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• Now available in Tableau: Write to database in Tableau Prep, grant license on sign in, deeper integration with SAP, and more
  The newest release of Tableau is here! Tableau 2020.3 brings powerful functionality to help scale your analytics, making trusted data more accessible to everyone. Upgrade to take advantage of these new innovations, and visit the Tableau COVID-19 Data Hub for more resources as we continue to navigate these challenging times—we are regularly updating data and […]
• Visualizing all of the protests and political unrest in the U.S. this summer
  In the U.S., 2020 has been a year marked by crisis and protests—and with an election in November, tensions will continue to run high. In times of uncertainty, it’s critical to understand where the risk of instability and political violence is highest. However, there’s been no centralized effort to collect comprehensive data on demonstrations and […]
• Best of the Tableau Web: it's Iron Viz season!
  Hello everyone and welcome to the latest round up of the Tableau community highlights. July is typically a quiet month. For a lot of people it’s because of vacation, but for many it’s because focus turns to Iron Viz. As I write, at the start of August, entries have closed and the judging process begins […]
• Write to external databases from Tableau Prep
  Since the launch of Tableau Prep, we've made it simple to create Tableau Extracts and CSVs from data prep flows. Today, we’re excited to share the next step in our data preparation journey. With the upcoming Tableau 2020.3 release (Edit: It's here! Learn more about Tableau 2020.3), you can now write prepared data directly to […]
• Looking back on one year of partnership with Salesforce
  August 1 marked the one-year anniversary of the start of our journey together with Salesforce. In lieu of an anniversary celebration, we are honoring the values and generosity that are hallmarks of our two communities by making a donation to the World Food Program, to help in their fight against hunger. As I look back […]
• This dashboard shows the prevalence of dis/misinformation on COVID-19
  COVID-19 is not only a public health challenge—it’s a public information challenge. It’s proven difficult to wrangle even basic case and mortality data on the pandemic. And if you’ve spent time on the internet in the last several months, you’ve probably felt the challenge of identifying what information on the coronavirus is reliable—and what is […]
• How Tableau reinvented our summer internship program
  At Tableau, our intern program is woven into the fabric of our culture. Our interns are relentless changemakers, measurers, problem-solvers, and #carpedata practitioners who bring their ideas and skill sets to do real, valuable work for our employees, customers, and the Tableau Community. We are all inspired to work together and build products that help […]
• Tableau Prep Builder best practices: Designing with performance in mind
  In a previous post, we looked under the hood at how Tableau Prep Builder helps us build efficient flows through its native modes. It may be helpful to read that post to understand some of the terms we reference below, like interactive mode and run mode. In this blog, we build on that foundation and […]
• DataRobot visualizes machine learning results in Tableau to predict 2020 MLB performance
  COVID-19 has kicked off a lot of discussion about the future of professional sports. After months of conversations between Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), they have enacted a 60-game schedule and, tentatively, a plan for playoffs. Before the 2020 season started, we (the DataRobot team) predicted how the […]
• Navigating the next normal: Using data to understand your customer
  How well do you understand your customers? Whether your brand is B2B or B2C, your customers expect seamless, omnichannel experiences. Especially during the COVID-19 crisis, customers expect brands to offer value, relevant products and services, and to grow with them as their needs evolve. The pandemic has taught businesses that staying relevant in a time […]