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Spatial Functions

Feb 17, 2023 Habeeb Gayle | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Spatial functions allow us to perform spatial analysis and combine spatial data with other formats. Tableau uses longitude and latitude data that you may have perform this analysis. This can be useful for mapping.

My experience as a project manager at the Data School

Feb 17, 2023 Elena Raluca Mazareanu | www.thedataschool.co.uk

At the Data School, we are 11 weeks into the program of learning how to be a consultant and data analyst. As part of the curriculum, we also have client projects besides training. There are eight projects in total (some internal, some external) an...

How to use Sets to create a budget in Tableau

Feb 17, 2023 Kate Joyce | www.thedataschool.co.uk

💡In this blog, I am going to explain how I created my Budget Parameter in my Makeover Monday week 5 Viz.

Aggregate functions in Tableau (part 1) | Mean, median, min, max, and pe...

Feb 17, 2023 Adrien Sourdille | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Aggregating enables us to reduce the granularity of data to answer many different questions. In this blog post, we will take a look at simple aggregation functions available on Tableau.

3 Ways to Make Lively Lollipop Charts in Tableau

Feb 17, 2023 Alyssa Huff | playfairdata.com

If you’ve worked in data analytics or data visualization for any length of time, you’ll know that bar charts are…The post 3 Ways to Make Lively Lollipop Charts in Tableau appeared first on Playfair Data.

ChartTypes,Dashboards,Fundamentals,Tips&Tricks

User Functions

Feb 16, 2023 Habeeb Gayle | www.thedataschool.co.uk

When creating a calculated field, the functions are split into different sections. The User functions focus specifically on the user that is signed in. It is useful for recalling or creating a Boolean function based of the signed in users informat...

Data,data,datapreparation,education,Hazards

Logic of building your first Tableau Sheet

Feb 16, 2023 Edward Hayter | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In this blog I want to provide the fundamental knowledge for why Tableau acts the way it does. The purpose is so that new users can have a clearer vision of achieving the visualizations they want quickly

Data,data,datapreparation,education,Hazards

Hazards on the Road to Self Service Analytics: Data Preparation in Educa...

Feb 16, 2023 John McKenzie | interworks.com

Welcome to the first edition of our new blog series: Hazards on the Road to Self-Service Analytics. A couple weeks back, I introduced this series and requested our readers’ input to inform the topics we’d address. Well, we heard from you and we’re...

Data,data,datapreparation,education,Hazards

Can you create a jittered bar chart?

Feb 16, 2023 Donna Coles | donnacoles.home.blog

The theme of alternative chart types continued with Lorna setting this challenge to create a jittered bar chart. We needed to use the same fake survey data set used in week 4, so initially some data remodelling was required. I’ve already blogged t...

Makeover Monday Pizza Party

Feb 15, 2023 Elaine Yuan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

I know I keep raving about donuts on this blog, but as a native New Yorker, I also love pizza. (Maybe circular foods speak to me.)

TableauGeneralKnowledge,TableauCalculations,TableauHow-Tos

Drop the pie!

Feb 15, 2023 Adrien Sourdille | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Pie charts, donut charts, and Sankey diagrams are typically used to convey proportions and flows. They are considered engaging because they often look cool and aesthetically pleasing. If you doubt that these visualizations can be beautiful, take a...

TableauGeneralKnowledge,TableauCalculations,TableauHow-Tos

Communicating through design and data - Alberto Cairo's Functional Art

Feb 15, 2023 Andreea Scintei | www.thedataschool.co.uk

“The Functional Art: An Introduction to Information Graphics and Visualization” by Alberto Cairo is a comprehensive and insightful guide to the world of data visualization.

TableauGeneralKnowledge,TableauCalculations,TableauHow-Tos

Multiple Color Legends for a Single Measure in Tableau

Feb 15, 2023 Ollie Linley | onenumber.biz

When you put a single measure on the color tab in your Tableau worksheet, you get a single color legend. That makes sense.

TableauGeneralKnowledge,TableauCalculations,TableauHow-Tos

Customizing Your Tableau Governance: A Flexible Solution

Feb 15, 2023 Madeline Cook | interworks.com

What does this mean anyways, “Tableau Governance”? Search the web and this phrase will turn up countless articles that instruct on running your Tableau Server yet often feel fleeting because they describe an environment that’s not your own. Perhap...

Data,development,Governance,permissions,projectmanagement,Tableau,TableauServer

Week 2 - Cleaning a Data Viz

Feb 14, 2023 Hang Chen | www.thedataschool.co.uk

On February 13, 2023, we had this question proposed to us at the beginning of the day, So how do we make a Viz more effective, or simply, easier to digest?

Viz Wiz 101

Feb 14, 2023 Connie Koo | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Whenever I think of graphic design and psychology, Gestalt principles is a term I frequently hear when human perception is involved. Having heard this term many times before, Gestalt principles is not something I’m unfamiliar with. I find design p...