Aug 14 2018 Tableau User Group Meeting: Agenda and WEBEX

Sybil_D

The Lake Success Training Room and the Albany Mohawk Conference Rooms has been reserved for the onsite meeting. Please RSVP to the event on JENY https://jeny.ipro.org/event/22-aug-2018-tug-meeting (Note: you must join the User Group to view the Event and RSVP).

Proposed Agenda for the next Tableau Tuesday*:

1. Introductions
2. Sharing-
   • Tableau Company Updates
   • Demonstration by a Tableau User - we have a volunteer! Rebecca ( @RVanVorst)
3. Learning- Open Floor discussion for sharing tips and tricks or ask questions for help
4. Collaborating -
   • Data Viz Discussions - Discuss Makeover Monday Posts and group members' favorite visuals. Bring some other examples to share with us!
   • Makeover Monday Challenge (details) - Pick a winner and discuss the next challenge!
   • Ideas for future meetings?

Lunch provided for the onsite attendees. See Webex information below:

Join Webex meeting : https://ipro.webex.com/ipro/j.php?MTID=m60e441085bd8a86af40bc44518be6766
Meeting number (access code): 311 031 026
Meeting password: TABLEAU

Join by phone
+1-855-797-9485 US Toll free
+1-415-655-0002 US Toll

Toll-free calling restrictions https://www.webex.com/pdf/tollfree_restrictions.pdf

Can't join the meeting?https://collaborationhelp.cisco.com/article/WBX000029055

* Tableau Tuesday - The second Tuesday of every month

Sybil_D

References For Today's Meeting:

• Company Color Scheme:

  • A standard color schematic to be used in all IPRO reports and documentation. Let us know at future meetings which of these company colors you recommend when creating various charts for IPRO docs and reports.
    -https://connect.ipro.org/ipropedia/executive-group/communications-external-affairs/color-palette/

• ColorBrewer 2.0:

  • An excellent resource for picking colors for mapping visuals. Please choose the Blue-green-yellow gradient as that is closest to IPRO company colors
  • colorbrewer2.org/?type=sequential&scheme=YlGnBu&n=5

• Tableau Custom Color Setup:

  • https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/formatting_create_custom_colors.html

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JENY Email Alerts

We briefly covered how to join JENY and Tableau, but did not get a chance to discuss how to set up email notifications when new discussions have been posted or someone comments on your post.

Please go to your settings on the top right and click 'Edit Profile':

Go to 'Notification Preferences' on the right hand side of your screen:

Under 'General', you can establish what sort of notification alerts you want to receive (email or JENY popup) . I'm providing a screenshot of how I've set mine up

Now, you can receive TUG alerts through your outlook/email inbox.

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IRON VIZ:

• Next Challenge: Topic - Water :
  -https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/blog/2018/06/iron-viz-global-2018-feeder-3-water

• Iron Viz Winner and Best in Show Visuals for Healthcare Related Data Challenge:
  -https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/blog/2018/07/iron-viz-health-and-well-being-winners