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How to create a Parliament Chart in Tableau?

January 21, 2025

In this Skillpill, you will learn how to create a Parliament Chart in Tableau. A Parliament Chart, or semicircular chart, represents the distribution of parliamentary seats. It is not a standard chart type in Tableau but can be manually created […]

How to define and use Context Variables in Talend?

December 12, 2024

What is a Context?  Contexts are used to configure a Job for standard environments within the Software Development Life Cycle, such as Development, Testing, and Production.   A Job always runs within a specific context. When a context is selected in […]

How to schedule a Talend Studio process in TMC?

November 26, 2024

In Talend Cloud Management Console (TMC), you can create executable tasks and execution plans, which can be run directly in the Cloud or with a Remote Engine. You need to create an execution plan to allow automated runs in TMC, […]

How to clean your data with Tableau Prep

November 15, 2024

In this Skillpill, you will learn how to use Tableau Prep to organize, clean, and transform your data to be further used in analysis and visualizations. Data comes in all shapes and sizes, especially of different quality, which sometimes proves […]

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Connect & Automate business AI – Highlights of the event

October 31, 2024

On April 18 we organized a private event btProvider & Vertica by OpenText titled “AI and Analytics”. 

It was a private event dedicated to Data enthusiasts eager to explore the innovations of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. 

Revolutionizing Business with AI-Powered Data and Tableau

October 24, 2024

Together with Tableau, we hosted a dynamic event on October 17, at  Sensio Living in Bucharest, bringing together data professionals and business leaders to explore the latest innovations in AI-driven analytics

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How to create a Simple Radar Chart in Tableau?

October 8, 2024

You can easily create radar charts in Tableau by leveraging its powerful visualization tools and calculated fields. This allows you to dynamically compare multiple institutions’ attributes and gain insights into their performance across various characteristics. A radar chart is a […]

How to use Repository Metadata with Talend?

September 18, 2024

What is metadata?  Metadata is structured information that describes various data sources and files, which can be managed and reused within jobs.  Why is metadata used?  Creating metadata is a Best Practice because it simplifies setting up connections and accessing […]

Talend, a leader in Data Integration, is now part of Qlik

September 12, 2024

On April 18 we organized a private event btProvider & Vertica by OpenText titled “AI and Analytics”. 

It was a private event dedicated to Data enthusiasts eager to explore the innovations of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. 

How to create a Pace Chart in Tableau?

September 12, 2024

Pace charts are an alternative to bullet graphs that normalize progress-to-goal visualizations across KPIs, even when these KPIs have different data formats, scales, and/or seasonal trends. They are useful for providing an apples-to-apples, pace-to-goal comparison in businesses with KPIs spanning […]

How to show totals in a visualization?

August 14, 2024

Adding totals to tables in Tableau helps provide a clear summary of your data. It allows you to quickly see the sum, average, or other aggregate measures across rows, columns, or the entire dataset. This feature is particularly useful in […]

How to perform database landing with Talend ?

July 24, 2024

 What is tDBInput?  tDBInput is a Talend component that reads data from a database and extracts, transforms, and loads data (ETL processes).  Features:  →  Supports multiple databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, IBM DB2, Vertica, and others  […]

How to create a difference bar chart?

July 11, 2024

A difference bar chart is a type of data visualization that compares the values of two data sets and highlights their differences. This chart type is useful for observing variations and differences between periods, categories, or groups. A difference bar […]

How to filter your Data with Talend?

June 27, 2024

Talend is a modern data management platform that offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities to handle data and drive business value efficiently. The platform is flexible and scalable, working in any data environment, whether cloud, multi-cloud, hybrid, or on-premises. Key […]

How to perform Linear Regression in Tableau?

June 5, 2024

Regression analysis is a statistical method used to model and understand the relationship between an independent variable and one or more dependent variables. It’s commonly used for predicting or understanding the impact of changes in the independent variable on the […]

Vertica AI & Analytics 2024

April 29, 2024

On April 18 we organized a private event btProvider & Vertica by OpenText titled “AI and Analytics”. 

It was a private event dedicated to Data enthusiasts eager to explore the innovations of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. 

How to export Dashboards in PDF and PNG?

April 5, 2024

Effective communication and quick dissemination of information are crucial in today’s business environment. Dashboards visually represent important metrics, trends, and insights, allowing decision-makers to make informed decisions quickly. Exporting dashboards in PDF or image formats helps share insights with others […]

Tableau Pulse: Redefining Data Insights

March 26, 2024

On October 18 we hosted a new private event btProvider & Tableau, titled “Data & AI: Unveiling Tableau’s Magic”.

How to read data from an Excel file with Talend?

March 4, 2024

Would you like to explore a tool that can make it easier to interpret and simplify your daily data? Here is it… Talend is a modern data management platform that offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities to handle data and […]

How to create a Barcode Chart

February 1, 2024

Discover the power of Tableau’s Barcode Chart – a sleek and intuitive visualization tool that seamlessly combines profitability and sales size analysis over time. This dynamic chart ingeniously merges two metrics, offering a concise yet powerful glimpse into your business’s […]

How to create a top N Set

January 8, 2024

In Tableau, creating a Top N set can be achieved in various ways, and hierarchizing or filtering data to obtain the top N elements is quite accessible. Creating a Top N set helps the end user craft an interactive visualization […]

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Using measure names in parameter actions

December 6, 2023

In Tableau, “Measure Names” is a special field that automatically includes all the measure names (numeric fields) in your data source. It’s a dynamic field that allows you to switch between different measures in your visualizations without having to manually […]

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Data&AI: Unveiling Tableau’s Magic 2023

November 20, 2023

On October 18 we hosted a new private event btProvider & Tableau, titled “Data & AI: Unveiling Tableau’s Magic”.

Diverging bar chart with one measure and dual axis

Diverging bar chart and dual axis

November 2, 2023

A diverging bar chart in Tableau is an efficient method for comparing two categories based on a single measure, clearly highlighting the differences. These charts are particularly useful when we want to emphasize discrepancies between two sets of data or […]

Adding totals intro tables

Adding Totals into Tables

October 3, 2023

Tableau is a powerful platform for data visualization and analysis, helping organizations become more data-oriented. One important feature of this modern analytics platform is using “Totals” in your visualizations. This feature is crucial for highlighting important trends and insights from […]

Alternative-to-Marimekko-chart

Alternative to Marimekko Chart

September 4, 2023

A Marimekko Chart is a special type of diagram that uses columns and bars to represent the percentage distribution of data in different categories. The columns have widths proportional to the percentages of each category, while the bars have heights […]

Extend axis in Tableau

Extend axis in Tableau

August 1, 2023

Extending axes in Tableau plays a crucial role in data visualization and analysis. By extending axes, you can effectively control the range and scale of data displayed on the visualizations. This capability allows you to focus on specific data points […]

How to create an interactive view that separates 2 dynamic groups

July 5, 2023

If you collect large sets of data that you want to visualize, you might find that limiting the amount of information displayed to an important subset of records helps you work with and answer questions about the data more effectively.  […]

How to display subtotals as percentages

June 8, 2023

Even though table visualizations are not the best way to understand our data and obtain actionable insights, sometimes we need a bit of detail in our lives, so let’s see how we can make the best of it. Today we’re […]

Marimekko Chart

How to create a Marimekko Chart

March 14, 2023

A Marimekko or Mekko chart is a type of chart that works such as a stacked bar plus a tree map, or for a better understanding, a stacked bar horizontally and vertically. The usability is that it will give us […]

Filter Source Sheet

How to create a filter source sheet on action in Tableau

February 8, 2023

Filter actions send information between worksheets. Typically, a filter action sends information from a selected mark to another sheet showing related information. Behind the scenes, filter actions send data values from the relevant source fields as filters to the target […]

How to highlight a table in Tableau with icons and shapes

January 13, 2023

When creating dashboards, visual elements don’t have to be limited to the data visualizations alone, they can also extend to other components to help the user process and understand the information faster. An effective way to do that is to […]

What is Data Visualization?

January 10, 2023

Data visualization is great for communicating with different types of people from various organizations and industries. As the world becomes more data-driven, it is essential for us to be able to tell our stories with data and understand others too. […]

What is Big Data and Why it Matters?

November 8, 2022

For some of us, data science is defined as a passion. For others, it represents the means through which they can attain a better understanding of their industry and act in accordance with the brand-new, more complex big picture.

Motion Chart

How to create a Motion Chart in Tableau

August 19, 2022

A Motion Chart shows the animated progress of our data over time, it is like a line chart with the additional usefulness of seeing how the specific measure chosen evolves through time.

Origin - Destination Map

How to create an Origin – Destination Map

August 16, 2022

You can create maps in Tableau Desktop that show paths between origins and destinations. These types of maps are called spider maps, or origin-destination maps.

DataFest 2022

DataFest 2022

July 22, 2022

DataFest 2022 took place on July 6 in Bucharest. We met data leaders, we shared novelties from the world of #data, and we found practical data analytics solutions for diverse #data challenges.

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Tableau Cinema 2022

July 18, 2022

On May 25 we organized together with our partners from Tableau Software the biggest #DATA event of the year in Romania, Tableau Cinema 2022.

Dimensions vs. Measures & Continuous vs. Discrete

April 28, 2022

About the roles and types of data fields This article contains a video tutorial and written steps about Dimensions vs. Measures & Continuous vs. Discrete in Tableau, how to build specific types of charts and how to use them in […]

Stacked bars on grand totals in Tableau

How to create Stacked Bars on Grand Totals in Tableau

April 7, 2022

Here is our weekly Tableau Software #skillpill article. This article contains a video tutorial and written steps about data visualisation in Tableau, how to build specific types of charts and how to use them in your day to day reporting […]

Filter Actions

How to display multiple insights on a dashboard in #Tableau

March 29, 2022

Using filter actions shows you how to display multiple insights on a dashboard from Tableau. Filter actions send data values from fields to target the sheet. For example, if you want to see the price of cars in Romania, with […]

Data Trends Report 2022

Data Trends Report 2022 by Tableau

March 17, 2022

Read the Data Trends Report 2022 by Tableau to discover the data trends expected to influence this year the most.

Overlapping Bar

How to create Overlapping Bars and a Line

March 10, 2022

What may take you a couple of hours in Excel can be done in less than 2 minutes in Tableau. Learn how to create Overlapping Bars and a Line.  This is a method to visualize an Over Lapping Bar and […]

Buffer Zoom

How to create a Buffer Zoom in a Tableau Map

March 3, 2022

A custom way to zoom in on your data using geospatial data and Tableau’s geospatial functions together with actions and parameters.

Filtering and highlighting

How to filter and highlight days with a Calendar View

February 17, 2022

This is a custom way to filter and highlight a day or multiple days from the same month, using a calendar view in dashboard.

Pagination

How to create a Pagination in Tableau

February 9, 2022

Pagination in Tableau helps the end-user to see the values ​​presented in a chart much easier, whenever there is a field in the data source.

Likert Scale Diverging Bar

Creating a Likert Scale Diverging Bar in Tableau

February 2, 2022

This chart type is useful because it shows a rating ordered in sequences, and the marks are orientated in opposite directions.

How to create Sets from Custom Dates

January 27, 2022

Today we will show you how to create sets from these Custom Dates, a useful method that allows time comparison flexibility for different KPIs.

How to disable default highlighting in Tableau

January 20, 2022

learn how to disable default highlighting in Tableau because when a mark is selected, that mark will be highlighted and all the other marks will be greyed out.

Jittering technique

The jittering technique in Tableau

January 10, 2022

The jittering technique helps you scatter your data points, so they aren’t plotted directly on top of each other.

parallel coordinates

How to create a parallel coordinates plot

November 22, 2021

A parallel coordinates plot is suitable for individual data points comparison across multiple measures.