Notices Feature Update: Scheduling Notices 2023-01-27 16:51:50 Gone are the days of manually logging into your Curator backend to turn on/off a notification for your users. With the ability to schedule notices, you now have the freedom to plan critical communications to your users ahead of time and automatically deploy them.

Curator 101: Keywords and Keyword Pages 2022-12-20 21:40:21 Increasing content discoverability is key to driving analytics user adoption. In this article, I’ll discuss how you can use keywords within your Curator portal to cut down the time that your users spend searching, and take your prized analytic content from lost to found.

Curator Is Sunsetting Custom Code Support: What You Should Know 2022-12-12 20:12:06 Curator has continued to grow with increased integrations and customization options. You can now style your analytics without needing custom CSS, HTML, PHP or JavaScript. By building native styling tools, we've created a more stable system that anybody can use. We believe strongly that the best, most stable Curator experience is when using our native features in place of custom code. That’s why we’re making the decision to end support for custom code.

Curator 101: Notices 2022-12-12 19:32:53 Whether you’re needing to make your users are aware of upcoming maintenance, providing updates on site architecture or need to communicate lots of legal restrictions (like Professor Umbridge in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," but you don’t have the budget for those bulky wall placards,) notices can be a simple yet effective tool for delivering necessary information to your audience.

Curator 101: Troubleshooting SAML Responses 2022-11-23 21:24:35 When talking about SAML single sign-on (SSO) and Curator, there are several moving parts that all need to be working in order to have a seamless flow. These moving parts include your SAML identity provider (IdP), Curator and usually one or more of your analytics platforms (Tableau, ThoughtSpot, etc.).

Curator New Feature Spotlight: Username Mapping 2022-11-17 20:29:20 Do you have groups of friends or family that call you different names? Have you ever had two of these groups collide, each calling you something different and being confused when you respond to a strange nickname? Or maybe your analytics infrastructure was built by disconnected groups and the username formats don’t match across the systems? We can bring your analytic platform users together in Curator!

Curator 101: Troubleshooting 502 and 504 Errors 2022-11-16 20:36:08 Quite simply, if you receive a 502 or 504 error while interacting with Curator, then the cause is a reverse proxy or load balancer sitting in front of Curator. Curator, itself, does not generate these types of errors.

Style. Is. Everything. Introducing: Curator Themes 2022-11-08 16:41:20 You want (or should want) to bring your various analytic platforms together in an environment that feels like your brand. If you’re a larger company, you may even have departments that have their own brand and style guide. Our solution for this is Group Overrides, and assigning Themes just got a whole lot easier.

Curator New Feature Spotlight: YouTube Videos 2022-10-05 20:19:15 The Curator team is always looking for ways to make your life that much easier, and one way to do that is to give you seamless integrations with other platforms. We are excited to announce that Curator now has a dedicated YouTube element allowing you to easily embed your videos.

3 Ways Curator Enables Your Analytics Hub 2022-09-28 20:21:52 Analytics can often feel like garage sale shopping — a disorganized pile of random items that are hard to sort through. There are treasures to be discovered, but it takes work and dedication to find them.

4 Ways to Increase User Adoption with Curator 2022-09-23 19:32:59 You've invested a lot of money in your analytics platforms. Expert analysts have spent time developing dashboards. Maybe you have even created a center of excellence to help facilitate your company's analytics culture. All these things are great, but perhaps you're still disappointed in the user metrics for how many people visit your dashboards.

Curator 101: The Ins and Outs of Tableau's PAT 2022-09-22 18:39:53 Tableau’s Personal Access Tokens (PAT) have been around for a while now. These are used as an alternative to your normal login credentials, especially for automation/scripting since they avoid issues with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and password expiration policies.

Curator Best Practices: Tuning Menu Performance 2022-09-15 20:08:25 Since you opened this blog post, it stands to reason that you’d like to get to know Curator better. Instead of telling you that Curator likes long walks on the beach and candlelight dinners, movie preferences might be a more relevant here.

Webinar Replay: Redesign the Analytics Experience with Curator 2022-09-01 20:27:42 A lot of analytics tools are fantastic at visualizing data, but they don’t really have a good solution for presenting that data in a clean and effective way. That’s where Curator by InterWorks comes in.

Curator Best Practices: Scripted Deployment-Based Upgrades 2022-08-26 20:04:43 The topic discussed here is not covered by Curator support and is not recommended as it is difficult to predict all the ways this may cause problems as the platform evolves

Curator Best Practices: Containerizing Your Portal 2022-08-23 20:24:07 The topic discussed here is not covered by Curator support and is not recommended as it is difficult to predict all the ways this may cause problems as the platform evolves

Curator 101: Explorer 2022-07-28 19:34:14 After you have added a lot of content to your site, it can be difficult to find the best way to show it all off. This is the exact scenario we created the Explorer element for!

Take Control of Your Fonts 2022-07-26 19:30:53 Customize your Curator fonts to reflect your brand. Make titles bold, section headers upper case, italicize the body text or use a different font for footer text.

Curator Groups Are Now Platform-Agnostic 2022-07-22 17:27:32 Formerly, groups in Curator have been directly tied to Tableau, which was useful while Tableau was the only integrated analytic platform we supported. But now, we have Microsoft Power BI and ThoughtSpot and we’re constantly adding more.

Curator New Feature Spotlight: Box Embedding 2022-07-18 20:12:58 Though it has always been possible to add Box to your Curator, it has now become much easier to integrate and style it to fit your designs.

Curator 101: Navigation Introduction 2022-07-13 20:13:45 Your dashboards don’t have to wander the analytics wilderness any longer, thanks to the navigation and discovery features that Curator has to offer.

Curator New Feature Spotlight: SSRS Embedding 2022-06-30 18:43:31 In this journey, Curator made friends with SQL Server Reporting Services (known to its friends as SSRS). If your company utilizes SSRS, it’s now easier than ever to embed those influential reports within your Curator portal to get the views and likes you desire.

Curator 101: Custom Fonts 2022-06-24 13:42:31 The ability to utilize custom fonts is one of many Curator features that allow you to provide a unique and cohesive experience for your users. Whether you use a standard web-safe font, a proprietary ...

Where Did My Tableau Server Connection Go? 2022-06-20 21:51:41 The data experience has evolved, and with it, what users want out of that experience. Offering users an embedded analytics solution is now expected. Curator does that, but it doesn’t just stop there. It offers your users the height of customization and convenience through...

Curator New Feature Spotlight: Updates to Group Override 2022-06-09 19:00:44 This post is an update to a previously published blog about the Group Override feature. The content below reflects the most up-to-date UI and interactive functionalities ...

Curator 101: Choose Your Own Styling & Branding 2022-05-25 16:38:03 Curator’s Page Builder is a powerful tool that allows you to go beyond the standard analytic pages created when you bring in Tableau, Power BI or ThoughtSpot content. With Page Builder, you can ...

Curator 101: Page Builder Basics 2022-05-17 15:35:26 Curator’s Page Builder is a powerful tool that allows you to go beyond the standard analytic pages created when you bring in Tableau, Power BI or ThoughtSpot content. With Page Builder, you can ...

Curator 101: Boost Site Security with New Password Settings 2022-05-09 17:04:41 It’s always a good idea to keep your site as secure as possible. Beyond settings like https, multi-factor authentication and firewalls, you can now set better password policies ...

Case Study: Custom Analytics for a Healthcare Insurance Leader 2022-04-29 15:30:18 Healthcare insurance providers offer invaluable support and safety for their members. The ability to deliver community-type plans on a national scale is one way these organizations create beneficial experiences for those needing ...

Curator Announces New Integration with ThoughtSpot 2022-04-26 16:12:25 What’s a burglar’s favorite dance move? The running man! What’s a clock’s favorite herb? Thyme! What’s an analyst’s favorite way to bring together their reports from multiple tools? Curator! Apologies for the dad jokes. No apology for letting you know how cool Curator is!

Curator New Feature Spotlight: Multiple Tableau Server Connections 2022-04-06 14:24:24 Curator has always had strong ties with Tableau. However, this relationship has always been limited to one Curator instance per Tableau connection. While you could always publish dashboards from more than one Tableau Server, Tableau Online and Tableau Public by hand-entering the dashboard links, Curator would ...

Webinar Replay: Curator Product Roadmap 2022-04-01 16:57:03 In this webinar, we spend time reviewing the new offerings and updates for the Curator product. You can find the recording at the bottom of this post ...

Curator New Feature Spotlight: Updated Guided Tutorials 2022-03-29 13:33:33 This post is an update to a previous blog about guided tutorials. This up-to-date post features current features and UI. You know what they say: a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, when it comes to...

Curator 101: Updated Setup of SSL/TLS Certificates for HTTPS 2022-03-02 16:35:19 This post is an update to a previous blog about SSL/TLS certificates and has been updated to reflect the most current capabilities and UI of Curator. If your Curator portal is available to the World Wide Web, we highly recommend setting up encryption

Curator New Feature Spotlight: Collapsible Side Navigation 2022-02-14 16:43:33 We all know the issue of limited screen size and the wish we have to give our data more room to breathe. Well, you asked for it, and now we have a new feature that allows you to easily create more space for your data ...

Curator New Feature Spotlight: Hero Component 2022-02-07 18:01:10 We are super excited to announce a shiny new addition to our Page Builder with the February release. The Hero Component (sometimes referred to as a page banner) allows you ...

Easy Tableau Dashboard Feedback in Curator 2022-01-24 20:13:59 Did you know you can provide a user feedback form on each of your Tableau dashboards using Curator?

The Best of Curator: 2021 Highlights 2022-01-14 17:20:59 Last year was a big one for Curator! It was the one-year anniversary of our rebrand and saw numerous exciting developments come through regarding Curator team growth, Enterprise capabilities and...

Curator 101: Changing PHP Configuration 2021-12-23 16:59:03 Take a journey with me back in time. In the beginning of what would eventually become Curator, we thought it was a good idea to...

Launching Curator from the AWS Marketplace 2021-12-22 17:22:24 Launching your Curator instance from AWS is a pretty simple process. Best of all: AWS gives you the flexibility to bring an...

Curator 101: Updated Contact Us Forms 2021-11-30 16:57:04 This post is an update to a previous blog about Contact Us forms. The steps are largely the same, but the current user interface is reflected in the screenshots, and one important distinction is...

Curator 101: Troubleshooting Trusted Ticket Authentication 2021-11-19 17:14:18 IYKYK. Curator + Tableau + Trusted Tickets unlocks some powerful features. If you don’t know what Trusted Ticket Authentication is, it’s telling your Tableau Server that you trust Curator to authenticate users on its behalf. The way Tableau Server knows to trust Curator is...

Branding & Embedding Tableau Online Dashboards 2021-11-02 16:30:00 Administrating a whole Tableau Server and taking care of upgrades can be scary. Or maybe after reading through Tony’s convincing arguments to make the move to the cloud, you’ve begun using Tableau Online. If so...

Building and Supporting the Entire Curator Experience 2021-10-11 16:06:48 At its core, Curator is about unifying the analytics experience where it meets the user. We call this the presentation layer. However, whether you’re building an internal analytics hub for your company or a new product to offer customers, Curator is only one part of the ...

Curator New Feature Spotlight: Multi-Factor Authentication 2021-09-27 14:51:55 When it comes to data security, you shouldn’t leave anything up to chance. We want your Curator environment to be secure and help you...

Webinar Replay: Getting Started with Curator 2021-09-13 18:09:33 Here at InterWorks, we love immersive experiences, which is why we are so passionate about our Curator solution. With Curator, we are helping clients build...

Celebrating One Year of Curator 2021-08-25 15:55:32 While the last year has been memorable for a variety of reasons, one reason for us is the successful rebrand of Curator! While its ...

Curator 101: Essential Setup 2021-08-10 16:08:04 You’ve got your brand new Curator and it probably looks something like this ...

Curator Feature Spotlight: Org Chart 2021-07-23 15:40:13 Have you ever thought, “Boy, I’d really like to see the structure of my organization and explore it in a stunning, interactive chart within my instance of Curator by InterWorks”? If you answered “Yes” I have some GREAT news! We’ve added an Org Chart tool to Curator for...

Curator 101: Migrations 2021-05-25 20:24:22 Whether you have a change control process to promote content from a test system to a production system, or you are moving your Curator portal from one server to another, there are a few different options for migration. You won’t even...

Get to Know Curator in Two Minutes 2021-05-17 15:20:21 You know how to get started with Curator in five minutes, but what if you’re not all that familiar with Curator in the first place? This video will help you put ...

Webinar Replay: Tableau Trailers & Design Teasers 2021-05-05 16:11:08 Curator was launched in 2016, and over the years, we’ve supported numerous clients with embedding analytics. But what does that really mean, and what does it look like in practice?

Meet the Team Behind Curator 2021-04-22 17:02:03 You may know that InterWorks has a lot of technical expertise to offer. We’re a small company, but we pack a pretty mean punch when it comes to specialties, areas of support and...

Introducing the New Curator Page Builder 2021-03-22 19:48:57 Did you have a New Year’s resolution going into 2021? I know I did. Did you fail within the first couple weeks? I know I did… The good news is there’s a lot of year left to get back on track and reach those goals! The other good news is...

Get Started with Curator in Five Minutes 2021-03-18 16:37:31 When it comes to Curator, we want to deliver a high-quality product tailored not only to your analytics needs but also the demands on your time. In this video, I walk you through how to...

Enhance Tableau with These Five Curator Enterprise Features 2021-02-11 21:02:07 Are you trying to deliver Tableau to a global audience? Do you have deployments that involve multiple external customers, departments or countries? Curator Enterprise is making it easier than ever to...

Webinar Replay: Curating a Better Data Experience 2021-02-04 16:53:11 A new year is a great opportunity to set new goals, and something we regularly do is ask ourselves how we can continue to stretch and more precisely support customers. If you’re looking to add huge value to your analytics this year, Curator can unlock a richer...

Curator Updates: January 2021 2021-01-21 14:59:43 A new year is bringing big changes to Curator! We’re always on the lookout for ways to improve and unify your data experience—not only on the frontend for your users but also on the backend for you and other admins. We’re thrilled...

Happy 4th Birthday, Curator! 2020-09-30 16:48:17 Happy fourth birthday, Curator! I know, I know … you might be saying, “Hold the phone. I just met Curator! How can this be?” Yes. You’re not wrong. The product you know and love as Curator lived its previous life as Portals for Tableau...

What’s the Deal with Embedding? 2020-09-10 14:41:56 Finally! Your dashboard is finished. No – your masterpiece is finished. It’s a work of art! After working back and forth on data validation to ensure all the numbers are right and working on design to make sure the dashboard...

Welcome to the Curator Blog 2020-08-22 18:52:18 Well hello there, neighbor! It’s my pleasure to welcome you to the official Curator blog. Whether you’re new to Curator or you’re an old friend from our Portals for Tableau days, we’re glad you’re here...