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Curator 101: Explorer 2022-07-28 20:19:36 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 19:46:00 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 19:49:34 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 20:28:55 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 2022-07-18 16:21:58 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 2022-07-13 20:37:31 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 13:58:02 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 21:57:04 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 19:11:56 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 16:55:16 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 ...

Launching Curator from the AWS Marketplace 2022-05-23 19:30:40 Launching your Curator instance from AWS is a pretty simple process. Best of all: AWS gives you the flexibility to bring an...

Curator Announces New Integration with ThoughtSpot 2022-05-23 19:30:22 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 101: Page Builder Basics 2022-05-17 18:43:43 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 2022-05-10 13:43:34 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 ...

What’s the Deal with Embedding? 2022-05-04 20:53:31 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...

Three Ways Curator Enhances the Data Experience 2022-05-04 20:52:19 Curator by InterWorks is an easy-to-use platform for building beautiful, analytic websites. Built by the people of InterWorks, Curator is informed by our deep love of data and Tableau to solve the problems of our global client base...

Happy 4th Birthday, Curator! 2022-05-04 20:51:07 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...

Webinar Replay: The Embedded Analytics Evolution 2022-05-04 20:50:06 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...

Top Things You Didn’t Know About Curator 2022-05-04 20:49:10 Curator is the most feature-rich embedded analytics solution out there! If you are a current user, you’re well aware of the many bells and whistles available. If you aren’t following the changelog or blog releases, there may be some great functionality

Curator 101: Third-Party Cookies 2022-05-04 20:48:05 Tableau Server uses special browser cookies when dashboards are embedded within Curator. Since these cookies aren’t baked by Curator or by you, these are known as third-party cookies. Most of the time, these cookies are calorie-free and completely invisible to you. However...

Webinar Replay: How to Use Curator’s Report Builder Feature 2022-05-04 20:44:45 Report Builder is one of the most powerful features available for your dashboard consumers. It allows users to pull together and export a personalized array of dashboards prepped and ready for presentation in PowerPoint or PDF.

Curator New Feature Spotlight: Translator 2022-05-04 20:43:16 I’m going to let you in on some behind-the-scenes intel. Not many people know this, but in its spare time, Curator loves to watch episodes of Star Trek and dreams of one day joining Starfleet. While Curator isn’t ready to enlist today, it has been working...

Webinar Replay: Embedded Analytics Made Easy 2022-05-04 20:41:48 We know you don’t want to just deliver data to customers. You want to deliver a unique data experience that speaks specifically to customers’ needs and brand. We designed Curator precisely for this purpose, and we recently laid out how it can take your Tableau work to another level...

Curator Updates: January 2021 2022-05-04 20:40:59 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...

Curator New Feature Spotlight: Central Dispatch 2022-05-04 20:40:25 By now, you know that Curator is great. However, there is something even better than a Curator portal … lots of Curator portals. Many of our customers already have several Curator instances running. These are mostly used to...

Webinar Replay: Curating a Better Data Experience 2022-05-04 20:37:58 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...

Enhance Tableau with These Five Curator Enterprise Features 2022-05-04 20:37:40 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...

The Path to Enterprise 2022-05-04 20:37:23 You may have noticed that the Curator by InterWorks family has been expanding. With the introduction of Curator Enterprise last year, we’ve been hard at work on ways to improve the experience of managing large and...

Get Started with Curator in Five Minutes 2022-05-04 20:36:09 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...

Introducing the New Curator Page Builder 2022-05-04 20:35:53 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...

Meet the Team Behind Curator 2022-05-04 20:34:12 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...

Webinar Replay: Tableau Trailers & Design Teasers 2022-05-04 20:06:57 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?

Get to Know Curator in Two Minutes 2022-05-04 20:06:37 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 ...

Curator 101: Migrations 2022-05-04 19:50:43 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...

Curator Feature Spotlight: Org Chart 2022-05-04 19:48:52 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: Essential Setup 2022-05-04 19:48:18 You’ve got your brand new Curator and it probably looks something like this ...

Celebrating One Year of Curator 2022-05-04 19:47:22 While the last year has been memorable for a variety of reasons, one reason for us is the successful rebrand of Curator! While its ...

Webinar Replay: Getting Started with Curator 2022-05-04 19:46:55 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...

Curator New Feature Spotlight: Multi-Factor Authentication 2022-05-04 19:46:33 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...

Curator 101: Updated Contact Us Forms 2022-05-04 19:46:08 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...

Building and Supporting the Entire Curator Experience 2022-05-04 19:44:17 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 ...

Branding & Embedding Tableau Online Dashboards 2022-05-04 19:42:35 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...

Curator 101: Troubleshooting Trusted Ticket Authentication 2022-05-04 19:41:52 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...

Curator 101: Changing PHP Configuration 2022-05-04 19:40:02 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...

The Best of Curator: 2021 Highlights 2022-05-04 19:39:41 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...

Easy Tableau Dashboard Feedback in Curator 2022-05-04 19:39:22 Did you know you can provide a user feedback form on each of your Tableau dashboards using Curator?

Curator New Feature Spotlight: Hero Component 2022-05-04 19:38:59 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 ...

Curator New Feature Spotlight: Collapsible Side Navigation 2022-05-04 19:38:23 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 101: Updated Setup of SSL/TLS Certificates for HTTPS 2022-05-04 19:37:46 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: Updated Guided Tutorials 2022-05-04 19:36:43 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...

Case Study: Custom Analytics for a Healthcare Insurance Leader 2022-05-04 19:30:40 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 ...

Webinar Replay: Curator Product Roadmap 2022-05-04 19:23:56 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: Multiple Tableau Server Connections 2022-05-04 19:23:03 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 ...

Welcome to the Curator Blog 2022-05-02 15:26:59 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...