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Much like cycling fans following their favorites in the Tour de France, I spent the month of July tracking the best of Tableau and data visualization content out there so that I could turn around and tell you all about it. Pretty nice of me, huh? I’ll never be a visual analysis guru and I’ll never be a professional cyclist, but it’s my absolute pleasure to deliver this roundup with a hearty dose of Tour de France terminology!

So you’ve started your journey toward a culture of self-service analytics. By now you’ve likely probably discovered how great data sources can be, and you are working to build an enablement platform. Next comes one of our most popular enablement programs, Tableau Doctor.

We’re excited to share we’re releasing a brand new version of our Tableau Mobile app as part of Tableau 9.1. Make no mistake, this is not your typical dot-update release as the version number suggests.

Radar charts are a great way to compare members of a dimension in a function of several metrics. For example, when you want to buy a smartphone, you can use a radar chart to compare several devices across several metrics like battery life, camera quality and memory capacity.

So you want to build a culture of self-service analytics, and you understand the value of data sources. What comes next? Once users begin engaging with their data, they’re bound to have questions. That’s what we saw here at Tableau where every employee gets a copy of Tableau Desktop as well as access to data.

We are pleased to announce a new database connector to Amazon Aurora as part of our 9.0.4 release.

We’re excited to share Tableau Desktop 9.1 includes single sign-on (SSO) support for SAP HANA. This augments Tableau’s connector for SAP HANA. Connectors are also available for SAP BW, Sybase ASE and Sybase IQ. These connectors simplify your workflow, allowing you to connect once, then leave security to Tableau while you get into the flow of your data.