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early thread on jittering by Alan Eldridge

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http://community.tableausoftware.com/thread/111561

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged analyses, jittering, mapping, tricks on October 6, 2014 by Jonathan Drummey.

Can use Custom SQL to reference specific cells in Excel

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Tip from Dan Cory: Can use select * from [Sheet1$A2:G10] in Custom SQL for Excel sources.

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged Excel, preparing, SQL on October 6, 2014 by Jonathan Drummey.

Enabling live refresh & rotating visualizations

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Here’s the thread http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/292718?et=watches.email.thread#292718 and the tool Shawn mentioned http://www.winautomation.com/

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged dashboards, server on October 5, 2014 by Jonathan Drummey.

Fantastic thread on color & luminance

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Especially check out Shawn Wallwork’s comments:
http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/292973#292973

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged color, design, luminance, rgb on October 5, 2014 by Jonathan Drummey.

Custom Tableau Server Admin Views

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Post linking to Mark Jackson’s work
http://community.tableausoftware.com/docs/DOC-5592

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged admin, server on October 5, 2014 by Jonathan Drummey.

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