily build gigantic files. Over the years, I have been using business-related files that have continued to increase in size from thousands, to millions,…
Introduction It was about one year ago tonight when I discovered what maximum pain really means. It was Good Friday night in 2013 at about 1 am, and I was getting ready for bed and taking a natural break. Suddenly and without warning, Mike Tyson, in the prime of his boxing career, entered my bathroom…
“Why ask the question, if you aren’t going to follow the directions?” Introduction This post is not what you think it is going to be. This has nothing to do with the critically-acclaimed show of a similar title. That show was brilliant and ended with Badfinger’s “Baby Blue“. This post contains nothing but pure, unadulterated badness created…
Introduction The problem described herein has happened to me far too many times and I am somewhat embarrassed to have to write this post, but I feel that someone has to do it.
Introduction About two months ago, I received a few files that contained patient hospitalization data from a group of hospitals. For this, I will be forever grateful because I’ve had a lot of fun working with the data. After giving me the files, one senior analyst told me: “Good luck to you because no one has ever been…