Schedule

Presented in English Only.

Wondering how Tableau Server scales in your own environment? Ever been mystified by the process of parsing Server log files? In this session, we will cover two tools that will help you better plan your Tableau Server environment as well as know how to troubleshoot when issues arise. With TabJolt, you'll learn:

- Capabilites of TabJolt, an externally released "point and run" performance load testing tool designed to work with Server

- How to analyze your performance results and make capacity planning decision

With LogShark, you'll learn how to:

- Examine the pain points of manually analyzing logs

- Parse logs, structure log data in a Tableau-friendly format, and visualize log data in Tableau

Presented in German.

If you're still learning your drags from your drops, and your dimensions from your measures, this session is for you. Learn the fundamentals of Tableau, including how to connect to data, answer statistical questions, build maps, and apply some table calculations in a dashboard you can take with you at the end of the session.

Presented in German.

If you're in search of more end-user interactivity in your dashboards, this session is for you. Parameters allow you to create user inputs that can be used to adjust measures, swap dimensions, hide worksheets, build conditional logic, and much more. Come learn the basics of parameters from the ground up, and even a few sophisticated parameter use cases.What you will learn:
- What a parameter is
- Simple uses of parameters such as moving averages, what-if analysis, adjusting KPIs, and top N filters
- Sophisticated uses of parameters such as swapping fields within a chart and swapping charts within a dashboard

Presented in English.

What are the best practices to get your data ready to viz? In this session, we’ll show you “good” data formatting, great ways to clean Excel data, data unions and how to fix mismatched fields. You’ll also learn join awareness, when and how to pivot, how to deal with missing data, and how best to enhance your data while vizzing.

Presented in English.

Have you ever wondered how best to structure data for analysis? How does data structure impact what type of calculation to use? Should some calculations be performed before being brought into Tableau? How can you visualize missing data? We’ll tackle these questions by bringing together all of these concepts in a common and real world example – customer lifecycle analysis.

Presented in German Only.

Do you want to take Tableau adoption at your organization to the next level? Come to this session and learn about the key role IT has in promoting enterprise-wide collaboration and governance based on business value. We will share the insights and detail best practices formulated during implementations at data-driven enterprises. We will finish off by focusing on what is around the corner for IT in the roadmap.

Presented in English.

In this talk, Franz Graf and Torben Blümlein will talk about the ambitious data democratization project at Telefónica Deutschland. The aim of the project was to enable people throughout all divisions to work more intensively with data in order to improve our business. The talk will cover a democratization approach, data governance (to ensure privacy and data protection) and most important: the challenge to change an enterprise culture. They will also explain the role of Tableau as the major tool for exploring and visualizing data in a both appealing and effective way as well as the way Telefónica use Tableau to accelerate business and communications to compete in a fast paced market.

Presented in German.

Major Themes for this session include the digitization at CLAAS and how CLAAS enabled employees to make the step from having data to using data with Tableau. Conference attendees will learn the importance of data/analytical tools applicable without deep technology knowledge and analytical skill set. Examples from projects to improve our production, to improve our machines, and to support Sales are presented.

Presented in English.

Tableau supports a number of basic statistical analysis features that can be powerful tools for understanding data. Come and learn about these basic statistical concepts in the context of Tableau, so you can understand your data! The session will also cover how Tableau's built-in forecasting functionality really works;  why does forecasting behave the way it does? How can you change Tableau's forecasting model? Why doesn’t your forecast work? How can you leverage R?

Presented in English.

In the beginning BMG were receiving piecemeal Excel reports by email. Today, any team at BMG has access to one version of the truth via BMG Tableau. But the first vizzes were a flop! This session the best practices that helped with Tableau engagement. It will describe how success was achieved with simple, familiar formats and how to build from there (e.g. drill down, interactive elements). In addition, this session will go over how to optimize load times and create subscription-friendly views.

Presented in German.

Level of detail expressions (LOD) in Tableau have introduced an abundance of new capabilities for curious data geeks who wish to push the boundaries of Tableau. This session will demonstrate "LODs of fun" techniques, including enabling single member drill down, search across a hierarchy, one-click drill down on maps, market basket analysis, and other filter scenarios.

Presented in German.

Is your dashboard feeling a little…slow? Are your filters and queries lagging? In this hands-on session, we will teach you performance best practices in Tableau so your dashboard will go from running like a Honda to a Mercedes. We will cover data connections, extracts, queries, and visualization design. By the end of this session you'll know how to go under the hood of Tableau and tinker your dashboards for fast, easy, and beautiful performance.

Presented in German.

If it's a mystery to you when to use a calculated field, an LOD expression, or a table calculation, this session will help you sleuth out the right answer. We'll teach you the principles of when to apply which method to a problem. You should have basic experience in table calculations.

Presented in English.

Table calculation or LOD expression? This session will provide you a framework for making the choice. We will cover relevant parts of the calculation pipeline, performance implications, and the suitability for the scenario at hand. And, of course, we'll use real world examples to illustrate each of these points.

Presented in English.

How do you pull as much meaning from data with as little complexity as possible? This often requires a fine balance between visual presentation, statistics, and calculations, art and analysis. This session will show you how to leap from a paint-by-numbers approach to being a full-on data rockstar.

Presented in English.

The talk will showcase how Sony Music leverages data and Tableau in order assist our product managers and talent scouts. It will showcase tableau dashboards that help find marketing influencers via Spotify data, as well as identifying interesting content and talent via the YouTube API. Attendees will learn about Tableau features like filter actions, parameters and table calculations, but also how they could set-up there own "Data Visualization StartUp", simply using Tableau and related data tools. From accessing APIs, to data management, visualization and user management on Tableau Online.