Lari McEdward

Lari’s mission at Tableau is to make learning the software as easy as possible. She has a background in math education and a lifelong love of data, and brings both of those into her daily work on the Product Marketing team. She loves the grey Seattle weather as it’s perfect for staying inside to read.

Product

When and How to Use Multi-fact Relationships in Tableau

Thomas Nhan August 1, 2024

Learn about Multi-fact Relationships in Tableau, a data modeling capability that allows you to combine separate fact tables and perform multi-fact analysis.
Visualizations

Viz your Tableau Conference schedule in 3 steps

Lari McEdward October 16, 2019

Make a viz of your Tableau Conference schedule with the Web Data Connector, where you can easily pull in TC schedule data into Tableau for your visualization pleasure. Here is how to do this in three easy steps.
Data

4 powerful Tableau Prep Builder features you should be using

Lari McEdward March 28, 2019

If you’re new to Tableau Prep Builder or just want a refresher, dig into these four features to start solving some of your toughest data prep problems.
Data

Data Prep 101: What is an aggregate function and how do you combine aggregated data?

Lari McEdward June 7, 2018

Learn what an aggregate function is and how to combine aggregated data in Tableau Prep!
Data

How to perform multiple pivots in Tableau Prep Builder

Lari McEdward May 2, 2018

Learn about the basics of pivoting in Tableau Prep Builder, including how to perform multiple pivots.
Visualizations

Viz your Tableau Conference schedule in 3 steps

Lari McEdward September 29, 2017

Visualize your Tableau Conference schedule in 3 simple steps using the Web Data Connector.
Visualizations

Total eclipse of the data

Lari McEdward August 18, 2017

Dig into the data behind the partial eclipse. The U.S. will experience a historic event, so here's our historic viz.
Tableau Community

Iron Viz tackles geospatial data in best of the Tableau web

Lari McEdward March 31, 2017

It’s that time of year again! We've begun the hunt for our next Iron Viz champion. The first Feeder Contest was all about geospatial data, and our community did not disappoint. We were blown away by the creative, analytically rich entries.
Visualizations

Want to go beyond training videos? Try extension activities

Lari McEdward January 16, 2017

Extension activities are a new resource for the free training videos that provide that next step in scaffolding. Each extension activity consists of two workbooks. One lays out the task and any necessary background information, and the matching solution workbook provides detailed step-by-step directions for solving the task. Extension activities build off concepts addressed in the videos and are listed under one or more relevant videos.