Excel Insert Carriage Return or Bullet Points in a Cell
This post is a quick tip about how to insert a carriage return and bullet points into an Excel cell. How to add a carriage …
Access 2007 Calendar control
Today I used Access 2007 for the first time. In the past, I was an Access 2000 developer. In Access 2007 found a nice thing …
Adobe Analytics (Omniture) visits report in Tableau
I tried to recreate the Google Analytics visit chart in Tableau, in the style of the Adobe Analytics (previously Omniture) visits report. I like the …
Tableau DateAdd in Custom SQL Data Connection
The syntax of DATEADD in Tableau Custom SQL differs to the syntax of DATEADD in a Tableau calculated field. This can and does cause confusion! …
What Makes A Good Business Intelligence Analyst
What makes a good business intelligence analyst? I hear this question a lot. “Business Analyst” means different things to different people, it can cover a …
Tableau Server Parameter as a Month Filter
There are occasions where it’s necessary to use a Tableau date parameter as a filter. There are situations where a “normal” Tableau filter do as …
Tableau vs Qlikview
In a previous post I wrote a short article about the pro’s and con’s of Tableau, Xcelsius and SSRS. These products aren’t really comparable as …
Tableau Dashboard Level Filter
Often in tableau you’ll find you need a filter that’s neither local of global, you will want a dashboard level filter. Local filters are often …
Link Tableau to SSRS
Use a Tableau URL action to link Tableau to SSRS, enabling users to click through from Tableau to SSRS. Passing parameters into the URL even …
Tableau Add Comments to Calculated Field
When creating calculated fields in Tableau it’s important to comment the calculated fields. Especially complex calculations where it may not be immediately obvious why the …