Getting Started with the Tableau Javascript API
Tableau offers an API that lets you embed visualizations on the web and then control them via javascript functions. This handy utility can be used to do all kinds of cool things which I will...
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Triggering Cubes & Extracts
One of the functions that never seems to be included in BI tools is an easy way to kick off an application cache job once your ETL is finished. MicroStrategy’s Cubes and Tableau’s Extracts...
Facebook Jeopardy: Hack Edition
The presentation that Andy Kriebel and I did at the 2014 Tableau Conference is now available on YouTube. Unfortunately, there isn’t video of us so you won’t be able to see our stage antics, but...
MicroStrategy vs Tableau
**DISCLAIMER** This post was written in May 2014, and so as it should be obvious, some parts of it are outdated. I actually don’t use MicroStrategy or Tableau any more on a daily basis,...
Presenting at Tableau’s Customer Conference 2014!
Update: The video is now available As previously mentioned when rebranding this blog about more general BI topics, I’m excited to announce that I’ll be presenting at Tableau’s Customer Conference this September with my...