Article 400 – Decoding The Global Warming Book
This article summarizes eight years of global warming research. It also happens to be my 400th article. There is a lot of information packed into the links.
Global Warming Insights In Small Pieces (Part 3)
This is part 3 of a story that documents a recent trip to California.
The Alteryx Advantages
I’ve been using and testing Alteryx for eight years. I’ve made tens of thousands of Alteryx runs. I’ve experienced thousands of hours of compute time. What have I learned? You will need to read the article to find out.
How Alteryx Took Me to the Edge of Comprehension and Sanity But Tableau Saved Me
Learning to solve complex problems takes time, practice and patience. It also requires great software like Alteryx and Tableau. For the past two months, I’ve taken a deep dive into a naturally complex system. I feel like a deep diver that needs to come up for a breath of fresh air.
KC Episode #2 – The NFL Big Data Bowl
In Kenny Cool episode #2, I discuss how much fun I recently had working with real NFL data as part of a competition.
The Happiness of an Education
Contrary to the “Agony of an Eduction”, this article expresses the joy of an education. The joy comes from first learning to use Tableau.
How Much Do I Love To Use Alteryx?
I quantified how much I use Alteryx. I enjoyed doing the study, although it hurt my brain.
Additional #BigData Strategies in @Alteryx
This article focuses on efficiently retrieving specific events from big-data sources. Certain techniques are introduced in Alteryx to allow this to happen, including the use of the Calgary Load and Calgary Join tools.
How To Achieve Rapid Analytical Insights Via #Alteryx and #Tableau
In this article, I benchmark an Alteryx workflow to show how Alteryx can be a very valuable tool in a large enterprise setting.
A Short #Tableau Data Story – #3 (Circa 1996)
Determining how to characterize vehicle performance has been a life-long passion of mine, even if I didn’t realize it until the second half of my working career. I have multiple examples of long-lasting data collection activities that point me in a certain direction. You must read the story to find out what that is.
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.
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.
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.
A Quick Big Data Excel Tip For #Tableau Users
By doing this sequence, you will save yourself a lot of time and grief. Trust me, I’ve had this happen more times than I care to remember.
How To Connect #Tableau to #Teradata Aster Databases
I first tried this extensive, multi-step procedure outlined in this Tableau knowledge base article about installing Teradata drivers, but I was not able to complete the connection. If you want to try it, go ahead and bang your head against the wall for a while. Otherwise, if you want to experience less pain, you might just try the three step procedure shown below.