Anonymising Your Data in Tableau Cloud Tableau Server

Oct 16, 2023 luke.donovan | www.theinformationlab.co.uk

Introduction There have often been use cases for users to be able to anonymise data, not filtering, for certain users on Tableau Cloud. From questionnaire data to sales performance, there are instances when you want to anonymise data and not filte...

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Power BI - Drill Down

Oct 16, 2023 Francisco Rei | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Self-learning PBI - Drill feature

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Date Functions in Tableau

Oct 16, 2023 Samantha Fitzsimmons | www.thedataschool.co.uk

What are date functions?

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Data Security and Ethics

Oct 16, 2023 Adam Sultanov | www.thedataschool.co.uk

It’s not just the realm of data scientists and ethicists. As data workers it is imperative that we remain aware of our ethical obligations around gathering and using personally identifiable information. It is also on us to protect and keep the dat...

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Applying for Growth Part 2 The Tangible Benefits

Oct 16, 2023 Aaron Potts | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Beyond the chance to join the company, applying to The Data School has real benefits for your career and data analytics skills.

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Applying for Growth Part 1 Beating Imposter Syndrome

Oct 16, 2023 Aaron Potts | www.thedataschool.co.uk

You’ll often hear job applications described as “soul-crushing,” and that’s the unavoidable reality even when the job market is hot. When interest rates are high and employers are screening extra-carefully to make sure every investment in human ca...

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Alteryx Mini Tip Series Spatial Data - Creating Donut Areas Instead of C...

Oct 16, 2023 Lisa Hitch | www.thedataschool.co.uk

This blog article teaches you how to use Alteryx to create a donut-shaped area around a center point in your spatial data.

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5 Tips to Pass the Tableau Certified Data Analyst Exam

Oct 16, 2023 Matthias Albert | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Many a blog has been written on this already. But as long as a single person out there finds this one instructive, what’s the harm in having one more? Considering there are plenty of official resources out there already covering which content to e...

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How to Make a Pareto Chart in Tableau 2.0

Oct 16, 2023 Juan Carlos Guzman | playfairdata.com

Pareto Charts are powerful, eye-catching visualizations that help illustrate your most significant dimension members. The 80/20 Pareto Principle states that…The post How to Make a Pareto Chart in Tableau 2.0 appeared first on Playfair Data.

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Learn ThoughtSpot With Me To Admin-finity and Beyond

Oct 16, 2023 Robby White | interworks.com

It’s been a lot of fun taking you through the ins and outs of ThoughtSpot over the course of my “Learn ThoughtSpot with Me” blog series. I’ve got the final installment here for your reading pleasure. But seriously, if you have any questions, get i...

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4 Design Techniques that I am Obsessed With

Oct 16, 2023 Kevin Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

 In late 2019, I started compiling a list of simple design techniques to improve both chart and dashboard aesthetics.  That list grew to 26 in total, but it became more about clarity of charts, how to properly use color, layout…it beca...

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GA4 by Tableau Connect Tableau and Google Analytics

Oct 15, 2023 Jaroslav Tomcala | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Google Analytics Connector for Tableau is a tool that allows users to integrate their Tableau visualizations with data from Google Analytics. It’s beneficial because it enables in-depth analysis of user behavior on websites through interactive cha...

Dashboard Redesign

Oct 15, 2023 Dan Wade | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Dashboard design is fundamental in data visualisation. In week 2 of The Data School, we spent some time covering dashboard design to understand how to step yourself up for success.

Strokes of Genius Dashboard Colour Choices and Tools

Oct 14, 2023 Faith Rotich | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Helpful resources that have guided me when picking colour palettes or at least served as a starting point.

Making Radar Charts in Tableau

Oct 14, 2023 Harvey Joyce | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Radar charts are amazing for visualising relationships and patterns in multivariate data!

The Best of Both

Oct 13, 2023 Hannah Bartholomew | www.thedataschool.co.uk

A 3 minute read on how to create the perfect visualization, by considering explanatory and exploratory analysis.

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Strokes of Genius Dashboard Colour Choices and Tools

Oct 13, 2023 Faith Rotich | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Helpful resources that have guided me when picking colour palettes or served as a starting point.

Event Recap QSR Evolution

Oct 13, 2023 Karl Riddett | interworks.com

On September 6-7, InterWorks sponsored and attended the first-ever QSR Evolution conference in Atlanta, GA.  For those who aren’t aware, QSR stands for “Quick-Service Restaurant,” and also is the same name of the magazine that put the show on. QSR...

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Can you build a flexible tabular display

Oct 13, 2023 Donna Coles | donnacoles.home.blog

The challenge this week was to provide a balance between the user requesting ‘all the numbers’ and the visualisation designer trying to encourage ‘best practice’. It was inspired by Sam Parsons‘ viz here, which he discusses in this video. We’re go...

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Mastering the Hybrid Stage Seamless Presentations for Online and In-Pers...

Oct 12, 2023 Harvey Joyce | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In this era of flexible work arrangements, here are the best tips for mastering the complex fusion of online and in-person presenting.

Mastering Bar and Line Charts Dos and Donts

Oct 12, 2023 Beza Taye | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Creating effective charts requires a balance between subjectivity and objectivity, with various do’s and don’ts to keep in mind. While these guidelines offer objectivity, there’s always room for debate when it comes to chart design. From axis rota...

How I Approach Building a Dashboard in 1h

Oct 12, 2023 Lisa Hitch | www.thedataschool.co.uk

One challenge that we are faced in the Data School (which is extremely good practice for data consultancy ) is to complete a MakeoverMonday in 60 minutes, which is incredibly challenging. Here are some lessons I learned and strategies I applied.

Using Dynamic Zone Visibility for ShowHide Buttons

Oct 11, 2023 hannah.millington | www.theinformationlab.co.uk

Whilst building a dashboard recently I found a use case for one of Tableau’s newer functions – Dynamic Zone Visibility. There were certain aspects of the dashboard that I wanted to show/hide depending on a user selection. A couple of specific requ...

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What did it take to get into DSNY6

Oct 11, 2023 Mel Niere | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Meet the Remarkable Cohort 6 of The Data School New York!

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Presentation Fridays

Oct 11, 2023 Dan Wade | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Thoughts on presentations and Friday’s at The Data School.

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Middle School Math Teacher to Data Analyst Consultant

Oct 11, 2023 Randee Johnson | www.thedataschool.co.uk

So you’re a teacher, and you want to transition careers to, let’s say, a Data Analyst Consultant? First, let me start off by saying that

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Clean vs. Dirty Data

Oct 11, 2023 Harvey Joyce | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Dirty data is a common sight in data consulting, but there are many quick and easy fixes!

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Fixing Tableau Calculation Aggregation Errors

Oct 11, 2023 Ollie Linley | onenumber.biz

Have you ever seen the error: “Cannot mix aggregate and non-aggregate arguments in this function?” If you’ve worked with Tableau for any period of time, you probably have! You could have seen this in an IF statement, a CASE statement, or just a re...

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Learn ThoughtSpot with Me The Bread and Butter

Oct 11, 2023 Robby White | interworks.com

Back to work here, Part II of my “Learn ThoughtSpot with Me” series. I hope you enjoy it. Buckle Up In my initial post, we talked about the basic interactions in ThoughtSpot. For a typical user, we defined some of the key language, functionality, ...

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How to Configure a Local dbt Core Environment

Oct 11, 2023 Aaron Carmichael | interworks.com

Setting Up a Personal dbt Instance Over the past few weeks, I have been diving into dbt in my free time to learn more about the tool as well as about data preparation before it normally reaches my hands in Tableau. If you’re unfamiliar with…The po...

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Fix Your Broken Worksheet Actions in Tableau Dashboards

Oct 10, 2023 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

Ever wonder why your worksheet actions don’t seem to play nicely when incorporated into a Tableau dashboard? You’re not alone! Everyone that starts using Tableau faces this hiccup, often leading to unnecessary hours of troubleshooting. The answer ...

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What are pre-attentive attributes and why do they deserve your attention

Oct 10, 2023 Yoan Caboste | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Discover the hidden language of data visualization: preattentive attributes—powerful visual cues that unlock data’s potential.

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Visualising data what can we control

Oct 10, 2023 Aurora Malinauskaite | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Spoiler alert, we can control A LOT!

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Transform your chart with colour

Oct 10, 2023 Dan Wade | www.thedataschool.co.uk

With colour, less is more. Use colour strategically to guide the reader to the important element of your charts to improve readability.

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The Art of Attention Intro to Pre-Attentive Attributes

Oct 10, 2023 Beza Taye | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Do you often find yourself noticing things without realizing you have? Objects in our environment are frequently perceived by our brains before we consciously focus our attention on them. These objects, which register in our awareness before the n...

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Planning your data preparation

Oct 10, 2023 Dan Wade | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In this blog we go through how to plan your data preparation. Covering four simple steps to follow.

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I just want to use a bar graph

Oct 10, 2023 Hannah Bartholomew | www.thedataschool.co.uk

A 3 minute read that helps you to define what type of graph you ACTUALLY want to use, after you think you have it figured out.

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Growing Pains Learning To Love Treemaps

Oct 10, 2023 Harvey Joyce | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Although they can be tricky, Treemaps can be great at finding the root of a problem!

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Are stacked area charts and bar charts interchangeable

Oct 10, 2023 Faith Rotich | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Are stacked area charts and stacked bar charts interchangeable? Hint: they’re not.

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Alumni Spotlight Laura Scavino

Oct 10, 2023 Mel Niere | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Learn more about Laura’s experience, from the time she applied to The Data School, to her career as a consultant at Accenture. Laura was part of Cohort 8 of The Data School London, which took place from February 2018 to June 2019.

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What Are Tableau Collections and How Do I Use Them

Oct 10, 2023 Kirsty Wall | interworks.com

Collections were released back in version 2021.2 and are a very useful and somewhat underrated feature, in my opinion. So, let’s take a look at how to make the most of this feature in your organisation today. What Are Collections? Collections are ...

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Behind the Chart Redesign Retail Investment Step-by-Step Makeover

Oct 9, 2023 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

Catch up on my latest #MakeoverMonday Watch Me Viz. I dive into a step-by-step redesign of Visual Capitalists “What are Retail Investors Interested in Buying in 2023?” chart. Starting with an overview of the original visualization, I review the ga...

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Why should you be part of a user group

Oct 9, 2023 Jules Claeys | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Yesterday I got to attend my first user group, it was a great experience and I really recommend it to any Data schoolers.

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What to do with unclean data

Oct 9, 2023 Dan Wade | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Unclean data disrupts the clarity of your analysis, resembling a puzzle with missing pieces. Cleaning your data is paramount. Ensure field names are specific, split relevant columns, and scrutinize missing values. Address misspellings and standard...

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The first MakeoverMonday at The Data School

Oct 9, 2023 Dan Wade | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Blog post about the steps taken for the first DS42 challenge attempt at #MakeoverMonday.

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