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With Tableau 10 and on, it is, in fact, possible to get your survey data “just so” without having to invest in new tools and/or a engage in a time-consuming, error-prone procedure every time you need receive updated survey data.

The US Department of Commerce challenged digital innovators across the country to take its vast terabytes of public data on business, jobs, trade, weather, and demographics, and make it easier for the public to use. Tableau and Enigma, an operational data management and intelligence provider, participated in this challenge and put their software to work.

Extension activities are a new resource for the free training videos that provide that next step in scaffolding. Each extension activity consists of two workbooks. One lays out the task and any necessary background information, and the matching solution workbook provides detailed step-by-step directions for solving the task. Extension activities build off concepts addressed in the videos and are listed under one or more relevant videos.

Let’s take a look at a chart type that has been growing in popularity amongst the Tableau community: the hex-tile map.

We have a saying around these parts: Data is always trending. And that’s especially true for the retail sector which is increasingly embracing a culture of analytics.

Schemas play an important role in data visualization because they have the ability to make or break the two biggest benefits of visualizing data: reducing time to insight and improving the accuracy of insights. Tap into your audience’s schemas and you improve their experience; disrupt their schemas and you run the risk of leading your audience in the wrong direction.

Tableau customers have been storing and scaling their data with Google BigQuery for years, but the unique architecture that makes it so powerful also occasionally made it challenging. Now, with the release of BigQuery for Enterprise with Standard SQL support and a host of other practical features, Tableau customers will be able to get their insights faster, more fluidly, and at even lower costs than before. Read more about the new features below, and watch our BigQuery webinar where we discuss them.