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Multiple applications hosted on multiple systems usually results in one thing: many separate user accounts each with its own password. For the IT guy responsible for security, this presents a big problem. For one, how do you administer new users and remove old ones, maintain a common security policy, and handle all of those forgotten-email requests?

Speed up the time it takes to add custom formatting to your Tableau vizzes by creating a style template workbook.

Having powerful tools can sometimes be a problem. It can encourage us to overcomplicate what should be a simple task. When finding business value in your data, you should be ready to hold back and remember the KISS acronym: Keep it simple, stupid.

Alberto Cairo first began visualizing data in 1997, when there were few books on the subject. “And obviously we didn’t have social media to connect to each other, or even weblogs,” says Alberto, who teaches data visualization at the University of Miami. Alberto is delighted things have changed since. These days, data explorers have a trove of resources to turn to, including each other. In the spirit of community, he recommends these “little gems”—lesser-known worthy reads for data explorers.

Last week we launched the ability to change the logo on your Tableau Online site. This had been a common feature request. Our customers are proud of their brand and want to showcase it when collaborating on data with colleagues and customers.

Tableau 9.0 added regular expressions to the lineup of Tableau functions. If, like me, your reaction to hearing this news was, “Awesome!”—and by “awesome” I mean “what the heck is RegEx?” then this blog post is for you!

We are thrilled to share that Tableau is partnering with MongoDB to make it easy for people to visually analyze rich JSON-like data structures directly in MongoDB. This is a story about the leader in rapid-fire visual analytics teaming together with the leader in modern databases for rapid application development to better serve users' needs.

First responders often say the first and most vital need in a crisis is information. Maps of roads in particular help drive targeted relief efforts. Just hours after the earthquake, volunteers from Tableau joined the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) to help map Nepal.