Using #Tableau To Help Businesses Make More Money
Introduction Why are businesses using analytics? Why do they want consultants to look at their data and tell them what to do in the future?
Reflections of the Past and a Vision of a #Tableau Future
Introduction A few days ago, I published an example of of drawing a finite-element grid in Tableau. I thought that it would be just another post that would have very little readership.
My Best Advice For High-Volume #Tableau Users
Introduction What the heck is a high-volume Tableau user? Any person that uses Tableau a lot, like using Tableau every day, is a candidate for being a high-volume user.
Going Outside The Lines in #Tableau – Finite-Element Analysis
Introduction I recently wondered whether I could use Tableau to graphically process results from finite-element models. This post just begins to answer that question.
This Will Be My Shortest #Tableau Blog Post Ever
Introduction I just felt like using some math to show the great people at Tableau Software some Love.
My Lessons Learned as a #Tableau Blogger, Part 2
Introduction This is part 2 of my lessons learned as a Tableau Blogger. Part 1, which is a qualitative examination of Tableau blogging, can be read by clicking this link.
My Lessons Learned as a #Tableau Blogger, Part 1
Introduction I started using Tableau with Version 3.6 way back in February, 2008. Since that time, I have continued to use Tableau about every day, with several thousand data files investigated over this time from a wide range of businesses.
An Anthology of The Best Tableau Blog Posts
Introduction Starting in late 2012, Tableau began publishing their monthly blog post titled: “Best of the Tableau Web”.
Why Rich Roll Kicks A$$ As A Podcast Host
Update Two Years Later (Sept 6, 2016) This was the best performing article that I wrote as part of the 3danim8 blogging experiment. Now two years later, the content that I originally wrote is still valid. Rich is still, in my humble opinion, one of the best podcasters on planet earth. Rich is a national treasure…
The Conclusion of the #Tableau Data Zone (Part 3)
Introduction As the great Paul Harvey used to say: “The rest of the story”.
Using #Tableau to Supercharge My Alteryx Experience, Part 4
Introduction In Part 4 of this new Alteryx-user series, I utilize the Alteryx/Tableau techniques shown in Parts 1 – 3 in a comprehensive example using data from the National Football League (NFL). I chose the NFL because the regular season begins in about a week and Americans love this sport (myself, included). Once I crunched the…
Using #Tableau to Supercharge My Alteryx Experience, Part 3
Introduction In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, I showed how I use Tableau to help me understand Experian and Dunn and Bradstreet (D&B) data that can be strategically accessed via Alteryx. This extracted data can then be used in quantitative business studies or for personal usage. This post provides an example of personal usage…
Date Aggregations and Linear Modeling With R In #Tableau
Introduction I promised to not write any more blog posts regarding mathematical modeling in Tableau, but I just could not help myself when I uncovered the Tableau/R behavior that I describe in this post. I researched many documents to see if anyone has written about this issue, but I couldn’t find any information. If you…
Using #Tableau to Supercharge My Alteryx Experience, Part 2
Introduction This is the second of a six part series of using Tableau to help with Alteryx applications, especially for new Alteryx users. In this post, I discuss the usage of the business database that is maintained by Dunn and Bradstreet and is accessible via Alteryx. This database allows Alteryx users to access information on…
Using #Tableau to Supercharge My Alteryx Experience, Part 1
Introduction If you are an experienced Alteryx user that has the privilege to use the “complete package of Alteryx”, which includes mapping, demographic and business data, you may already have techniques to handle the issues that I discuss in this blog post series. This series will be focused on using Tableau to help with Alteryx usage, especially…