Overcoming the Alteryx Core Certification: Preparation

Mar 14, 2022 Patrice Tiana Grant | www.thedataschool.co.uk

My key tips on how to prepare and overcome the Alteryx Core Exam. Including links to the best preparation guides and managing all aspects of exams. Tips suitable for those with learning difficulties.

MapLayers,Spatial,makeline,makepoint,Maps,Tableau

How to Build a Sankey Chart in Tableau

Mar 14, 2022 Alfred Chan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Sankey chart might seem daunting in the first place. But it is not difficult to build out. This blog post will demonstrate how to build a sankey chart step by step

MapLayers,Spatial,makeline,makepoint,Maps,Tableau

An introduction to dirty data and cleaning in Tableau Prep

Mar 14, 2022 Carlos Pacheco | www.thedataschool.co.uk

What is dirty data and why is it bad?Dirty data refers to data that contains erroneous, false or missing information.Examples of dirty data can be:

MapLayers,Spatial,makeline,makepoint,Maps,Tableau

Creating Flight Paths in Tableau

Mar 14, 2022 datavis.blog | datavis.blog

This tutorial video steps through how to create flight path maps in Tableau using spatial functions including MAKEPOINT, MAKELINE and DISTANCE.

MapLayers,Spatial,makeline,makepoint,Maps,Tableau

Meet Dataiku, the Everyday AI Powerhouse for Your Data

Mar 14, 2022 Rachel Kurtz | interworks.com

“The goal is to turn data into information and information into insight.” This quote from former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina really sums up what we at InterWorks feel is everyone’s ultimate goal, regardless of whether they’re doing statistic...

Data,AI,dataprep,datascience,Dataiku,machinelearning

7 tips for Alteryx beginners

Mar 13, 2022 Skomantas Tamulaitis | www.thedataschool.co.uk

This is the first week of my DS30 training and the first two days were focusedon working with Alteryx. Completing tasks accurately and efficiently meansadopting time-saving habits that automate parts of your work. That is why myfirst blog (the one...

Blog Marathon for a week dairy- a self-challenge and things learnt

Mar 12, 2022 Nhung Le | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Until last week, I had only one blog post on the Data School blog site.  It was,obviously, not so many. I truly agree that writing blog about what we have leanthelps us a lot to understand it even better and to improve our writing skill –yet long ...

How to Include Multiple Dimensions on the Color Shelf

Mar 11, 2022 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

In this tip, I show you how to include more than one field on the color shelp. A few notes:You can have more than two dimensions on the color shelf. Simply repeat the steps for adding a second color.This only works for dimensions, as I show in the...

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Meet the Team: Jenny Martin, Tableau and Alteryx Consultant

Mar 11, 2022 Sophie Sparkes | www.theinformationlab.co.uk

Get to know a bit more about the team working at The Information Lab! Tableau Social Ambassador Jenny Martin has a passion for data prep and the problem solving it requires. In her own words: I love preparing data and getting it all squeaky clean ...

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What does “lazy” and “greedy” terminology mean in the context regular ex...

Mar 11, 2022 Tram Nguyen | www.thedataschool.co.uk

We had been informed in advance that today we would learn the very beginning ofa quite complicated topic, regular expression – a sequence of characters thatspecifies a search pattern in text. The pattern rule of regex is of greatimportance for doi...

It’s Project Time again!

Mar 11, 2022 Nhung Le | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Another training week has come to the end. This week was pretty tense, but wehas gained a huge amount of knowledge from amazing trainers. To round the weekup we had an interesting Friday project visualizing our curriculum dashboard.The curriculum ...

DS30 Week One: getting to grips with Alteryx

Mar 11, 2022 Caitlin Walsh | www.thedataschool.co.uk

For my very first blog, I decided to note some common pitfalls and errors in Alteryx that I’m keeping in mind after Week One of DS30.

3 Simple but useful Alteryx features

Mar 11, 2022 John Power | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Input / Output View

Wie ich erfolgreich in die Data School Deutschland gekommen bin

Mar 10, 2022 Kristine Wiesner | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Tableau? Alteryx? Ich hatte keine Ahnung, als ich mit meiner Bewerbung begann.Ich sah diese Stellenanzeige für einen Datenanalysten bei Linkedin und füllteein Formular aus, um an einem Informationsabend teilzunehmen. An diesem Abendwurde ich in ei...

Top 10 Tableau Tips & Tricks I wish I had known during my application pr...

Mar 10, 2022 Giorgia Astheimer | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Over the last few weeks during our Tableau training sessions at the Data Schoola number of Tableau functions have drawn my attention that make working withTableau and producing charts so much easier, quicker and more efficient. I oftenwish I had k...

Create a drill down bar graph using set actions: a step-by-step tutorial

Mar 10, 2022 Nhung Le | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today we had an exciting lesson with Ruth learning to apply set actions and Ireally enjoyed it. I was fascinated how many cool things we are able to do usingapplications of set actions in Tableau. In this post I will show you one of thethem which ...

Preparing Survey Data in Tableau Desktop - Webinar Recording

Mar 10, 2022 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

In its natural state, survey data is rarely in a format where it is optimized for analysis. If you need to visualize survey data, it’s likely going to require some preparation and reshaping.

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Sales Budget “Burndown” Chart

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

Erica Hughes had a table-calc-tastic challenge for us this week! I was using Tableau before LoDs were invented, so became very familiar with the ‘dark art’ of table calculations, and subconsciously often turn to these first when solving problems. ...

Using parameters to highlight values in Tableau

Mar 9, 2022 Nathan Purvis | www.thedataschool.co.uk

A quick rundown of a simple but effective use for parameters within Tableau!

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Ein Tag im Leben eines Data Schoolers

Mar 9, 2022 Tanya Fischer | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Der Start in den Tag wird meist von mehreren Komponenten beeinflusst: Treffenwir uns im Büro oder arbeiten wir von zu Hause aus? Werden wir von London oderHamburg aus trainiert? Wenn wir Training vor Ort haben, treffen wir uns in derRegel gegen 9 ...

DataViz,How-To,Maps,QGIS,Tableau,TableauPrep

Der Weg in die Data School

Mar 9, 2022 Tanya Fischer | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Als ich im September während meiner Jobsuche zum Ende des Studiums auf die DataSchool gestoßen bin, hatte ich noch viel Zeit, um an meiner Bewerbung für dieFebruar-Kohorte zu arbeiten. Wertvolle Tipps für die Bewerbung konnte ich auseinem Webinar ...

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Day 1 - The first Alteryx fix

Mar 9, 2022 Fergus Smith | www.thedataschool.co.uk

My data school training journey began with an action packed day learning the basics of Alteryx

Add your own color palettes in Tableau

Mar 9, 2022 Nhung Le | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In data visualization Tableau, colors is a really important part of your work.The right chose of colors raises positive impacts of the visualization as wellas helps to transfer more effectively your messages to the audiences . InTableau there are ...

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A Beginner's Guide to Web Scraping using Alteryx

Mar 9, 2022 James Charnley | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Knowing how to scrape data from websites can be a valuable tool, and it’s much simpler to do than people might realise. Here’s how:

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Meet the Team: Ann Jackson, Head Coach, Data School New York

Mar 8, 2022 Sophie Sparkes | www.theinformationlab.co.uk

Get to know more about Ann Jackson, Head Coach, Data School New York The post Meet the Team: Ann Jackson, Head Coach, Data School New York appeared first on The Information Lab.

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Visualizing a Route in Tableau

Mar 8, 2022 Tanya Fischer | www.thedataschool.co.uk

One fun part when using spatial data in Tableau is that you not only can create dots and areas on a map but even routes or paths. Today we learned how to do that by looking at the London bus routes.

DataViz,How-To,Maps,QGIS,Tableau,TableauPrep

Visualizing Rat Sightings in New York Subways Using Alteryx and Tableau

Mar 8, 2022 Kristine Wiesner | www.thedataschool.co.uk

New York City has serious rat problem since 1800s and for centuries it isseemingly an unsolved one.  It is apparently the home of at least 2 million ratsand this problem is still prevalent despite rat-busting and sanitation efforts. According to a...

DataViz,How-To,Maps,QGIS,Tableau,TableauPrep

The Alteryx Advanced Certification

Mar 8, 2022 Frederik Egervari | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In the process of the Data School, the second Alteryx Certification is not justscheduled for us in DSDE2 yet, but I decided to try to pass it a bit earliersince I am feeling quite comfortable using Alteryx. I want to share a fewthoughts about the ...

DataViz,How-To,Maps,QGIS,Tableau,TableauPrep

Mein erstes Projekt @ Data School

Mar 8, 2022 Tram Nguyen | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Erster Eindruck bei der Arbeit

DataViz,How-To,Maps,QGIS,Tableau,TableauPrep

Heatmap in Alteryx

Mar 8, 2022 Tram Nguyen | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Among the options to visualize magnitude of a phenomenon as color in twodimensions or in a geographical area, heatmap produces an optimal solution. Inthis blog I will tell you how to create a heatmap in Alteryx and visualize it inTableau, using th...

DataViz,How-To,Maps,QGIS,Tableau,TableauPrep

Getting Intersecting Spatial Data in Tableau and Alteryx

Mar 8, 2022 Frederik Egervari | www.thedataschool.co.uk

If you are working with Spatial Data, within Tableau or Alteryx, you have towatch out for a few possible stepping stones. One can occur when you try tocreate an output with an overlap over two different Spatial Columns.

DataViz,How-To,Maps,QGIS,Tableau,TableauPrep

Der erste Monat in der Data School

Mar 8, 2022 Romina Wiechern | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Der erste Monat in der Data School ist unglaublich schnell verflogen. DenMenschen, die sich für das Programm interessieren, möchte ich hier einen kleinenEinblick im „Schnelldurchlauf“ aus meiner Perspektive geben.

DataViz,How-To,Maps,QGIS,Tableau,TableauPrep

Create your own custom shapes in Tableau

Mar 8, 2022 Nhung Le | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In data visualization the Marks Card is used very often to add details to yourdata. By dragging fields into different properties, you encode your data withits functions, for instant add label, or change color, size or shape of thefields. In this b...

DataViz,How-To,Maps,QGIS,Tableau,TableauPrep

Connecting the Dots In Alteryx

Mar 8, 2022 Mary-Leena Tchenkoue | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today we learnt how to connect points on a map using Spatial tools in Alteryx.This could be useful to create a number of insightful visualizations. To name afew, one could visualize the routes of buses in a city, the routes of airlinesacross citie...

DataViz,How-To,Maps,QGIS,Tableau,TableauPrep

Bewerbung für eine Analyst Stelle auch wenn du das Hauptprogramm gar nic...

Mar 8, 2022 Nhung Le | www.thedataschool.co.uk

An zukünftige Data School-er.(Im Kurzen:Achtung: Der Bewerbungsprozess ist echt aufwendig.Spoiler: Es hat sich gelohnt.Und anschließend gibt es ein Update. Wie Denke ich nach den ersten 10 Tagen?)

DataViz,How-To,Maps,QGIS,Tableau,TableauPrep

Airplane routes: Alteryx & Tableau

Mar 8, 2022 Romina Wiechern | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Alteryx

DataViz,How-To,Maps,QGIS,Tableau,TableauPrep

RegEx output methods in Alteryx

Mar 7, 2022 Nhung Le | www.thedataschool.co.uk

RegEx stands for Regular Expression and is used in various coding languages.There are several applications of RegEx, for example to clean data, to searchfor specific patterns and replace or parse them. In Alteryx, RegEx could befound under the too...

Data School Roundup - March 7, 2022

Mar 7, 2022 Andy Kriebel | www.thedataschool.co.uk

This week’s blogs include tips on embedding Tableau in Salesforce, working with Macros in Alteryx, permissions on Tableau Server, and much more.

QGIS for Tableau Users # 5: Outlines, Fills, and Custom Labeling Locatio...

Mar 7, 2022 Ken Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

We’re once again excited to have Sarah Battersby joining us for the fifth post in her series about QGIS for Tableau users. Sarah has been a member of Tableau Research since 2014. Her primary area of focus is cartography, with an emphasis on cognit...

DataViz,How-To,Maps,QGIS,Tableau,TableauPrep

Failure Is A Good Teacher

Mar 6, 2022 Kristine Wiesner | www.thedataschool.co.uk

I was not successful in my first attempt to pass the Alteryx Core Exam.  Ifaltered under the time pressure and didn’t finish the all 80 questions with inthe 2-hours’ time.  I was also complacent, I expected it to be “easy” as it wasan open book, o...

Tableau,TableauBasic,gantt,square,table,tableau

Tableau Colour a Heatmap with a Dimension

Mar 6, 2022 Fabricia | tarsolutions.co.uk

In Tableau, adding colour to a table using a measure is very simple. However, adding colour to a Tableau table using a dimension is more … Read moreSource

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Grouping Time by Hours and Minutes

Mar 6, 2022 Rosario Gauna | rosariogaunag.wordpress.com

For week 9 of #WOW2022, Luke Stanke gave us a challenge that focuses on the task of grouping patient admission times, such that medical admissions for a selected date range will be plotted on a bar chart that It covers 24 hours a day, grouping the...

English,Time

Agrupando el Tiempo por Horas y Minutos

Mar 6, 2022 Rosario Gauna | rosariogaunag.wordpress.com

Para la semana 9 de #WOW2022, Luke Stanke planteó un desafío que se centra en la tarea de agrupar los horarios de admisión de pacientes, de tal forma que, las admisiones médicas de un rango de fechas seleccionado se representarán en un gráfico de ...

Español,Time

How to Reorder the Values of a Matillion Grid Variable

Mar 5, 2022 Chris Hastie | interworks.com

Often when using grid variables in Matillion, the order of the values is important. For example, you could be iterating through the values of a grid variable sequentially using the Grid Iterator component and need the iterations to complete in a d...

Data,gridvariable,Matillion,python,sql

Working across different tables in Tableau

Mar 4, 2022 Frederik Egervari | www.thedataschool.co.uk

To use multiple sheets, maybe from different data sources, in a singlevisualization Tableau offers different ways to do so. The way to combine thetables has to fit to the according data within and might get a bit complicatedfrom time to time.

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