Tableau on Tableau

Tableau fanboys and girls, unite! Follow along with Wilson and Charles as they recap the Viz Whiz tournament so far and learn who to cheer on in round 2.

Charles welcomes special guest Andy Cotgreave to the podcast to talk about Tableau, visualization best practices, and how to improve your viz skills. Check out Andy’s blog at http://gravyanecdote.com and learn more about the Makeover Monday project at Andy Kriebel’s blog, at vizwiz.blogspot.com.

What does it mean to be “Tableau-Smart?” Wilson and Charles discuss the differences between memorizing techniques and truly understanding something. Check it out homie.

How do you know that your Tableau Server is sized correctly? That the views are performing the way they should? How do you enable your users to access the Server efficiently? And how can you know when you’re ready to add more hardware? The answer is careful planning and vigilant monitoring. In this episode we share our framework for a successful and healthy server.

In which Wilson and Charles channel their inner Colin Cowherd and sound off on an internal data visualization tournament.

If there has been a theme to our first 7 episodes, it is about the challenges that customers face when trying to implement a new technology. Most of our discussions have focused on the theory behind this, trying to understand why it’s difficult and how changes in your thinking can help make new technology deployments easier. In this episode we try to get more specific, talking about Tableau’s Drive methodology, why technology deployments get more difficult at scale, and things our customers typically struggle with.

Wilson and Charles welcome their colleague Andrew Hill to talk about a growing trend in how customers use Tableau. More and more, companies are trying to communicate data to their customers and other external audiences. These exciting use cases represent a change from the traditional model businesses use when deploying Tableau. How should we respond to these situations? What are our responsibilities as Tableau advocates? As salespeople?

For the past two years, Wilson and Charles have been organizing a Tableau-wide data visualization competition called “Viz Whiz.” Listen to learn about this exciting educational and cultural project, why it’s important, and advice for companies trying to start their own competition.

In the aftermath of Tableau Conference 2015, Charles and Wilson debate the growing interest in companies attempting to put in agile and data analytics driven cultures. To what extent can you build a set of cultural values? How do you enable agility when it comes to data without defeating the purpose? Also, Charles gets a little too excited about Aaron Sorkin.

The Tableau Conference is a great opportunity to explore the partnerships and practices that make the data community special. Wilson and Charles discuss the growth of the Tableau community and the emerging culture around data analysis.