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Mastering Tableau Cloud Logs: From S3 to a hundreds fields in BigQuery
The Problem Tableau Cloud gives you a rich Activity Log. User logins, dashboard views, permission changes — it’s all there. The catch? It’s delivered as a stream of polymorphic JSON files. “Polymorphic” is a fancy way of saying: a `security` event and an `access_content` event share almost no fields. The schema changes depending on what…
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BigQuery Overview: A New Navigation Hub in the Complex analytics platform
Google BigQuery recently introduced a new feature: the “Overview” section. Think of this function as a central hub that simplifies navigation and overall control within this complex data analytics environment. BigQuery has long evolved beyond being a mere database or a storage solution for fast processing of big data. Today, it is a much more…
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No Blueprint Exists: Why AI Made Me Double Down on Being “Data-Informed”
For over a decade, I’ve worked in data. I’ve seen the rise of “Big Data,” the obsession with “Data-Driven” cultures, and the endless quest for the perfect dashboard. But as I stood on stage at Data Day 2025, looking at the theme “Agent with a Licence to Change,” I realized that the ground beneath us…
