Please join me at the Strata Conference/Hadoop World in New York next Tuesday, October 29th, as I talk about my years of experience with data analysis alongside the founders and executives of ClearStory Data. ClearStory Data is delivering a new solution that makes it simple for business users to find, combine and interactively analyze data … Read more
Here’s an actual Share the Data™ project. This is a simplification of a plan developed with a real client, with details changed to remove any identifying information. While every project is unique, this is not an unusual engagement. Share the Data™ engagements range in length from 3 days to several weeks, depending on project complexity … Read more
From the 2013 Tableau Customer Conference! Seamless Access to the Data—coming in Tableau 8.1 and 8.2 Nothing else matters if you can’t get your data into Tableau. This was a common refrain I have said for quite some time, Tableau is irrelevant if regular business people can’t figure out how to get the data into … Read more
Analytics technology needs to achieve this for regular people! Traditional BI was much more about structure, process and experts answering the questions. Accidental Analysts need to be empowered. Share the power of R shiny apps across the entire team with YakDataThe team at Freakalytics has built YakData brightRserver, our new cloud platform.Securely share R shiny … Read more
Stephen and I are frequently asked the story of why we wrote the first book endorsed by Tableau Software and how we launched their original, in-person training program back in 2009. In fact, we have been asked about this so many times, I decided it would be worthwhile to share the details. 2008 Stephen first discovered … Read more
Visit the Alteryx Pavilion at Tableau Customer Conference 2013 in Washington, DC next week to learn more about the value of Strategy Analytics and Alteryx for Visual Analytics. Notably, attendees can pick up a complimentary USB key with Visual Analytics Best Practices including work by Freakalytics and the key even includes a preview of Rapid … Read more
Rapid Graphs with Tableau 8 The Original Guide for the Accidental Analyst We are pleased to provide free access to our book for all site members. It is also available as a printed book on Amazon. The home page for this release is here. Read Chapter 6 (pages 97-118) Take over with Tableau—View structure, Marks … Read more
Rapid Graphs with Tableau 8 The Original Guide for the Accidental Analyst We are pleased to provide free access to our book for all site members. It is also available as a printed book on Amazon. The home page for this release is here. Read Chapter 5 (pages 79-96) Advanced view types in Tableau-79 Scatter … Read more
Rapid Graphs with Tableau 8 The Original Guide for the Accidental Analyst We are pleased to provide free access to our book for all site members. It is also available as a printed book on Amazon. The home page for this release is here. Read Chapter 4 (pages 59-78) Core view types in Tableau-59 Tables—an … Read more
Recorded August 22nd, 2013 Do what you can with what you have where you are. —THEODORE ROOSEVELT Cowboy, soldier, historian and 26th President of the U.S. Synopsis Answer everyday business questions like an analyst with Microsoft Excel. This webinar is based on a selected set of techniques from The 7C’s of Data Analysis, as covered … Read more