Sometimes when I paste SQL into BigQuery web UI, I can't use the table alias, full stop & tab to show what fields I can pick from.
Generally it works if I type the query from scratch.
Just wondering if anyone has noticed this and what workarounds there are around this?
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I created a DataSource like this:
select sd.* from global_reporting.summary_drivers sd
join global_reporting.vw_row_level_security vrls
on vrls.company = sd.company
where vrls.company = SUBSTRING_INDEX(<Parameters.COMPANY_AND_USER>, '~~', 1)
and
vrls.username = SUBSTRING_INDEX(<Parameters.COMPANY_AND_USER>, '~~', -1)
The problem is that if I logout and log back in from a WebApplication that includes the dashboard into an iframe, the username() function changes correctly but the derived parameter does not change and so also the DataSource remains with the old data.
Parameters.COMPANY_AND_USER was set starting from a calculated field, from the username() function.
Questions:
Am I on the right path or is there a better or any other way to do that?
Since you are embedding your views in a web page, you can use the JavaScript API to fine tune how your view behaves or more tightly couple it with your web page
https://help.tableau.com/current/api/js_api/en-us/JavaScriptAPI/js_api.htm
For instance, you could tell your views to refresh data using the RefreshDataASync() function whenever the user changes.
I’d recommend using the <object> tag placed inside a <div> instead of the <iframe> tag for embedding your views, to get a bit more control.
https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/embed_code.htm
Tableau produced a very good quick tutorial about their JavaScript API that lets you get a very good idea of what it provides and how to use it that you can skim in about 5 minuets. Highly recommended. https://help.tableau.com/samples/en-us/js_api/tutorial.htm
All that said, you absolutely can use custom SQL for your data source, but I’d drop to that level only if you’re convinced the higher level features won’t work for you. If only for maintainability reasons.
Any help/advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
I'm looking for what I would consider a standard setup for modern day web design/development. Basically I have a dual monitor setup and I would like to code on one screen and have the changes displayed in real-time on the other screen.
Up until yesterday I was using jsbin in this way and it was working great. I had one browser setup with the coding stuff (HTML/CSS/jQuery) and I then had another separate browser open on the second monitor which updated instantly as I typed. So if I changed a CSS rule for example it was shown in real-time on the second monitor without me having to do ANYTHING. No saving, no refreshing, no switching tabs - NOTHING.
However, for whatever reason jsbin now refuses to update in real-time and it will only show the code changes if I manually refresh the browser. I've emailed jsbin about this but they can't diagnose the issue.
So what I'm looking for is either an online alternative, or a local alternative. However, everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) that I've tried so far can't do what jsbin did.
dabblet.com, jsFiddle.net, liveweave.com, codepen.io, cssdeck.com etc
But all of the above don't offer a second tab/browser that I can move to the second monitor to show the code updates in real-time which is the most important thing.
Surely there must be an easy solution to this? Is it not common to code in this way on 2 monitors whilst developing a website? I'd really appreciate any help on this.
Many thanks
Ben
For local option, Brackets has Live Preview mode.
After you open your project or file for editing, select File -> Live Preview
It launches a browser window, then your changes are reflected as you type, no save or browser refresh needed.
I use Liveweave with my dual monitor setup. I keep the HTML/CSS in my left window/monitor and the JS/Preview in my right monitor. Works great!
My problem is very similar to the one posted here:
http://www.utteraccess.com/forum/Plotting-Addresses-Maps-t1968130.html
except that thread never found any solutions. Basically, I'm working on an Access form that has a datasheet as a subform. Upon clicking a button on the main form I'm trying to make it so that a browser window opens up and, using the address columns from the spreadsheet data in the subform, plot all the address markers listed. I've looked up a lot of ways to attempt this but I've yet to find a way that seems to work.
I'm not even sure if it's possible to plot multiple markers on Google Maps, but according to research (and after trying it myself) it seems like it isn't, although I don't want to rule it out entirely because I'm still not 100% sure. However I know both Google Earth and batchgeo.com do allow this. I still want to try and do this on Google Maps, but if that doesn't work I want to try to do it using batchgeo.com and if that still doesn't work, then Google Earth (I don't want to make the user download external software if possible).
If it helps, from what I've read API's seem like a useful tool, though I'm not sure how to apply it to an Access form, it seems more like a way to embed to already existing websites.
I'd really appreciate if someone could help me figure out how to approach this problem!
Maybe this would help?
http://ramblings.mcpher.com/Home/excelquirks/getmaps/mapmarkers
It is Excel but should be translatable.
Here is another example, this time using Access:
http://www.utteraccess.com/forum/Google-Maps-Multiple-Mar-t1973499.html
...from what I've read API's seem like a useful tool, though I'm not
sure how to apply it to an Access form, it seems more like a way to
embed to already existing websites.
You're right. There's no way, that I'm aware of, to embed a Google Maps object in a form (like an ActiveX control). Microsoft MapPoint is a software product that lets you do Map integration by way of an ActiveX control (no need to use HTML and/or javascript).
What I usually do on a project like you're working on is I get my HTML page working the way I want it to, outside and independent of MS Access. You should be able to program and test the HTML file locally without having to use an actual web server. Just use something like NotePad++ or Sublime Text Editor 2 to write your HTML and Javascript and then open the file in your browser to see if it works. I'm quite sure you'll need to use Javascript in your HTML page to make this work. That's what the Google Maps API is all about.
After you have your webpage working, then you will have to go into Access and write code to create that web page on the fly with the address data for the current data set. You can just write it out to the Windows Temp folder and then open your browser control that that web page.
Julian Knight's answer links to more specifics on how to create the HTML page on the fly. It looks like gobble-de-gook, mostly because it is. Outputting HTML/Javascript/CSS from VBA is far less than optimal. This is why you troubleshoot it outside of Access, as much as you can.
I will need to provide a way for a user (who will be using a screen reader) to select multiple options within a form. Currently, these options are laid out in a two column table with checkboxes in the first column and spans with the label for the option in the second column. This isn't section 508 compliant, but it will need to be for this site. I'm trying to figure out the best way to replace this form with something better.
The options I have are to either
Use ul/lis with labels for the checkboxes
OR
Use a multi-select drop down list.
Does anyone have a preference or a better idea?
I've decided to use a muli-select dropdown. In case anyone was wondering. It seems to work fairly well with the screen reader I'm using. I did find that IE seems to be the best browser to work with and most screen readers aren't working very well with Chrome or other browsers unfortunately. I can only assume then that most people who visually disabled are probably using IE because of this.
I'm trying to use Dashcode to create a drop-down list for an iPhone Web app. I want the list to be set dynamically based on a data source, and for the selected item to be set by a separate data source.
I've figured-out how to set the parameters on the data source to get it to alter the contents, and have the data in valid JSON, but can't figure-out how to connect up the data source to make anything but a blank pop-up appear. I've tried connecting arrays and associative arrays to each of the bindings and still can't get anything (except an error when I try and connect it to the content)
So... Anyone out there done this?
Thanks in advance.
Have you tried using the code out of Dashcode library? There are a number of prewritten snippets in there and often with a bit more detail on the Dashcode docs on the apple site.
The other way is to download some widgets and then disassemble them to see how someone else has done it.