How to Add Geographies to Lat/Long Data for Better #Tableau Mapping
This article shows how it is possible to add larger scale geographical information to your data when all you have are latitudes and longitudes.
Sometimes #Tableau Just Lets Me Visualize Something I’m Wondering About
I’ve been watching billions of miles of driving accumulate this year. I wondered where it was happening. I wondered where the drivers were going on road trips and whether or not they were following the interstate system.
Lessons Learned From a Decade of Using #Tableau
Ten years have passed and my Tableau passion has not subsided. How can this be, I wonder? How can Tableau continue to be such an important and profound part of my working life?
To find the answers, I took a few minutes to think about what Tableau means to me and what I have learned over these 10 years. These are my insights and I believe them to be true.
Techniques for Efficiently Handling Big Data in @Alteryx and @Tableau
When data comes flying at you at nearly the speed of light, you have to have fast processing capabilities for using the data to make effective decisions and predictions. In this article, I present some techniques I use to process large data sets in Alteryx and Tableau to be able to see the truth of what lies within the data.
The Magic That Happens When It All Comes Together
I can call it many things, but when the right technologies are coupled with seemingly insurmountable challenges, greatness can happen. Over the past couple of months I have been able to achieve some remarkable insights by using Alteryx and Tableau on some really fun project work.
Three Aces Talk About The 2017 @Alteryx Inspire Conference
Three Alteryx Aces spent some time together talking about their Inspire 2017 conference experiences. This article has a link to that dicussion.
Arnold
I wrote a term paper on Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1980 that predicted his future fame. I recently found my term paper and thought it would make a nice story about the one and only: Arnold Schwarzenegger.
A Useful USA County Shapefile For #Tableau and #Alteryx
I constructed a USA county shapefile by blending two files together to create a more useful item for Tableau and Alteryx. You can download the source files and the final product, as well as a Tableau 10.4 file that holds the information.
A Useful USA Zip Code Shapefile For #Tableau and #Alteryx
I constructed a zip code shapefile by blending two files together to create a more useful item for Tableau and Alteryx. You can download the source files and the final product, as well as a Tableau 10.4 file that holds the information.
How To Do Trend Modeling In #Alteryx
This is the second of a three part series showing how Tableau, Alteryx and Power BI can be used to perform trend modeling of data. In this article, Alteryx is used to perform the work.
How To Do Trend Modeling In #Tableau
This is the first of a three part series showing how Tableau, Alteryx and Power BI can be used to perform trend modeling of data. After these three demonstrations are complete, a competition using worldwide data will be completed to see which software platform performs the best on completing this type of work.
Buckled Roads and Melting Permafrost in Bethel, Alaska
A climate skeptic recently wrote a snide article that sent me into action. This article is a rebuttal to his work and explains why roads can be buckling in Bethel, AK.
My Work on Quora
It is very easy to get lost in time as you read questions and answers in the site called Quora. Over time, I find myself reading more content on this site because it has a uniqueness that I haven’t found anywhere else.
The Allure of Data Visualization Via #Tableau
I like to play with pictures by turning numbers into visualizations. It is a passion of mine and I am proud of it.
How To Use Hadoop With #Tableau and #Alteryx
We recently made a discovery that allows us to use Alteryx and Tableau with the IBM BigInsights Hadoop platform. This article describes how that happens.