Understanding Surveys using Highlight Tables
Posted by Robert Morton on July 22, 2008Surveys on topics such as customer satisfaction are rich with qualitative data, but analysis often requires quantitative comparisons, aggregation, etcetera. Steve Wexler, Director of Research at the eLearning Guild, discusses how some straightforward techniques in Tableau lead to "visualizations that people can grok from the back of a conference room."
Compare and Contrast: Focusing on Data, not Tools
Posted by Robert Morton on July 21, 2008Under the leadership of Cindy Cedlacek, Director of Data Administration and Reporting at Cornell University, her team is on track to deliver Key Performance Indicators for the university using both Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server. In her words, discovering Tableau was "the best thing that ever happened for the project."
Battling Anecdote with Analysis using Tableau
Posted by Robert Morton on July 21, 2008Jon Nakamoto, M.D., Ph.D. describes a key challenge of his job as battling the anecdotes and innuendos that fuel his customers' stereotypes about inherent inefficiency. As Managing Director at the Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, his successes with Tableau have inspired a sense of trust and partnership with his very demanding customers.
Liveblogging the Tableau Customer conference
Posted by Robert Morton on July 21, 2008Welcome to the first-ever Tableau Customer Conference! Whether you are joining us in person or following this event remotely, follow our blog posts as Tableau employees liveblog this exciting event across a variety of social networks.
Tableau Customer Conference Sold Out!
Posted by Elissa Fink on June 30, 2008Wow - it was a very busy June. Thanks to our fantastic customers, the generous people who've agreed to speak and a great Seattle location, we've sold out attendance at the first-ever Tableau Customer conference! We expect an amazing event July 20-22, from the opening cocktail reception Sunday to the closing lunch Tuesday. While all the details are available at www.tableaucustomerconference.com, highlights of the conference include: