{"id":9828,"date":"2018-09-11T10:48:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T14:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=9828"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:47","slug":"premier-tableau-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/11\/premier-tableau-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"ITS Information Quest hosts premier Tableau Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9935 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1.png 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1-200x134.png 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U-M Tableau Symposium hosted by the Information Quest team on August 27 was a great success. Tableau representatives opened the symposium with some background on how Tableau got started and delved into a few example cases which highlighted the ways U-M, and more specifically Michigan Medicine, can leverage the platform\u2019s capabilities. The keynote speaker gave a brief demo of what Tableau can do and and the functionality of Tableau extensions. A key point across both the welcome and keynote speeches was Tableau\u2019s ability to assist large businesses\/organizations with streamlining data and presenting data in a digestible, easily adapted format. <\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Tools for future growth<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tableau as a platform takes future growth into consideration. One way is through extensions and API integration. The Rest API, for example, provides automation with the server, enabling it to perform tasks like updating usernames. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tableau offers a \u201cnatural language\u201d generation extension that allows users to describe what is being presented in visualizations in layman\u2019s terms. You can even customize how the natural language description is generated by adjusting the characterization settings to accommodate your specific needs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tableau\u2019s ability to work with outside data sources was the final highlight of the opening speeches. One of the many ways Tableau is working to extend their platform and make it better is an extension that allows Tableau users to integrate seamlessly with a third-party data source like Google Docs. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breakout sessions* covered a different aspect of Tableau broken down by skill level:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Session one was all about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rossmedia.bus.umich.edu\/rossmedia\/Play\/5d3483ce0a394a6d94191758b5c2bbe61d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dashboard layout<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rossmedia.bus.umich.edu\/rossmedia\/Play\/5736084f6b77472a82a3c0172b5408e11d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">management<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/rossmedia.bus.umich.edu\/rossmedia\/Play\/cbbc86893ddb4c758f4fc4d13d6230261d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">basic calculations<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Session two built upon the first with demonstrations of <a href=\"https:\/\/rossmedia.bus.umich.edu\/rossmedia\/Play\/020457a7b415425cbfa8ee5d81db07fc1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more advanced calculations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rossmedia.bus.umich.edu\/rossmedia\/Play\/45e2ce60c0be4c1ab8c8543a4cc8247c1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">basic visualizations<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/rossmedia.bus.umich.edu\/rossmedia\/Play\/28c19495ff1d46698d0ca73b3e9cc88c1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to use parameters and filters<\/a> to really get the most out of your data. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Session three concluded the symposium with a session which highlighted <a href=\"https:\/\/rossmedia.bus.umich.edu\/rossmedia\/Play\/c960a3f5d3de4a7fb563995d156fb0211d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">streamlining data<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rossmedia.bus.umich.edu\/rossmedia\/Play\/b7cf4e5eea00403c973cf1eb363c51591d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fine tuning dashboard performance<\/a>, and the details of <a href=\"https:\/\/rossmedia.bus.umich.edu\/rossmedia\/Play\/bb7d23c01e794c30a176cd2df2fc33931d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to format visualizations<\/a> to display your data in an intuitive manner.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay involved in the discussion, grow<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your Tableau skills, and network with other members of the university Tableau community, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including the Michigan Medicine Analytics and Business Intelligence Team (ABI), by joining the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/communities\/110887258286329998797\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business Intelligence community<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>*Note: Session links require U-M login<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U-M Tableau Symposium hosted by the Information Quest team on August 27 was a great success. Tableau representatives opened the symposium with some background on how Tableau got started and delved into a few example cases which highlighted the ways U-M, and more specifically Michigan Medicine, can leverage the platform\u2019s capabilities. The keynote speaker gave a brief\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/11\/premier-tableau-symposium\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":9935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[43,20,153,26],"class_list":["post-9828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-professional-development","tag-data","tag-symposium","tag-tableau","tag-training"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1.png",600,402,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1-200x134.png",200,134,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1-300x200.png",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1.png",600,402,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1.png",600,402,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1.png",600,402,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1.png",600,402,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1-600x300.png",600,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1.png",600,402,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TableauSymposium-MichITNews-700x350-1.png",373,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Annaliese Gottschalk, ITS Marketing and Communications","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/agott\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The U-M Tableau Symposium hosted by the Information Quest team on August 27 was a great success. 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