Category Archives: Alteryx

Pathways to Analytics Automated Operations Nirvana

Posted on 2016-06-29 by Frederic

I already wrote a couple of posts on the topic of Automation of Operations using Alteryx, but I felt an update was in order, as the possibilities evolve so fast lately. I gauged some interest on the topic as well … Continue reading →

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Overcome 10 Excel limitations with Alteryx

Posted on 2016-04-14 by Frederic

Various sources estimate that Excel has between 750 million and 1 billion users worldwide. Odds are that the vast majority of analysts start manipulating data with Excel. Beyond its ubiquity, and from my days of analytics at Microsoft, I have … Continue reading →

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Getting Started with Alteryx and Tableau

Posted on 2016-03-16 by Frederic

This post will finally address a topic a bit overdue for this blog: How to get started with the powerful combo of Alteryx + Tableau. If you are reading this post, you necessarily belong to one of those categories: New … Continue reading →

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Automate Target to Date Attainment

Posted on 2016-02-23 by Frederic

This post is an extension of the previously covered topic: Display optional business Targets to your Actuals in Tableau The business scenario used to introduce the topic in the previous post was kept basic, on purpose. I’d like to introduce … Continue reading →

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Upload directly to Tableau Server from Alteryx

Posted on 2016-01-05 by Frederic

Since I posted last June on automating Tableau operations using Alteryx, new versions of Alteryx (V10 + V10.1) and Tableau (V9.1 + V9.2) got released. That post remains relevant as ever, but a new feature is worth a separate update: the great Information Labs Upload … Continue reading →

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