😀 Welcome 😀

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

👋 Meet a Community Member 👋

Denny Bromley (Tableau Research)

Next month, in addition to our regular HETUG meeting on Oct. 22, we'll be hosting a bunch of VIS 2024 X TUG Watch Parties to see what's new in visualization and visual analytics research. This month, we're lucky enough to have Denny Bromley from Tableau Research join us to share more about what that research looks like, and what we, as data vis practitioners, may learn from partnering with the visualization research community and participating in the watch parties.

• Denny Bromley @ Tableau Research 
• Denny Bromley on LinkedIn
• Denny talking about Parameter and Set Actions in an interview and at TC18 Devs on Stage
• Tableau Research
• Help shape the future of Tableau products and how you work with data!
• Check out VIS 2024 X TUG Watch Parties

✨ Tips & Tricks - Data Suppression in Tableau ✨

Eric Atchison (Arkansas State University System)

Privacy concerns are ever-present in our work. Eric will walk you through step-by-step how to create simplified data suppression for using a series of equations and discuss data suppression practices.

• Eric Atchison on LinkedIn
• Arkansas State University System on Tableau Public
• The Node Newsletter

👷 Under the <Dash/>{"boardwalk":} 🏄

Roshni Gohil (MIT)

Did you know that underneath each Tableau Desktop .twb file, there's XML source code?

Did you know that underneath each Tableau Prep .tfl file, there's JSON source code?

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.

• Partially Documented Workbook
• Illustrated XML Example
• Designing Efficient Workbooks whitepaper 

💬 Wrap-up and Chat 💬

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.)

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