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Any concern John Medina’s keynote about business brains & sleep would draw yawns were put to rest. The University of Washington biologist’s presentation was split between two key points: The role of sleep on normal attention states and sleep’s relevance to the real world.

Reports were one-dimensional and came out monthly. Things changed 3 years ago when the pediatric hospital adopted Tableau as a platform for data driven development.

"Many talks like this are loosely veiled pitches for books the speaker wants to sell you. This is no exception," said Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson as he began a tour of a variety of scientific topics. Thousands watched his keynote at Tableau Conference 2014, laughing and nodding and finally standing to applaud.

See how Ian Pytlarz opened up Purdue University's data with Tableau, providing insights to an incoming provost.

With 50 million subscribers, Netflix is a major player among media and broadband companies. “We provide streaming services so people can watch whatever they want whenever they want” said Blake Irvine, a manager in the Data Science & Engineering group at Netflix. “Tableau has become a go-to tool for data visualization and storytelling for Netflix”, said Irvine.

EA's adoption of Tableau Server enterprise analytics paid off in better sales reporting, improved game site health monitoring, and a clearer understanding of beta games. “We wanted to build self-service rapid reporting analytics in an enterprise platform,” said Venkatesh Shivanna, Analytics Architect for EA. With more than 6,000 views per day, the Tableau Server eco-system was chosen for its ability to reliably keep up with the traffic from EA customers eager to get their game on.

Only a few months after ringing the opening bell on DATA’s IPO anniversary, Tableau and the city of Seattle were fortunate to host the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for the closing bell.

We have announced the 2014/15 Tableau Zen Masters! Read our post to discover which customers have made the biggest contributions to the Tableau Community in the past year.

Here at Tableau, we are so often blown away by the dedication of customers in our community. Tableau User Groups (TUGs for short) are the perfect example. Our User Groups are organically formed communities that meet throughout the year to share best practices and Tableau experiences. We have geographical, industry and company-specific TUGs meeting all over the globe.

At Tableau, the end of the summer doesn't mean back-to-school, it means back to CONFERENCE! With TC14 right around the corner it's no surprise that there are a ton of great posts this month, chalk full of sweet Tableau gems.

The Seattle Sounders are having the best year in Major League Soccer. Not only does the team have the best record in MLS, but they have far and away the best attendance by fans of any MLS club. To top it off, the squad sent two players, Clint Dempsey and DeAndre Yedlin, to join the U.S. Men’s National Team to compete at the World Cup in Brazil.

This is the last post in a three-part series about Tableau data extracts. In the first post, we looked at how Tableau data extracts are built and used by Tableau. In the second, we looked at why you would want to use TDEs and some sample use cases. In this last post, we will look at tips, techniques and best practices.