XeoMatrix

10/16/2026

You built a great dashboard. So why isn’t anyone opening it?

Join us for our next DDC: If You Build It, They Won’t Come! Push Analytics That Meet Users Where They Are.

We’ll explore Tableau features that bring insights directly to your stakeholders, giving your analytics more ways to reach the people who need them.

📅 Wednesday, November 11 at noon US Central

https://xeomatrix.zoom.us/meeting/register/-j2tgJcZS-ySDDJemtydyw #/registration

Can’t join live? Register to receive the recording!

10/15/2026

What could your district do with a more connected view of its data?

Spot attendance concerns earlier. Simplify staff onboarding. Connect families with the right support.

Explore these possibilities at K-12 Data Transformation: Building a Trusted Foundation for AI with Carahsoft and Salesforce in Dallas, sponsored by XeoMatrix.

We’ll discuss connecting SIS, LMS, HR, and other systems and building the data quality and secure access that support AI readiness.

Join fellow K-12 leaders for learning, lunch, and networking! https://carahevents.carahsoft.com/Event/Details/823463-XeoMatrix

10/14/2026

Create a Tableau Pulse Metric and Add to a Dashboard

📊 Your KPI changed. Give your users the context to explore it. With Tableau Pulse, thoughtful metric settings help users understand trends, compare performance, and ask more relevant questions.

Our tutorial walks through creating a Pulse metric, configuring filters and time periods, customizing comparisons, and adding it to a dashboard. You’ll also learn how to connect it to dashboard filters so the experience stays in sync.

👉 Build your next Pulse metric: https://www.xeomatrix.com/blog/create-a-tableau-pulse-metric-and-add-to-a-dashboard/

Step-by-step guide to creating Tableau Pulse metrics and adding them to interactive Tableau dashboards for users.

10/13/2026

Tomorrow: Just Ask: Conversational Analytics Across Tableau 💬

Your dashboards can answer in plain language. How can you help them get the answer right?

Join us for a Data-Driven Community session covering what the agent reads, new Tableau Cloud author controls, and authoring habits that support accurate answers.

📅 October 14
🕛 12:00 to 1:00 pm US Central

There’s still time to register! Can’t make it live? Register and get the recording.



https://xeomatrix.zoom.us/meeting/register/BnP8w759RDimekfxXlvczg #/registration

10/12/2026

Your team spent years defining trusted metrics. Can your AI assistant use them?

Tableau MCP helps connect AI assistants to the dashboards, data sources, metadata, and business definitions already managed in Tableau.

That opens the door to asking questions in natural language while drawing on the analytics foundation your organization has built.

Explore how Tableau MCP connects AI with trusted business context and why that connection matters.

👉 See how Tableau MCP works: https://www.xeomatrix.com/blog/tableau-mcp-giving-ai-secure-access-to-trusted-analytics/

Learn how Tableau MCP connects Claude to governed Tableau data, enabling trusted analytics, semantic context, and AI agents.

10/09/2026

👀 How many worksheets does it take to build one KPI card?

Labels, indicators, and supporting graphics can quickly turn a simple visual into a collection of objects to maintain.

Tableau Mark Layers bring those elements together within a single worksheet, giving you control over each layer’s marks, formatting, and positioning.

Explore how this approach can simplify dashboard design and keep visual elements aligned as they resize.

👉 See what you can build with Mark Layers: https://www.xeomatrix.com/blog/mark-layers-a-smarter-way-to-build-tableau-visualizations/

Learn how Tableau Mark Layers help developers build cleaner, more flexible visualizations in a single worksheet with fewer dashboard objects.

10/08/2026

Better-connected data. Better-informed decisions. A stronger foundation for AI.

Join Carahsoft and Salesforce in Dallas for K-12 Data Transformation: Building a Trusted Foundation for AI, sponsored by XeoMatrix.

Explore practical ways to connect your district’s systems, strengthen data quality, and turn information into actionable insights. Lunch and a networking reception are included!

Reserve your spot! https://carahevents.carahsoft.com/Event/Details/823463-XeoMatrix

10/07/2026

📊 Tomorrow: Learn what it takes to build an epic Iron Viz story!

Join the Austin Tableau User Group, TUG Advisory Council, and XeoMatrix for a session with Ann Pregler, 2026 Iron Viz Champion and Senior Data Analyst at BECU.

Ann will share her journey from qualifiers to championship and how you can use design, analytics, and storytelling to level up your data visualizations.

Plus, get a look at conversational analytics with XeoMatrix’s Celia Fryar.

📅 Thursday, October 8
⏰ 3:30–5:00 PM CDT / 4:30–6:00 PM AST

Virtual Event - Please join the TUG Advisory Council & XeoMatrix as we host our special TUG event!Feature PresentationSpeaker: Ann P...

10/07/2026

A confident AI answer sounds convincing. A correct one takes context. 🔍

What makes the difference in Tableau?

Join Celia Fryar for Just Ask: Conversational Analytics Across Tableau to explore:

✅ What the agent actually reads
✅ New controls for Tableau Cloud authors
✅ Authoring habits that help produce correct answers

📅 October 14
🕛 12:00 to 1:00 pm US Central

Register today. If you can’t join live, register to receive the recording!



https://xeomatrix.zoom.us/meeting/register/BnP8w759RDimekfxXlvczg #/registration

10/06/2026

“Project Status: the status of the project.” Sound familiar? Descriptions like this leave people and AI guessing.

Meaningful business context makes a difference, especially when users ask questions in everyday language. But improving descriptions across hundreds of fields takes time.

See how a custom Claude Skill and Salesforce’s semantic-layer APIs can help enrich Tableau Next metadata and apply updates at scale, with the model owner reviewing the results.

👉 Give your semantic model more meaningful context: https://www.xeomatrix.com/blog/fast-track-your-semantics-using-ai-to-build-better-context-at-scale/

Learn how to automate Tableau Next semantic model cleanup, enrich descriptions, hide fields, and validate relationships.