Reminder - Earlybird Registration Closes Today for the Tableau Customer Conference

Just a quick reminder to Tableau Software customers. Today is the last day to earn the "early bird" discount for our first ever Customer Conference. It's just just 10 weeks away - July 20-22 here in Seattle at the Edgewater Hotel. Registrations so far have been very brisk so register today to guarantee your spot. You can get the early bird promotional code from your account manager or email us and we'll contact you.

We've added a slew of best practices and hands-on training sessions (check out our website for session descriptions). For example:

Registration is Open for the Tableau Customer Conference

We want you!

As mentioned, we're holding our first ever Tableau Customer Conference July 20-22, 2008 in Seattle, WA. And we just launched a website where we'll be keeping the latest news up-to-date. Head over to www.tableaucustomerconference.com and check out our agenda. It includes...

Building Cycle Charts to Look at Trend Data

The January 2008 newsletter from Perceptual Edge is an excellent description of Cycle Plots by Naomi B Robbins Ph.D, which are a less known way to look at trend data. On her website, you can find a link that describes how you can create these views in Excel and provided the input data. I think it is great when people give you access to the data that is shown in examples. I used the same data to build a cycle chart in Tableau in a couple of minutes.

Stephen Few’s Review: Customers at the Center

Now and then you get feedback on your company’s work that not only makes you proud but also reminds you why you do what you do.