KC Episode #1 – The Scores
This is episode #1 of a new series of short videos I plan to make. I want to convey some interesting stories. I only plan on these being 5 minutes or less.
3danim’s Blog is About Solving Problems
Introduction This is blog post number 101, and I now have a clarity about 3danim8’s blog that I did not have before I started writing it a year and a half ago. It took me writing the previous 100 blog posts to gain this clear vision and to develop my mission statement. It only took me 536 days,…
How and Why #Alteryx and #Tableau Allow Me to Innovate – Part 2
Introduction I have been thinking a lot about how Alteryx and Tableau work together to help me innovate when solving business and science problems. In this article, I’m going to explain what I mean by the term innovation and how I use Alteryx and Tableau to achieve this term.
How and Why #Alteryx and #Tableau Allow Me to Innovate – Part 1
A New Vision This was a difficult article for me to write for a lot of reasons, but I am glad that I wrote it. In this two-part article, which will be my 99th and my 100th blog posts, I revisit my past and present a revised vision for my future as a technical blogger.
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.
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…
Insights On Reshaping Data for Use in #Tableau
Introduction The Tableau data reshaper is an outstanding tool and you should have it in your toolbox of Tableau techniques if you are serious about doing a lot of data analytics in Tableau.
A Look Back at My MMR Groundwater Modeling Work Circa 2003
Introduction For more than 20 years, I did a lot of groundwater flow and transport numerical modeling. This work prepared me well for my current career in business analytics, but life sure would have been easier if I had Tableau Desktop back then!
Additional Insight and Clarification of #Tableau Exponential Trend Models
Introduction Earlier this week I wrote a post about how to understand all the Tableau Trend Models. This is a follow-up to that post.
A Help Guide for Better Understanding all of #Tableau Trend Models
Introduction I previously wrote about the need for better documentation on Tableau linear trend models. At the time, I was not able to examine the other types of trend models offered by Tableau, which include linear, logarithmic, exponential, and polynomial. This weekend I remembered to get back to the subject, which has lead to content…
How to Better Understand and Use Linear Trend Models in #Tableau
Introduction Whenever I have a recurring question asked to me about a Tableau Desktop feature, I realize that something is not quite intuitive in the software and needs to be fixed. Such is the case with the Tableau trend models as they are currently described in the software.
#Tableau, Correlations and Scatter Plots
Introduction I frequently have to perform correlation analysis of large amounts of data. The analysis might involve comparing sales from one store to another, or it might involve sales at the same store from one time period to another.