Tableau 8 Reading Pointers, February-May 2013

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  Stephen Few asking you a tricky question: Are You a Data Scientist?:  http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=1719 . It seems to me that Stephen agrees with me that 3 Terms: Data Scientist, Data Science and Big Data are full of BS... or as our VP will say: "a Bunch of Malarkey"...

  
  


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  3 very important articles by Russel Christopher about History Tables in Tableau 8:A funny "Preview" by Stephen Few of Tableau 9: Gauges?!: http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=1706

  
  
  
  
  • http://tableaulove.tumblr.com/post/51220703630/tableau-server-v8-history-tables-part-3-the-kitchen
  
  
  • http://tableaulove.tumblr.com/post/50645286039/tableau-server-v8-history-tables-part-2-events
  
  
  • http://tableaulove.tumblr.com/post/50529179435/tableau-server-v8-history-tables
  
  
  
  




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  Leverage PowerShell and Tableau to Extract Server Datasources: https://www.interworks.com/blogs/mroberts/2013/05/28/leverage-powershell-and-tableau-extract-server-datasources

  
  


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  Tableau 7 data dictionary: http://tableaulove.tumblr.com/post/50438516817/better-late-than-never-tableau-7-data-dictionary

  
  


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  Collection of Good Practices, provided by Tableau: http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/community/best-practices

  
  

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  Tableau Server has many built in features to promote data exploration, collaboration, and security. The Data Server is arguably the most powerful of these tools but is commonly overlooked and underutilized. Answer these questions to see how the Data Server can save you time and increase productivity.  http://www.tableausoftware.com/about/blog/2013/4/unleash-tableau-data-server-23038

  
  


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  Using Tableau 8 to Leverage Your 'Big-ish' Data: https://www.interworks.com/blogs/mroberts/2013/04/08/using-tableau-8-leverage-your-big-ish-data

  
  


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  "New in 8: Word Clouds": http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/blog/2013/02/new-8-word-clouds-1825

  
  


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  “What Makes a Chart Boring?”: http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=1612

  
  


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  Emotional reactions to Tableau 8: http://www.datarevelations.com/dylans-gone-electric-emotional-reactions-to-tableau-8.html

  
  


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  Leverage Multiple Tableau Data Extracts for Big Data in Tableau 8: : https://www.interworks.com/blogs/mroberts/2013/04/25/leverage-multiple-tableau-data-extracts-big-data-tableau-8

  
  


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  Leverage the Tableau 8 Tableau Data Extract Command-Line Utility Without Tabcmd : https://www.interworks.com/blogs/mroberts/2013/04/15/leverage-tableau-8-tableau-data-extract-command-line-utility-without-tabcm

  
  

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  Very popular article from Stephen Few about Tableau losing the clear vision of its youth collected 49 comments from known experts : http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=1532 and most interesting, 50th comment came from Stephen fimself: "I recently learned that when my review of Tableau 8 was published, Tableau employees were forbidden from responding publicly".

  
  


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  UK Boundary Polygon Data from Information Lab: http://www.theinformationlab.co.uk/2013/03/25/uk-area-polygon-mapping-in-tableau/

  
  


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  Sample of how to use DataExtract API with C#/.NET: http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/203714#203714

  
  


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  Tableau Data Blending, Sparse Data, Multiple Levels of Granularity, and Improvements in Version 8: http://drawingwithnumbers.artisart.org/tableau-data-blending-sparse-data-multiple-levels-of-granularity-and-improvements-in-version-8/

  
  

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  Tableau Custom SQL connections through the JET driver: https://www.interworks.com/blogs/jwright/2013/02/22/musings-tableau-custom-sql-connections-through-jet-driver

  
  


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  Software company XL Cubed has incorporated Bandlines into their product, but comments to post showing that Tableau has it fro a while too: http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=1485

  
  


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  Stepheb Few introduced Bandlines as Sparklines Enriched with Information about Magnitude and Distribution: http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/introducing_bandlines.pdf