Lessons Learned About #Tableau From The Excel Battlefield
Some stories do not need pictures. This is one of them. I don’t often write them this way, but sometimes the truth must be told without accoutrements and embellishments.
A Nightmare on Excel Street
One night after getting frustrated with helping my son complete some Excel homework, my dreaming brain made me watch a movie called “A Nightmare on Excel Street”. You have to read the article to understand what that means.
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 Extract Hyperlinks From Excel Formulas To Use In #Tableau Dashboards
Introduction I have scraped a wide variety data from websites over the years. Many times I have had to pre-process the data before using it in Tableau.
Strategies for Using Fixed-Width ASCII files with #Tableau
Introduction It does not happen often, but whenever I get a flat file (i.e., fixed-width ASCII file) to work with, I have to work some magic on the file to get it ready for Tableau. This post describes how some of that magic happens.
Using #Tableau as a Graphical Post-Processor for A Custom Program
Introduction The following work is circa October 2010, and at the time I was using Tableau version 5.2!