Data is data. The right tool for the job is the one that's available. It can be PowerBI, Tableau, Looker, Qlik Sense, even Excel is eligible and sometimes sexy. When someone mentioned whether I've seen an SPSS file, I gasped and exclaimed, "NO!" Which is why we're exploring with SPSS on Tableau and Python. What is SPSS? SPSS is an IBM statistics platform. The … [Read more...] about Exploring SPSS with Tableau and Python
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Tableau Rest API Exploration
Continuing from my experience with Tableaus Coder Initiative, I returned to working with the Tableau Rest API. This post examines a generic use case for plausibility. Salesforce Superstore Data Source I started with the Salesforce Superstore data source, a sample data source offered by Tableau. I did a little bit of exploration and found that it might be interesting … [Read more...] about Tableau Rest API Exploration
No DOMO
This week we're a little late on our technology newsletter. I had high hopes for checking out DOMO, a business intelligence web application. I don't know what they are beyond that. They rejected my request for a free trial, which means No Domo. Pretty Woman in Domo If you want a free trial with Domo, you're required to enter a business e-mail. This is not an unusual … [Read more...] about No DOMO
A Watson Experience
It was some time ago that a friend of mine suggested I might like a Watson experience. This week, I had some time on my hands and decided to take a peek using a bit of data I've gathered. Curvaceous Learning In wanting to get to know the technology prior to investment, I tried to logon to IBM's site and found that there were no learning options available without a … [Read more...] about A Watson Experience
Avocado Shortage or What?
Is there going to be an avocado shortage or what? It's always a nice surprise to be reminded of my time at Thinkful. A friend of mine recently made the following exclamation: Here's a link to story. Avocado Past In and on the dataworld, there is an avocado dataset. Within the data science community, there are multiple version of this dataset floating around, … [Read more...] about Avocado Shortage or What?