# Testing 123

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2021-11-09
- **Format:** Video · 41 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Community, Industry trends
- **Tools:** Tableau (server)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/testing-123
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tClnp4t9_Jo

This is a raw, unannounced test live stream where Ravi and I set up our kit for a Tableau Conference watch-along the following day. We troubleshoot audio levels, screen layouts, chat overlays via Streamlabs and Ecamm Live, and figure out how to switch between camera and keynote views in real time.

## Key takeaways

- Tableau is moving on-premise Server to a six-monthly update cadence while Tableau Cloud/Online stays quarterly, reportedly because a customer felt updates came too fast
- Ecamm Live lets you view and respond to the YouTube chat from within the tool itself, removing the need to juggle separate browser tabs or a janky Zoom-plus-OBS setup
- For consistent video lighting, wear a mid-tone plain t-shirt: white blows out the highlights and dark fabric introduces shadow noise
- Going live 15 minutes before an event buys you a buffer to fix problems and catch the audience as they arrive
- Conference sessions land first in the Americas time zone, then Asia, then the UK, with everything available on demand afterwards

## Chapters

- 0:00 Going live and checking the lag
- 2:49 Adding Twitter handles and name bars
- 5:24 Testing audio over background keynote
- 10:09 Streamlabs chat overlay troubleshooting
- 15:42 Wardrobe and lighting for streaming
- 17:02 Persisting the chat widget across scenes
- 30:15 Why Ecamm Live over OBS
- 31:35 Plan for tomorrow's keynote stream
- 34:49 Tableau Server update cadence change
- 37:39 Finding sessions and time zones

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