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Can we set a default value for a quick filter based on an action? Don’t be too quick to say “No!” That was my first inclination. But I was wrong; there is a way!

Things are heating up on those cyberfields. It's time to prepare for the draft and create a fantasy team to beat all others. Fantasy sports are a huge business with Fantasy Sports Trade Association calculating that over 56.8 million people play fantasy sports in the USA and Canada. Right before the 2014 fantasy football season, the FSTA estimated that there were 33 million fantasy football players alone!

We’re proud to announce Tableau Online has successfully completed its SOC 2 Type II audit. We worked with MossAdams LLP, an independent certified public accounting firm, to perform an in-depth audit of the control objects and activities for Tableau Online. The Type II audit validates the strength of our controls over time and highlights our ongoing commitment to security.

There are no boring building roofs in Shanghai. Because “everything needs a proper cap,” says Thomas Yap, who leads the charge to establish Tableau in China. So to put on a “proper cap," Tableau co-founder and chief scientist Dr. Pat Hanrahan and I travelled to Shanghai to officially launch our operations there.

I love podcasts. They’ve lightened my commutes to and from work for years. For people interested in data, now is a great time to be subscribing to podcasts as there are a growing number of fantastic podcasts. Here are the six podcasts I recommend to you all.

I rarely get requests for Tableau dashboards on smartphones, probably because they are usually a secondary concern. That is, most business dashboards don’t automatically translate well to the phone format, so they are not high on the priority list. Here are a few things I’ve learned when making these wee dashboards that might be of help to you.