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Tableau 9.1 includes the much-anticipated Web Data Connector, which lets you build connections to data that lives beyond the existing connectors. With this new feature, you can connect to almost any data accessible over HTTP/S including internal web services, JSON data, and REST APIs.

Tableau has long been known for its flexible front end and intuitive visual interface. But today, data scientists are increasingly taking advantage of Tableau’s powerful tools for advanced analytics and predictive modeling. Leveraging Tableau’s intuitive interface, you can complete sophisticated analytics projects in a fraction of the time.

Moving data and analytics to the cloud can be a challenge. Given their variety, there’s no one-size-fit-all approach. Still, the immense benefits of the cloud outweigh those challenges, concluded a recent panel on cloud analytics at the Hotel Zetta in San Francisco.

Databases are populated with many large tables of tabular data, making them problematic to conceptualize. The ability to see and understand the data within a database easily is crucial to beginning any analysis. It turns out there are many database administrative tools that map out data models, but mapping hundreds of tables in a database tends to be a mess. Plus they are generally not available to the end users.

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.