How to Use the Highlighter to Set a Default Color Palette

Jun 28, 2022 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

Let’s say you have a view with lots of marks and you want highlight a specific mark and assign a color palette so that mark is always highlighted whenever that dimension is used, irrespective of the chart.To do this you can Highlight one or more d...

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Welche Hamburger:innen zahlen ab 2025 mehr?

Jun 28, 2022 Heinrich Preuß | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Nachdem das Bundesverfassungsgericht die bisherige Regelung kritisierte, wurde dieses Jahr die Grundsteuer reformiert. Viele Eigentümer:innen fürchteten eine höhere Grundsteuer genauso wie Mieter:innen, da diese umlegefähig ist.

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Sleek or Accessible Dashboard Design?

Jun 28, 2022 Skomantas Tamulaitis | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Accessibility is a crucial, yet often overlooked, aspect of dashboard design. In fact, good design practices that visualization designers are so religiously trying to follow are often at odds with good accessibility practices. Here are two points ...

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Navigating A Dashboard Without A Keyboard

Jun 28, 2022 Valerie Madojemu | www.thedataschool.co.uk

During dashboard week I was tasked with reproducing a dashboard that could only be navigated using a keyboard.Unfortunately, I cannot share my work due to confidentiality. But I can share a few tips

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Mockaroo Basics

Jun 28, 2022 Tom Dobson | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Mockaroo is a tool for creating realistic datasets. In this blog, we’ll use this tool to create mock data based on Tableau’s Superstore. To get started let’s select ‘Add Another Field’. Field name can then be specified, as well as the type of data...

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Making up data: Mockaroo

Jun 28, 2022 Algirdas Grajauskas | www.thedataschool.co.uk

What is it?

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Hiding or Removing Tableau's Drill Down Action

Jun 28, 2022 Tristan Kelly | www.thedataschool.co.uk

It has been years since its conception and Tableau has made huge progress as a data visualization tool, advancing industry standards with new innovations found in each update. That being said, no program is perfect, and Tableau is no exception. A ...

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Hands-On: creating accessible dashboards for keyboard-only users in Tabl...

Jun 28, 2022 Caitlin Walsh | www.thedataschool.co.uk

For the second day of DS30’s dashboard week, we were introduced to some key concepts around accessibility and universal design. Here I’ve summed up 3 main takeaways for designing in Tableau.

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Day 2 - Accessibility Taster

Jun 28, 2022 Fergus Smith | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Dashboard week is underway and it is Day 2 already.

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Creating the Desired Map Object for Alteryx Workflow.

Jun 28, 2022 Oksana Kirschbaum | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In Alteryx we can manually draw or select map objects with Point, Line or Polygon. First we need to drag Map Input tool to the canvas. Then we see a Map on the configuration pane where we can zoom, pan and move around to see other continents and c...

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Creating an Email in Mockaroo

Jun 28, 2022 Thanoshaan Thayalan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

This blog post will look at how to create an email address that is equally created for each row in Mockaroo so it has the same syntax but different domains depending on their company.

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Connecting to Snowflake Server in Tableau

Jun 28, 2022 Dorinna Pentchev | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In this blog, we will learn how to input data into Tableau from the Snowflake SQL server.

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Basic Data Generation with Mockaroo

Jun 28, 2022 Edward Sinclair-Hughes | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Mockaroo is a browser-based data generation tool which can be used to create up to 1000 rows of realistic data, (using a free account) and output it into a CSV, JSON, SQL and Excel formats. It is a great tool for creating data which you can use in...

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5 things I learned about Accessibility today

Jun 28, 2022 Zdravka Bratuhtcheva | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today was the second day of the last week of training at The Data School. We learned how to make dashboards friendly to audiences with different needs. For my project I had to redesign a dashboard to make it easy for someone with Dyscalculia to re...

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How to Prepare Data for Tableau - Webinar Recording

Jun 28, 2022 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

Are you having trouble getting your data to work in Tableau the way you want? Join us to learn how to prepare data for analysis in Tableau!

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InterWorks Becomes a Matillion Global Platinum Partner

Jun 28, 2022 Garrett Sauls | interworks.com

Our relationship with Matillion has been incredibly strong these past few years, and that relationship just reached new heights. We’re proud to announce that InterWorks is now a Matillion Global Platinum Partner! This is the highest partner design...

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Creating a Cross-Database Union in Tableau Desktop

Jun 28, 2022 Han Zheng | interworks.com

Data in the real world is a lot messier than we’d imagine it to be. More often than not, working with data will involve multiple sources. For example, you might want to combine two tables, like sales from subsequent quarters. In Tableau Desktop, t...

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What did it take to get into DS31?

Jun 27, 2022 Robbin Vernooij | www.thedataschool.co.uk

DS31 is nearly three months into their training, so it’s a great time to look at what it took for them to get into The Data School.

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Two ways to find and replace a part of the string value using REGEX in A...

Jun 27, 2022 Nhung Le | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Sometimes it is very practical to be able to change a part in a string value (like what you do with Find and Replace in MS Words). Ever since I got to know REGEX, I learned how to do it in Alteryx. This blog will show you two ways of doing it.

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How to (not) pass the Alteryx core certification and how to do better

Jun 27, 2022 Viktoria Von Laer | www.thedataschool.co.uk

I did my first Alteryx certification four days before it was officially scheduled because I wanted to see, how it is. But  unfortunately, I failed. In this post I share my experiences and give some insights, which are hopefully helpful for passing...

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Alteryx Weekly Challange #120 - Intermediate

Jun 27, 2022 Carlos Pacheco | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today I’ll be taking you guys through Alteryx weekly challenge #210 and how we can complete it. This is an intermediate level challenge using some more advanced tools such as rexeg, joins, formulas.

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Load Multiple Tables into Snowflake with Two Matillion Tools

Jun 27, 2022 Scott Perry | interworks.com

If you have spent any time working with data, you know that it’s rare when you only have a single table to move. While there are several ways to move tables around, I thought it might be a good idea to share with you a…The post Load Multiple Table...

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Peter Fakan: How I Created this Isometric Map in Tableau

Jun 27, 2022 Ken Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

 I’m excited to have another fellow Forums Ambassador, Peter Fakan, join us this week for a guest blog. When he first posted this beautiful map, I immediately messaged him and asked “How did you do that?” and he graciously explained his whole proc...

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Week 1 project – my experience and what to expect

Jun 26, 2022 Joel Akaje-Macauley | www.thedataschool.co.uk

My week 1 project experience and what i created.

Alteryx Weekly Challange #120 (Data Prepping)

Jun 26, 2022 Carlos Pacheco | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today i’ll be taking you guys through Alteryx weekly challenge #120 and how  we can complete is for beginners

Alteryx Core Certification Exam: Top tips and advice

Jun 26, 2022 Imogen Emmett | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Top tips and advice for preparing and passing the Alteryx Designer Core Certification exam.

Concatenate - tricky to say, easy to use in Alteryx.

Jun 25, 2022 Karen D. Hamilton | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Concatawhat? - Technical term for combining

My Sabbatical with Maggie

Jun 24, 2022 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

Having been with The Information Lab for more than 5 years, I had the opportunity to take a month-long sabbatical. I went to Siam Park with my son Henry in Tenerife, a week long trip to Eckington in the UK, plus every possible moment spent with Ma...

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Troubleshooting: Why some labels won't show-up in Tableau Server?

Jun 24, 2022 Kristine Wiesner | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Ever experienced having a different output shown from Tableau Desktop to the Server? Missing labels?  Changes in format? This can happen due to the fact that both platforms (your computer and the server) may have different settings and therefore r...

The Alteryx Core Exam - Tips & Tricks

Jun 24, 2022 Maha Hussari | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Sitting the Alteryx exam so early on at The Data School can be scary and overwhelming. Especially since you’ve never come across Alteryx before joining DS!

Tableau-Dual Axis vs Shared Axis

Jun 24, 2022 Pooja Srivastava | www.thedataschool.co.uk

A lot of time we get confused with dual axis and shared axis charts, today I am going to show you what is the difference between these charts, how to create them and when we can choose one over other.

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Pimp-up Your Navigation Buttons in Tableau

Jun 24, 2022 Kristine Wiesner | www.thedataschool.co.uk

The “Navigation Button” in Tableau is a very useful button that allows you to switch one dashboard (or worksheet) to another.  This button can be found among the “Objects” buttons at the bottom left of the Dashboard Pane.  Just like other Objects ...

My experience with Alteryx certification.

Jun 24, 2022 Ronaldo Licaj | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today most of my cohort DSDE3 here at the Data School Deutschland had our first Alteryx core certification try out exam. My first encounter with Alteryx was here at the Data School, and I can surely say that the whole introduction to Alteryx had w...

How to make a connected dot plot

Jun 24, 2022 Carlos Pacheco | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Connected dot plots are a great way of emphasising the difference or change between two points by connecting the dots together and showing the space between them. Here’s a quick video on how to build one

Get up and move on

Jun 24, 2022 Daniel Glasenapp | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today I made the experience that I absolutely have to keep calm in stressful situations. Through this situation, I could no longer maintain my time management. It was one of the first tasks which cost me valuable minutes. In addition, I could not ...

SQL Part 3: Electric JOINS

Jun 23, 2022 Algirdas Grajauskas | www.thedataschool.co.uk

JOINS:

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What Makes Good Analytics: Vision and Direction

Jun 23, 2022 Justus Niemzok | interworks.com

Vision and direction – top leadership needs to give a sense to everyone what has value, what has no value, what is the roadmap and how it should look. To arrive at these answers, Simon Sinek suggests you start with why: Through this idea, Sinek…Th...

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Double drill-down with set actions

Jun 23, 2022 Donna Coles | donnacoles.home.blog

Erica provided a set action based challenge this week requiring us to drill down to 2 levels in a hierarchy. I know there’s been similar challenges to this in the past, but I resisted checking them out, and attempted to build from memory. I succee...

How to Sort a Multi-Column Bar Chart with a Parameter Action

Jun 22, 2022 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

Let’s say you have a chart with 1 dimension and 3 measures. You want to make sorting the bar chart by any of the measures as easy as possible. In this tip, I show you how to use parameter actions to sort the bar charts based on the measure you sel...

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Power BI and the magic of it

Jun 22, 2022 Algirdas Grajauskas | www.thedataschool.co.uk

What is it?

no-code,sql,postgresql,appsmith,data-engineering

My First Week at the Data School

Jun 22, 2022 Islande Derazin | www.thedataschool.co.uk

June 6th was my first day at the Data School, and now it’s already week three. The number of things we have learned so far feels surreal. In the first week, we sat at the DS32’s client presentation. I remember sitting there and longing for the day...

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Dynamically Change Date Aggregations in Tableau Using a Parameter.

Jun 22, 2022 Tommaso Ferri | www.thedataschool.co.uk

A simple solution to a complex problem.

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Alteryx Core Certification Preparation: The basic tools you need to know

Jun 22, 2022 Imogen Emmett | www.thedataschool.co.uk

What tools should you be familiar with for the Alteryx Designer Core Certification?

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Advanced Server-side Filtering for Tables in Appsmith

Jun 22, 2022 Valko Mate | medium.com

Say you’re a data engineer tasked with creating a user-friendly UI capable of filtering one of your SQL tables. Since you don’t have in-depth frontend knowledge, you turn to low-code_no-code platforms to create attractive UI interfaces in minutes ...

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Disposable Cloud Development Environments for dbt

Jun 22, 2022 Danny Tishenko | interworks.com

Well, this turned out to be longer than anticipated. You know your blog’s too wordy when your TL;DR needs some abridgment (exaggerating!). If you are here just to get a quick glance at what Gitpod is, I suggest you stop reading right now and head…...

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