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Key Takeaways from Inspire EMEA 2022

Nov 10, 2022 ross.easton | www.theinformationlab.co.uk

October 2022 saw Alteryx users & analytics fans from far and wide descend on Amsterdam for a glimpse of cutting-edge analytics tech and to be inspired by the possibilities that come with it. Here, we discuss our main takeaways from this year’s...

Blog,Alteryx,AlteryxInspire,Inspire2022

#ThrowbackThursday - 1st Week at The Data School

Nov 10, 2022 Serena Purslow | www.thedataschool.co.uk

I know Thursday isn’t quite the end of the week, but I thought it’d be a good time to reflect on my first four days at The Data School.

Quadrant Charts - Complicated or Easy?

Nov 10, 2022 Shahbaz Khan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

So we’ve all made scatter plots on tableau before but I’ve recently come across a problem when trying to color my scatter plots by different quadrants which I painstakingly overengineered when the solution was laughably simple.

Average Patient Wait Times

Nov 10, 2022 Donna Coles | donnacoles.home.blog

Erica set this challenge this week to provide the ability to compare the average wait time for patients in a specific hour on a specific day, against the ‘overall average’ for the same day of week, month and hour. As with most challenges, I’m goin...

Before & After: First Application Viz

Nov 9, 2022 Elaine Yuan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Last week, we re-viz-ited our first application visualizations for The Data School New York. Our goal was to enhance our submission with more data and Tableau best practices. Before I dive into my resulting dashboard, let’s review what I did.

TableauCalculations,TableauDates,Design

Compare Running Sum Year Over Year in Tableau

Nov 9, 2022 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

One of my favorite, underrated visuals in Tableau is to compare running sum values year over year! It is a great tool to compare student enrollments, sales and even personal achievements like miles run or silver coins found metal detecting! :-P

TableauCalculations,TableauDates,Design

#MakeoverMonday Week 45 - Who Americans Spend Their Time With

Nov 8, 2022 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

I found this week’s data set super interesting, but also super sad in some ways, like people are more and more alone as they age. Or people spending less time with their partners when they are much older, clearly showing when people typically pass...

age,America,AmericanTimeUseSurvey,animation,formatting,interactivity,label,linechart,parameter,parameteraction,referenceline,tableau,timespent,trend,USA,vizintooltip,WatchMeViz

Quality Assessment and Testing

Nov 8, 2022 Angelica Obi | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Quality assurance: “a part of quality management focused on providing confidence that quality requirements will be fulfilled” - ISO 9000

Data,Backups,database,python,Snowflake,update

Countdown to the end of training

Nov 8, 2022 Angelica Obi | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Less than a month left of training, here’s how I’m spending it

Data,Backups,database,python,Snowflake,update

4 ways to rename a field in Tableau

Nov 8, 2022 Michael Apau | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In our line of work, we do need to clean up our data which is always an essential part. In this write up, I present to you 4 different ways in which you can rename your fields in tableau be it a measure or a dimension.

Data,Backups,database,python,Snowflake,update

Automatically Backup the SNOWFLAKE Shared Database with a Python Stored ...

Nov 8, 2022 Chris Hastie | interworks.com

Every Snowflake account comes with a shared database called “SNOWFLAKE” which stores a fantastic amount of account-level and organisation-level information. Most notably, this shared database contains a series of account usage views which covers a...

Data,Backups,database,python,Snowflake,update

Customize How Your Map Looks in Tableau

Nov 7, 2022 Shahid Sheikh | vizartpandey.com

This article describes how you can customize the appearance of a map view in TableauThe post Customize How Your Map Looks in Tableau? appeared first on Welcome to Vizartpandey.

Home,Tableau,TableauBootcamp,maps,TipsandTricks

NEVER GIVE UP after a REFUSAL: My Journey to the Data School.

Nov 7, 2022 Michael Apau | www.thedataschool.co.uk

My first interview at the Data School led to a REFUSAL. After the REFUSAL, I never had any interview with the Data School but I got into DS36.

How To Make Over Monday

Nov 7, 2022 Ruth Amarteifio | www.thedataschool.co.uk

As today is DS36’s first day in the Data School, I thought I would give them some tips on working through a Makeover Monday.

datawomen,DataWomen,IT

SQL Scripting in Snowflake

Nov 7, 2022 Karl Young | interworks.com

From its inception, Snowflake has always supported the ANSI standard version of the SQL language. As much as we may enjoy using SQL to manipulate data – how cool is it to write in a language based on something called lambda calculus? Still, it doe...

Data,scripting,Snowflake,sql

DataWomen Event Recap: IEEE Mixer

Nov 7, 2022 Azucena Coronel | interworks.com

On Friday 24 October, we were invited to an IEEE NSW Education Chapter and DataWomen university mixer where we had the privilege to talk to information technology students of all levels about all the different roles they can pursue in the IT field...

datawomen,DataWomen,IT

A Solution to the Hex Map Filtering Issue

Nov 7, 2022 Kevin Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

  Ever since I created my first hex map in Tableau, I’ve had a problem in which I never loved any available solution.  That problem occurs when you utilize filters.  Sometimes there is no data for a given state and that state completel...

How-To,Tableau

The Beginner’s Guide to Tableau Table Calculations

Nov 6, 2022 Dan Bunker | playfairdata.com

Tableau’s table calculations, while very powerful, can be both tricky and confusing to work with. There are some great benefits…The post The Beginner’s Guide to Tableau Table Calculations appeared first on Playfair Data.

AuthorExperience,Fundamentals,Strategy

Tableau Charts: Comparison to Budget & Prior Year

Nov 4, 2022 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

Are you looking for ways to improve how you visualize comparisons between 2 to 3 performance measurements in Tableau? In many performance monitoring dashboards, you need to make comparison of actual values to budget or target. In this video, I wil...

actuals,barchart,budget,bulletchart,comparison,datavisualization,dotplot,groupedbarchart,howto,linechart,plan,previous,prior,prioryeartodate,tableau,tip,yearoveryear,yeardate

Pies and Donuts

Nov 4, 2022 Elaine Yuan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Yum.

Uncategorized,design,Designer,GraphicDesigner

My first month in The Data School

Nov 4, 2022 Flavio Matos | www.thedataschool.co.uk

A few months ago I started the application process to the DS and in the blink of an eye, I just completed my first month as a DSer.

Uncategorized,design,Designer,GraphicDesigner

How to Prepare for your Final Interview Presentation for The Data School

Nov 4, 2022 Keren Aharon | www.thedataschool.co.uk

So you’ve just got into the final stage of interviews for the data school, congrats! You have probably spent hours and hours on your dashboard and now wondering how to begin preparing for the interview presentation. So here are my key tips.

Uncategorized,design,Designer,GraphicDesigner

How to Make ID numbers all the same length

Nov 4, 2022 Stephen Moyse | www.thedataschool.co.uk

All datasets should have a unique identifier in the form of an ID number for orders for example - but unfortunately this isn’t always the case, and sometimes when there is, they aren’t all the same length. How useful!

Uncategorized,design,Designer,GraphicDesigner

How to Create Donut Charts in Tableau

Nov 4, 2022 Keren Aharon | www.thedataschool.co.uk

The first step when making a donut chart is creating a normal pie chart. Drag your desired fields and change your mark type to pie.

Uncategorized,design,Designer,GraphicDesigner

Becoming a Data School Coach

Nov 4, 2022 Jenny Martin | www.thedataschool.co.uk

I have some exciting news to share!

Uncategorized,design,Designer,GraphicDesigner

How to Default to the Most Recent Dynamic Max Date in Tableau

Nov 4, 2022 Felicia Styer | playfairdata.com

I recently worked on a dashboard with two main filters – Date and Team. The view focused on a single…The post How to Default to the Most Recent Dynamic Max Date in Tableau appeared first on Playfair Data.

Advanced,TechnicalFeatures,Tips&Tricks

What a Designer Actually Does

Nov 4, 2022 Chelsea Morgan | interworks.com

What does it mean to be a (graphic) designer? You could ask a variety of people and get a whole slew of different answers to this. Heck, Debbie Millman even wrote a whole book that’s chalk full of great insights from a variety of well-established…...

Uncategorized,design,Designer,GraphicDesigner

Lost in Translation: The Importance of Developer/User Communication

Nov 4, 2022 Danny Steinmetz | interworks.com

I know the endoplasmic reticulum is a thing. I know the Inuit people have 50 words for snow. I couldn’t tell you what the endoplasmic reticulum does, nor do I know a single Inuit word for snow. But, to a biologist or someone from Nunavut…The post ...

Data,analytics,communication,development,UX

What makes a good dashboard?

Nov 3, 2022 Angelica Obi | www.thedataschool.co.uk

A dashboard let’s you bring all that information together and put it in a way that is easily understandable. Unfortunately not everyone gets the dashboard right and so it completely defeats the purpose so here are some top tips/things to remember ...

Tableau Containers

Nov 3, 2022 Tara Robinson | www.thedataschool.co.uk

When doing my application I really did not understand what the containers were and how to use them. If you were to tell me I had to just used tiled containers for my application I think I would have cried and nothing would have been produced. This...

Birkbeck University Museum Data - Analysis - Dashboard Week

Nov 3, 2022 Beau Foletti | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today’s task was again about analysis. We were asked to look at historic museum data and come up with insights and display them in the best way. No dashboard required but design of charts best for analysis was.

What is the lifetime value of customers?

Nov 3, 2022 Donna Coles | donnacoles.home.blog

Luke Stanke set the #WOW2022 challenge this week (see here) asking us to visualise the lifetime value of customers. I have to admit, I did struggle to really understand what was being requested, and to get the numbers to match Luke’s. I ended up r...

How to use Multi-Field Formula in Alteryx

Nov 2, 2022 Flavio Matos | www.thedataschool.co.uk

There may be times where you want to apply a formula across multiple columns simultaneously. In this blog you are going to learn how to use Multi-Field Formula in Alteryx.

TableauDates,TableauCalculations

How to create a Chart Selector using Parameters

Nov 2, 2022 Edward Gay | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Fitting all your sheets into a dashboard can be difficult. Sometimes you may want to give your user a choice between charts. Here’s a guide on setting up a parameter to do just that.

TableauDates,TableauCalculations

Core Certification Achieved - Road to Advanced Begins

Nov 2, 2022 Shahbaz Khan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

So one road ends and another begins. Its been awhile since I’ve posted one of these blogs so I just wanted to get you guys up to speed on how the core certification went for me and maybe impart some wisdom having come out the other side.

TableauDates,TableauCalculations

How to Tableau: Month to Date vs. Prior Year Month to Date

Nov 2, 2022 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

How are things performing at your organization this month? How does that compare to the past? What if the best historical comparison isn’t last month, but this month last year?

TableauDates,TableauCalculations

Oklahoma State University Launches Spears Assist Powered by InterWorks

Nov 2, 2022 Garrett Sauls | interworks.com

We’ve been sharing it to social media for a while now, but we thought it was high time we shared something on the blog to bolster a very exciting announcement that took place at the start of the 2022 fall semester: InterWorks is officially partner...

News,analytics,internship,Oklahoma,OSU,SpearsAssist,Tableau

InterWorks Blog Roundup — October 2022

Nov 2, 2022 Mark Cordeiro | interworks.com

Well, spooky season may have come and gone like a ghost in the night, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t have fun while it was here. Parties, trick or treating and (probably) too much candy marked our scariest time of year, and I think we’re…The post...

Data,BlogRoundup,Dataiku,Tableau,Thunder,Travel

#MakeoverMonday Week 44 - Fundraising vs. Spending by Members of the 117...

Nov 1, 2022 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

The midterm elections in the US are next week. If you’re able to vote, please do. Democracy is at stake. This week’s data was about fundraising, spending and debt by people currently in Congress. If you missed #WatchMeViz, I showed 16 different wa...

barchart,barinbar,barbellchart,candlestickchart,combinationchart,floatingchart,hexmap,MakeoverMonday,map,packedbubbles,scatterplot,slopegraph,tableau

Tableau Prep – Creating Parameters

Nov 1, 2022 Sreekanth Arathil Condoth | www.thedataschool.co.uk

One of the new features that was introduced in the Tableau Prep Version 2021.4 was the creation of Parameter. It functions like a filter. The flow would be updated on the basis of the parameter value.  In this blog, I will explain how to create a ...

Data,failover,failovergroups,replication,Snowflake

Download multiple images from HTML link using Alteryx (Pokémon Edition).

Nov 1, 2022 Sophie Higson | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Instead of manually saving multiple pictures, try using a HTML code and Alteryx workflow to make this process quicker and efficient.

Data,failover,failovergroups,replication,Snowflake

Using Failover Groups to Migrate or Failover Between Snowflake Accounts

Nov 1, 2022 Chris Hastie | interworks.com

The purpose of this post is to step through the processes involved in setting up a new Snowflake account to replicate an existing one. There are several reasons to do this, the main two being: Fully migrating to a new account, for example if you…T...

Data,failover,failovergroups,replication,Snowflake

PYD118 – Catching Up with Journalist Alberto Cairo

Nov 1, 2022 InterWorks | interworks.com

In this episode of Podcast Your Data, analytics consultants Emily Miley and Jack Hulbert catch up with podcaster, professor, author and journalist Alberto Cairo for the third time on the PYD Podcast to discuss the intersection between data and jou...

Data,Podcast,PodcastYourData

Tableau Set Control Part 2: Use Cases

Nov 1, 2022 Ken Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

In the first part of this blog series, Tableau Set Control: The Basics, I shared some of the history of sets and then introduced the set control and its most basic use case, simple filtering. Now we’re going to build upon that foundati...

How-To,Tableau

Taking the Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification Exam

Oct 31, 2022 Elaine Yuan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

I was funemployed between signing my contract for the Data School and starting my training. (If you’re curious about what I did during that time, check out this blog post.) Hence, at the end of August, I decided to take the Tableau Desktop Special...

Data,failover,failovergroups,replication,Snowflake

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