Tricks of the Trade: Custom Number Formatting in Tableau
Sometimes, little tricks can save you a lot of time. At InterWorks, we work with clients in industries of all shapes and sizes, so I asked around amongst our many consultants for the tips they use most in their day-to-day work. What I heard back was not a list of incredibly sophisticated technical maneuvers or […]
A Tableau Prep Primer: Its Ideal Use Cases
Tableau Prep is a part of the Tableau stack, and many of our users can benefit from having it in their BI portfolio. However, there are a few downsides of using this product users should bear in mind. Knowing what Tableau Prep is not designed for can save us a lot of time and money, […]
How to Sort Multiple Tables in Tableau
Sorting a single table is easy in Tableau Desktop, although the degree of control varies from method to method: Click on the Sort button in your top menu. Click on the Sort button next to your column/row header. Right-click on the dimension on Rows or Columns and click Sort. But what if we want to […]
InterWorks Blog Roundup – April 2021
May the fourth be with you! We blinked, and suddenly, we’re deep into 2021. It’s been a long year – I’m sure you don’t need us to tell you that – but as a new quarter begins and the seasons change, we’re feeling something in the air: hope. We’re all in need of some refreshment, […]
Advance with Assist: Site Roles Changing on Tableau Server
Question: We have a user whose role changed from a Creator to a Viewer overnight, but no one thinks they did it accidentally. Any way to tell who did this? Fun times for server administrators here… I’ve seen this question come across Assist a couple times now, so I thought I’d write a quick blog […]
Webinar Replay: What’s New in Tableau 2021.1 (and 2020.4)
In this recent webinar, we talk Tableau releases, past, present and future. This blog is a thorough recap of that webinar, but if you’re looking to just catch the replay, skip down to the bottom of the post! To frame the discussion, here’s a quote we found from Aaron Koblin: “I think you can have […]
Wiederholung des Webinars – Deep Dive in die Tableau Leistungsaufzeichnung
Komm’ zu InterWorks und wir zeigen Dir dieses Mal eine der nützlichsten, etwas verborgenen Tableau Funktionen – die Leistungsaufzeichnung. Lass uns etwas tiefer eintauchen, und Du wirst sehen, wie Du dieses Tableau Desktop Tool einsetzen kannst, um Probleme mit der Performance Deiner Workbooks zu diagnostizieren und zu beheben. Die Leistungsaufzeichnung kommt in den üblichen Tableau […]
How I Went from Summer Camp Counselor to Employee Experience Specialist
From a young age, my dad always said to me, “Jade, it is not what you know; it is about who you know that matters.” As I recall each interaction with a stranger that has led to a job opportunity or flourishing friendship, it is that advice I fall back on. How else could a […]
Advance with Assist: Uncaught Type Error in Tableau Server
Question: We are seeing this error on Tableau Server after upgrading to 2020.4. Nothing shows in Desktop, but Server throws the below. Any insight? This question has popped up a few times on the Assist desk, so thought I would share what has resolved this for the last two submissions. Looking at this error, we […]
Advance with Assist: Adding ALL Selection to Parameters
Question: I have a parameter list, and I know Tableau can’t allow multi-select with them yet, but if I wanted to add an ALL selection, how would I do that? Maybe someday Tableau will have the option for multi-select parameters, but for now it doesn’t exist. This client was utilizing 2020.2 and created a chart […]
