Switching Measures in Tableau

Sep 25, 2023 Sakif Chowdhury | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Being able to create customizable charts can always be useful. Especially when trying to show many different pieces of information at once. In this blog I will quickly go over how I created the measure switches for the dashboard I created in day o...

AuthorExperience,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

Sorting by time in tableau.

Sep 25, 2023 Terrence Miller | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Being able to sort using a date or datetime field in Tableau is a problem I have run into a few times.

AuthorExperience,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

Regex Regular Expressions - 7th Week at DSDE

Sep 25, 2023 Ali Fawwaz | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Regular expressions, commonly known  as RegEx and pronounced as(Rej-Ex), are a sequence of characters that allows the user to create patterns that help match, locate, and manage any string data.

AuthorExperience,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

Navigating Tableau Server Using Keyboard Only

Sep 25, 2023 Sanjeev Dosanjh | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In order to achieve full accessibility, a website should be designed to function seamlessly for individuals who rely solely on a keyboard for navigation and interaction. This encompasses not only users who depend on screen readers but also those w...

AuthorExperience,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

Making Dashboards Accessible in Tableau

Sep 25, 2023 Toby Horne | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today, I was tasked with redesigning a dashboard to accommodate users with dyscalculia. Dyscalculia refers to an individual who has difficulty in processing and understanding numbers. Dyscalculia is more common than you would think. Most people wi...

AuthorExperience,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

How to Create a Hexbin Map in Tableau

Sep 25, 2023 Matthias Albert | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Everyone knows Tableau is a good choice for displaying geodata. I’m sure we’ve all seen some map of the world before, where each country is colored by some metric. A filled map just makes it very easy to compare different geographical entities wit...

AuthorExperience,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

Designing for Different Wiring

Sep 25, 2023 Lydia Wren | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Neurodivergent people’s brains work different to most of the population. How can we make sure that our dashboards is not excluding anyone?

AuthorExperience,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

Dashboard Week Day 1 - Kings of the Bundesliga

Sep 25, 2023 Michael Bellamy | www.thedataschool.co.uk

As part of the Dashboard week day 1, we were asked to scrape the Geman Bundesliga Website to get information about the teams’ performance over time, specifically, 20 seasons.

AuthorExperience,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

Dashboard Week Day 1- Bundesliga

Sep 25, 2023 Sakif Chowdhury | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today marks the beginning of the end, it’s the first day of dashboard week. For our final week in training for the data school we build a dashboard every day, and here is a quick overview of what I did to build my dashboard today.

AuthorExperience,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

Dashboard Week Day 1 -Accessibility Colour Blindness

Sep 25, 2023 Nadia Holloway | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Creating dashboards to be accessible for colour blind people spans wider than avoiding using red and green together. There are a range of colour blindness variations to consider (this is something that I learned today):

AuthorExperience,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

Dashboard Week Day 1

Sep 25, 2023 Nitesh Shrestha | www.thedataschool.co.uk

This is the first day of the dashboard week and today we were asked to scrape the German Bundesliga Website to get information about the teams’ performance over time.

AuthorExperience,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

Dashboard Accessibility Design - Keyboard only

Sep 25, 2023 Francisco Rei | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Dashboard week - Accessibility

AuthorExperience,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

Bundesliga Dashboard From Web Scaping to a Dashboard in a Day

Sep 25, 2023 Tabitha Diaz | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Dashboard week is in full swing in the NY office and for day 1 our challenge was to web scrape the German Bundesliga Website and then build an interactive exploratory dashboard. Some of the questions we should have thought about in our dashboard c...

AuthorExperience,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

3 Tips for Data Quality Assurance QA in Alteryx

Sep 25, 2023 Ariana Cukier | playfairdata.com

Anyone who works with data would probably say that ensuring accuracy is half the battle.  While a final Quality Assurance…The post 3 Tips for Data Quality Assurance (QA) in Alteryx appeared first on Playfair Data.

AuthorExperience,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

Vote for Kevin in the 2023 Information is Beautiful Awards

Sep 25, 2023 Kevin Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

 Kevin has been shortlisted in the Information is Beautiful Awards and we need your vote!!Before we get to those details, let’s talk a bit about the awards. The Information is Beautiful Awards (IIB) is a prestigious competition that ce...

BigNews,DataViz,Tableau

Starter Guide to Tableau Containers

Sep 24, 2023 Charles Yi | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Tableau containers are objects that let you group related dashboard items together so you can quickly position them.  Containers can be extremely helpful in dashboard design and layout if used properly. In this post, I’ll walk through the basics o...

Creating a Set

Sep 24, 2023 Samantha Fitzsimmons | www.thedataschool.co.uk

What is a Set?

Tableau Number Functions

Sep 23, 2023 Nitesh Shrestha | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In Tableau, we can use number functions to manipulate, transform, and analyze our numerical data as per our analysis.

Basics to SQL

Sep 23, 2023 Nitesh Shrestha | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Structured Query Language (SQL) is a fundamental skill for data professionals as it enables them to access and manipulate databases. If you’re already familiar with data preparation tools like Tableau Prep or Alteryx, learning SQL becomes even mor...

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Finding the Closest Distance Between Locations in Tableau Prep

Sep 22, 2023 Asha Daniels | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Whilst being an amazingly powerful tool, Tableau Prep isn’t exactly known for its spatial handling. Thanks to a Preppin Data challenge (2023: Week 11) however, I understood the way to calculate the closest distance in miles between two locations, ...

Can you build a drunken tree chart

Sep 22, 2023 Donna Coles | donnacoles.home.blog

This week, Luke set a challenge he’s had in his back pocket since he first joined as a WOW coach. He did provide several good clues within the requirements to help build the chart. The challenge involves some data modelling (unioning 2 instances o...

WorkoutWednesday,WOW2023,datenormalise,LineChart,Path,union,Week38

Table Calculations in Tableau - Part 2

Sep 21, 2023 Le Luu | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In Tableau, there are multiple ways to compute the value. Table Calculation and LODs are mostly used in Tableau to compute the data. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages. In the previous blog (Table Calculation in Tableau Part 1), I di...

New Kid on the Document Part 2 Tableau

Sep 21, 2023 Vivian Ng | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Continuing where we left off last time, let’s talk about documenting a Tableau workbook this week. The thing is, as much as I like writing blogs and documenting my process, my workbook for the HIPAA breaches dashboard remake, quite frankly, is a m...

How to drilldown bar charts in Tableau using Set Actions

Sep 21, 2023 Jun Hou Kok | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Drilldown actions are great at showcasing granularity of a specific measure in a given dataset, especially when you you have dimensions in your dataset that has a clear hierarchy. In this blog, we’ll be looking at how you can achieve an interactiv...

How to drilldown bar charts in Tableau using Parameter Actions

Sep 21, 2023 Jun Hou Kok | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Similarly to my previous post on drilldowns, this blog is also going to be a guide for showing you how you can dynamically drilldown bar charts in Tableau. The difference is, this time, instead of using Sets, we’ll be looking at how we can use Par...

Tableaus New Length Spatial Function Version 2023.2

Sep 20, 2023 Michael Bellamy | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Tableau Desktop 2023.2 has introduced a new feature that allows you to easily calculate the length of a line or a multi-line geometry directly within Tableau Desktop. With this feature, you no longer have to aggregate lengths and distances from ex...

Advanced,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

Project Manager For 1 Week

Sep 20, 2023 Francisco Rei | www.thedataschool.co.uk

At the Data School, everyone goes through a week that they need to be a Project Manager. This blog showcases what I have implemented during my week.

Advanced,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

Grfico Drunken Tree

Sep 20, 2023 Rosario Gauna | rosariogaunag.wordpress.com

En este blog, te proporcionaremos una detallada guía paso a paso para abordar el desafío de la semana 38 de #WOW2023 de Luke Stanke. En este desafío, vamos a simular árboles “borrachos” para representar la relación entre las ventas y el porcentaje...

Espaol,ArbolesBorrachos

Drunken Tree Chart

Sep 20, 2023 Rosario Gauna | rosariogaunag.wordpress.com

In this blog, we will provide you with a detailed step-by-step guide to tackle Luke Stanke’s Week 38 challenge for #WOW2023. In this challenge, we will simulate “drunken trees” to depict the relationship between sales and profit ratio. Key Challen...

English,DrunkenTree

How to Completely Customize Multi-Select Filters in Tableau

Sep 20, 2023 Dan Bunker | playfairdata.com

Filters play a crucial role in allowing users the flexibility to manipulate dashboards to their liking. Multi-select filters can be…The post How to Completely Customize Multi-Select Filters in Tableau appeared first on Playfair Data.

Advanced,Dashboards,TipsTricks,UserExperience

How to Whiteboard in Tableau Whiteboarding Workbook

Sep 20, 2023 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

One of the most important steps to developing a successful Tableau project is the ideation and whiteboarding phase. In the modern world, we often don’t get to do that whiteboarding in person. That poses a real change. Whiteboarding in person is in...

Design,TableauDashboards

Mastering 4-Level Map Drill Downs in Tableau

Sep 19, 2023 VizWiz (noreply@blogger.com) | www.vizwiz.com

If you’ve enjoyed my previous tutorials on 2-level and 3-level drill downs in Tableau, prepare to take your skills to the next level. I’ve got something unique for you: a step-by-step guide on creating a 4-Level Map Drill Down in Tableau!

4level,actions,calculation,drilldown,dynamiczonevisibility,filters,howto,map,parameteractions,tableau

Shopping List utilize Tableau parameter strings

Sep 19, 2023 Caitlin Walsh | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In this blog, I showcase a method of using REGEX and string parameters in Tableau to construct a Shopping List style dashboard. Work out the total price of a list of products, where different products have different quantities.

Espaol,ArbolesBorrachos

Multi-Row Calculations in Tableau Prep Version 2023.2

Sep 19, 2023 Michael Bellamy | www.thedataschool.co.uk

If you have used Tableau Prep then the lack of multi-row calculations in Tableau Prep has been a frustration for a while. The lack of this feature often leads to “hacks” to simulate the feature. Luckily Tableau Prep now has multi-row calculations ...

Espaol,ArbolesBorrachos

Dates in Mockaroo

Sep 19, 2023 Jules Claeys | www.thedataschool.co.uk

After spending an outrageous amount of time trying to figure out how to create dates in mockaroo, here are some tips:

Espaol,ArbolesBorrachos

Data School Meet and Greet Why You Should Go

Sep 19, 2023 Numa Begum | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Before I applied to the Data School I attended a meet and greet, and it made me so much more confident in my application. In this blog, I will list all the benefits of attending a meet and greet and state why it may actually improve your chances o...

Espaol,ArbolesBorrachos

Dynamically Change Axis Start and End Values

Sep 19, 2023 Marc Reid | datavis.blog

The new Dynamic Axis Ranges feature in v2023.3 enables you to change the chart axis start and end values based on parameters. Combined with parameter actions, this makes your dashboards more dynamic based on user interaction.

ParameterActions,Uncategorized,dynamicaxisranges,Tableau

Tableau Hacks The Cloth Hanger Method

Sep 19, 2023 Robin Schouten | interworks.com

Sometimes, we want to calculate summaries of our data that cannot be calculated at row level, but need to be calculated at the level of aggregation in our view. We can use Level of Detail calculations for some of these calculations. For example, i...

Data,Tableau,TableauHacks,TableauTips

Snowflake External Tables Connect Efficiently to Your Data Lake

Sep 19, 2023 Guilherme Rampani | interworks.com

In this blog post, we will dive into the realm of Snowflake External Tables, a feature redefining data management and analysis. If you find yourself grappling with massive datasets, complex data structures or ever-increasing data volumes, you’re n...

Data,datalake,ExternalTables,json,Snowflake

Optimizing Tableau Relational Models With Row-Level Security Performance

Sep 19, 2023 Jubail Caballero | interworks.com

In a previous installment, we kicked off this blog series by materializing our policy and entitlement table and removing all physical joins in our data source. We are now left with a large volume of records due to combining users with what they’re...

Data,Optimization,Performance,Tableau

Learn ThoughtSpot With Me The Basics

Sep 19, 2023 Robby White | interworks.com

This post is going to be my first of a 3-part series called “Learn ThoughtSpot With Me.” As an Enablement Consultant, I teach technical things. What I’m most passionate about are data analysis, trends, and visual analytics. I hope you enjoy the se...

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Troubleshooting Macros in Alteryx

Sep 18, 2023 Michael Bellamy | www.thedataschool.co.uk

I have been able to utilize Macros in my Alteryx workflows recently, and I can say that Macros are truly a game-changer. Macros enable you to build custom tools and automate complex tasks within Alteryx. However, like any advanced tool, troublesho...

Data,AWS,Azure,Migration,Tableau,TableauCloud,TableauServer

How I approached my Final Interview Dataset

Sep 18, 2023 Lisa Hitch | www.thedataschool.co.uk

This was my approach to working with a new dataset for my Data School Final Interview Stag. This was the first time I had ever worked with a new dataset in such a short amount of time and I will share what worked and what did not work for me.

Data,AWS,Azure,Migration,Tableau,TableauCloud,TableauServer

Navigating the Data Analytics Landscape Choosing Between Tableau Server ...

Sep 18, 2023 John Saunders | interworks.com

In the dynamic realm of data analytics, making the right platform choice can significantly impact your business outcomes. With two powerful options on the table, namely Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud (formerly Tableau Online), the decision might...

Data,AWS,Azure,Migration,Tableau,TableauCloud,TableauServer

Standard Macros in Alteryx

Sep 17, 2023 Nitesh Shrestha | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Standard macros in Alteryx are like shortcuts that help people do tasks faster. They group tools together, which makes it easier to do the same type of work over and over again. Using standard macros can save a lot of time and make things look nea...