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.

Hard Jobs Made Easy Using #Alteryx

Introduction For four months (October 2013 to January 2014) I did a job that was tough. It was tedious, time consuming, and it caused Tableau to buckle under the pressure of multiple data sources, multiple data joins, and difficulties with data formats.

Methods for Sorting Big Data

Introduction Sorting data isย fundamental technique and is a skill that anyone that frequently works with data needs to possess. I have sorted a lot ofย data through the years, for many different reasons. Sometimes the only way to get a job done when working with a wide variety of data sources that might include periodic data…

3danim’s Blog is About Solving Problems

Introduction This is blog post number 101, and I now have a clarity about 3danim8’sย blog that I did not have before I started writing it a year and a half ago.ย It took me writing the previous 100 blog posts toย gain this clear vision and to develop my mission statement. It only took me 536 days,…

A Tip on Using Big Data csv files with #Tableau

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 toย increase in size from thousands, to millions,…