Schedule

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 English.

Our mission at Tableau is to let you see and understand your data the way you want no matter where your data is. When it comes to the cloud, Tableau is all about flexibility as we help you with your own journey. In this session, we will provide you with an overview of all Tableau’s Cloud offerings.

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 German.

Tableau's Data Server is a powerful tool used to enable self-service analytics at scale. In this session, we'll dive into advanced topics on Data Server:

- How to leverage Data Server to speed up your analytics workflow and promote one version of the truth

- Live or Extract? What does Data Server do with either option

- How big organizations enable self-service data

- Who and what are impacted when working with a data source within Data Server

Presented in English.

Have you ever expected one thing but something else happened? Understanding the order of how things get done in Tableau during the execution of a visualization is critical to getting the results you expect. In this session, we will cover the order of operations for data source filters, context filters, top N filters, table calculations, trend lines, reference lines, and everything in between.

Presented in English.

Want to design outside the box? Tableau's Show Me is fabulous but sometimes you need to deliver something more specific. In this session, we will explore the multitude of chart types that are possible in Tableau, but aren't considered "defaults." Come learn how to build a control chart, an interactive calendar, a pareto chart, sparklines, a slope graph and a donut chart (if you must). We will also examine some examples of popular chart types today in various publications, and how we can create them in Tableau.

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.

Project 'Vizion' was kicked off as part of a small business initiative of less than 90 users to automate and visualize reporting in Tableau. Within two years the Tableau platform has been adopted bankwide with an expected 10,000+ users in the coming year across the firm. The initiative has changed the way users and managers view, understand, and treat their data. The entire process around data analysis, correction, and tracking of data driven processes have been transformed into a single streamlined effort.

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.

With over three billion active social media users, establishing an active presence on social media networks is becoming increasingly essential in getting your business front of your ideal audience. These days, more and more consumers are looking to engage, connect and communicate with their favorite brands on social media. Adding social media to your customer-centric data strategy will help boost brand awareness, increase followership, drive traffic to your website and generate leads for your sales funnel. In 2017, no organization should be without a plan that actively places their brand on social media, and analyzes their social media data. Once you’ve started diving into social media analytics, how do you bring it to the next level? This session covers a customer-centric data strategy for scaling a social media data program.

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.