HETUG October 2024: Lions, Vampires, and Code!? Oh my!

Higher Education Tableau User Group

Oct 22, 7:00 – 8:30β€―PM (UTC)

Join us for the October HETUG where we'll meet John LeMay (University of North Alabama--Go Lions!); see Ginny Moench (Appalachian State) slay in Tableau Prep; and see Roshni Gohil (MIT) come face-to-face with JSON--the code one, not the horror movie staple--and XML under Tableau Prep and Desktop files, respectively.

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About this event

πŸ˜€ Welcome πŸ˜€

Log in, grab a treat, and take a comfortable seat.


πŸ‘‹ Meet a Community Member πŸ‘‹

John LeMay (University of North Alabama)

Meet John LeMay from the University of North Alabama, and hear how he learned and uses Tableau to build dashboards like this Census dashboard. (We may ask if John's ever come face to face with Leo III, the only live--yes, LIVE--lion mascot in the country who lived on a college campus until this year.)


πŸ§›β€β™€οΈ Tips & Tricks: Ginny the Prep Slayer πŸ¦‡

Ginny Moench (Appalachian State University)

Ginny's going to slay you with some Prep tips. Will her tips and tricks be the silver bullet that makes Tableau Prep your data prep tool? 


😱 Under the <Dash/>{"boardwalk": "Roshni vs JSON"} πŸ€–

Roshni Gohil (MIT)

Get ready for some Halloween-ey SQL...

Oh, wait, our speaker informs us that we're not going to talk (much) SQL. This is a sequel presentation. We'll be following up on some of what we sped through last month: the XML source code underneath Tableau Desktop .twb files and the JSON source code underneathTableau Prep .tfl files.

We'll cover some use cases for looking at the source code, how to make sense of the underlying structures in both types of files, and how carefully editing the code (at your own risk; always make a backup first!) can help you update Tableau workbooks and flows more efficiently.


πŸ’¬ Wrap-up and Chat πŸ’¬

We'll close out the meeting with info about our next HETUG meeting, and then open up breakout rooms to chat! (Chat may extend past 4:30pm Eastern.)


πŸ₯° Can't get enough HETUG? πŸ₯°

Want to present?

Have a quick tip to share? A longer presentation? Want us to interview you in our Meet a Community Member segment? We want to hear from you!

Present at HETUG!


Join the conversation on Slack!

Want to chat with other HETUG members? Have a Tableau question? Want a sounding board? We've got a Slack space for that.

Register with an .edu or other Higher Ed email address.

Go to HETUG Slack!


Have questions about HETUG?

Contact the HETUG co-leads in the #higher_ed_tug Slack channel, or email us at higheredtug@gmail.com.

Organizers

  • Roshni Gohil

    MIT

    User Group Ambassador

  • Virginia Moench

    Appalachian State University

    User Group Leader

  • Andrew Drinkwater

    Plaid Analytics

    User Group Leader

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