Author Archives: Frederic

Faster field name edits in Alteryx

Posted on 2018-10-15 by Frederic

From a distance, editing field names might not seem such a big issue, worth dedicating a blog post. Yet, I realize how much experience I gained over time, dealing with such minor issues, which end up affecting my productivity significantly … Continue reading →

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Weird query results on Snowflake

Posted on 2018-08-22 by Frederic

If, when you use Tableau or Alteryx to query a Snowflake Database, you are getting weird $ amounts, not matching what is the database, you are experiencing a known bug in the recent versions of the Snowflake ODBC driver: https://support.snowflake.net/s/article/Regression-in-ODBC-v2-16-4-v-2 … Continue reading →

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How to analyze easily Google Search Console data in Tableau

Posted on 2018-07-10 by Frederic

Whether you are deeply versed in the intricacies of SEO, or simply curious to optimize your web property’s organic search performance, you must likely are involved with the Google Search Console and its analytics. It is a very useful (and … Continue reading →

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Unboxing Tableau Prep 2018.1

Posted on 2018-05-29 by Frederic

A year and a half after the first demo of Project Maestro, Tableau has finally released his latest product: Tableau Prep. Tableau Prep is positioned as a standalone tool to “combine, shape, and clean data for analysis”. That puts Tableau … Continue reading →

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How to compare your customers by visual cohort chart

Posted on 2018-05-03 by Frederic

When trying to get a better grip on the performance of a large number of customers (or accounts, or pupils for the matter), and  progression over time of their count, their revenue  or their conversion from one status to another, … Continue reading →

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