Five Healthcare AI/ML Trends to Watch for in 2023

Dec 5, 2022 Chris von Csefalvay | medium.com

Photo by Hello I’m Nik on Unsplash2022 has been an interesting year for healthcare AI/ML. It saw, among others, a consolidation of pandemic-induced practices, such as a shift towards virtual care (especially in primary care), into the ‘new normal’...

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Configuring Azure Active Directory SSO for Snowflake

Dec 5, 2022 Danny Tishenko | interworks.com

This is the third and last installment of the three-part series on SSO, SAML and user provisioning in general. Today, we’ll focus on SAML and setting up SSO between Snowflake and Azure AD / ADFS. What Is SAML, ADFS, Azure AD, Okta, Etc.? ​It is…Th...

Data,AD,Azure,Microsoft,saml,Snowflake,SSO

How to Move Axis to Top of Chart

Dec 4, 2022 Eamonn Woodham | www.thedataschool.co.uk

You have have found yourself wanting to put the axis and header onto the top of your chart, I know I myself have wanted to do this but didn’t know how to achieve it.

How to create Hexbins for Mapping in Tableau

Dec 3, 2022 Edward Gay | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Hexbins are a great way to visualise incredibly dense data without creating too many marks in the view. Here’s a guide on how to create and map them in Tableau.

How to add custom shape files to Tableau

Dec 3, 2022 Edward Gay | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Shapes can be a powerful tool when telling a story with your visualisations, here’s a quick guide on how to add custom shape files to Tableau.

Challenges in the DS so far...

Dec 3, 2022 Linda Duong | www.thedataschool.co.uk

We just finished our first 4 weeks of training and here are some things I’ve found challenging and how I am trying to address them:

Tips for Teaching

Dec 2, 2022 Eamonn Woodham | www.thedataschool.co.uk

We had LWTDSL this week which gives anyone the opportunity to learn an aspect of what is taught at the data school by a current data schooler, So I taught a lesson with a fellow data schooler on Alteryx Favorites and Transformation Tools. This les...

Data,CareQualityAnalytics,CareCommission,Curator,healthcare,Tableau

The LWTDSL Experience

Dec 2, 2022 Stephen Moyse | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Yesterday, myself and Ed Gay taught some members of the public online on ‘Understanding LODs in Tableau Desktop and Prep’. It was a good experience to have, and we both learnt a lot. Here is a reflection on how the ‘Learn What The Data School Lear...

Data,CareQualityAnalytics,CareCommission,Curator,healthcare,Tableau

The Art of Containers - A Few Pieces of Advice

Dec 2, 2022 Shahbaz Khan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

So as week 9 comes to a close for DS35; a week we spent completing a client project as well as teaching the public some Tableau and Alteryx in an event called ‘learn what the data school learns’ I wanted to impart some of the tips and tricks I pic...

Data,CareQualityAnalytics,CareCommission,Curator,healthcare,Tableau

Standard Macros

Dec 2, 2022 Tara Robinson | www.thedataschool.co.uk

A macro is a workflow or group of tools built into a single tool. There are three main macro types: these are Standard, Batch and Iterative. This blog is part of a mini series where I will break down each macro and show examples as well for each. ...

Data,CareQualityAnalytics,CareCommission,Curator,healthcare,Tableau

Quickly Clean Map Formatting

Dec 2, 2022 Eamonn Woodham | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Maps are a very popular choice when it comes to visualizing geographic data because they are very appealing to look at and when done right can be very effective at displaying data. But if you are creating maps in Tableau and leaving them in their ...

Data,CareQualityAnalytics,CareCommission,Curator,healthcare,Tableau

Learn What the Data School Learns - Alteryx Favourites

Dec 2, 2022 Keren Aharon | www.thedataschool.co.uk

This week my cohort (ds35) were involved in teaching the public about Alteryx and Tableau. Here is what I want to share about my experience teaching the public and how I went about planning my session.

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Iterative Macros

Dec 2, 2022 Tara Robinson | www.thedataschool.co.uk

This is the second part to my mini series of macros. For this section I will be looking at iterative macros. I will also be creating this as an example in Alteryx.

Data,CareQualityAnalytics,CareCommission,Curator,healthcare,Tableau

How to turn off all grid lines in Tableau

Dec 2, 2022 Keren Aharon | www.thedataschool.co.uk

If you have ever used tableau its safe to assume you have spent a long time formatting grid lines. Two months into training I have learnt that you can turn all grid lines off with one button!

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How to add GIFS to blogs

Dec 2, 2022 Tara Robinson | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Step by step on how to add a gif into a blog.

Data,CareQualityAnalytics,CareCommission,Curator,healthcare,Tableau

How to: Quickly change US state code to full name (with Alteryx)

Dec 2, 2022 Eugenia Losada Gamst | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today as I was completing the #makeovermonday challenge number 48, I really wanted to drill down into what states were the most dangerous in term of school shootings and have a colored intensity map. However, the initial data set looked like this:

Data,CareQualityAnalytics,CareCommission,Curator,healthcare,Tableau

How to Make a Butterfly Chart

Dec 2, 2022 Diaraye Barry | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In this blog I am going to be covering how to create a butterfly chart (like the one below). I will be using the sample superstore data set.

Data,CareQualityAnalytics,CareCommission,Curator,healthcare,Tableau

How to: Create hex maps

Dec 2, 2022 Eugenia Losada Gamst | www.thedataschool.co.uk

During training this week we were told that one of the charts that never fail to impress stakeholders and clients are map charts. I have created a few classic map charts previously but I wanted to amp up the difficulty, so taking advantage of week...

Data,CareQualityAnalytics,CareCommission,Curator,healthcare,Tableau

How To Add Your Macro's To Your Alteryx Toolbar

Dec 2, 2022 Shahbaz Khan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today we’ve been learning about macros and I just wanted to share a quick tip on how to put the macros you’ve created into your Alteryx toolbar. This will probably make your life easier going forward.

Data,CareQualityAnalytics,CareCommission,Curator,healthcare,Tableau

Differences between using Excel and Alteryx

Dec 2, 2022 Shahbaz Khan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Prior to joining the data school I worked as a auditor for a short time and as such used excel quite a lot for my data analysis needs. In this blog I just wanted to highlight some of the tasks I would do day to day and how I would do things differ...

Data,CareQualityAnalytics,CareCommission,Curator,healthcare,Tableau

Dashboard Design - Applying what I've Learnt

Dec 2, 2022 Serena Purslow | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Using the knowledge from my past few dashboard design lessons, I run through the planning and design stages of a Makeover Monday challenge.

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Batch Macros

Dec 2, 2022 Tara Robinson | www.thedataschool.co.uk

The final part to the mini series is batch macros. With another walk through of an example.

Data,CareQualityAnalytics,CareCommission,Curator,healthcare,Tableau

Care Quality Analytics

Dec 2, 2022 Vicky Lockett | interworks.com

We are so excited to be launching our new product “Care Quality Analytics” and thought what better way to do this than with a blog and a demo! So, here goes! Let’s first take a look at the why we built this product, you may…The post Care Quality A...

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#ThrowbackThursday - Week 4 at The Data School

Dec 1, 2022 Serena Purslow | www.thedataschool.co.uk

It’s #ThrowbackThursday which means it’s time for my weekly reflection on life at the Data School

Tableau for Excel Users | Webinar Recording

Dec 1, 2022 Eric Parker | onenumber.biz

If you are coming to Tableau from the world of Excel, make sure your skills translate!

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Can you do this in one dashboard?

Dec 1, 2022 Donna Coles | donnacoles.home.blog

For this week’s #WorkoutWednesday challenge, Lorna revisited a challenge set by Ann Jackson in 2019 which I completed and blogged about here. In that challenge we were using new navigational features introduced in v2018.3. In this recreation, we’r...

Dynamic Zone Visibility Dashboard

Nov 30, 2022 datavis.blog | datavis.blog

This post steps through my approach - and the calculations used - for creating a dashboard that shows different charts based on five different analysis scenarios by using the dynamic zone visibility feature.

DynamicZoneVisibility,Tableau

A Definitive Guide to Creating Python UDTFs in Snowflake Using Snowpark

Nov 29, 2022 Chris Hastie | interworks.com

Snowpark for Python is the name for the new Python functionality integration that Snowflake has recently developed. At the Snowflake Summit in June 2022, Snowpark for Python was officially released into Public Preview, which means anybody is able ...

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SQL & Alteryx

Nov 28, 2022 Elaine Yuan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Last month, there was a Data School New York x Fullstack Academy DATA Meet & Greet. It was a lively meeting, in which current students of the bootcamp program I just graduated from visited my company. I suggested a SQL quiz during the Alteryx ...

DSNY2’S First Client Project

Nov 28, 2022 Mohammed Uddin | www.thedataschool.co.uk

This week, we had our first client project with a great non-profit organization. Since it was the week of Thanksgiving, we had limited project time. The first day we had to come in very early at 8:30 a.m. to have a zoom meeting with the client. It...

Alteryx Core Exam: "Failure is another stepping stone to greatness." ― ...

Nov 28, 2022 Tara Robinson | www.thedataschool.co.uk

So I have sat my Alteryx core exam 4 times with each time my knowledge has improved and my percentage has increased and I can say I have finally passed. This exam is not to see whether you will pass it is how you learn.

Alternatives to a Stacked Bar

Nov 28, 2022 Bianca Ng | www.thedataschool.co.uk

DSNY2 began our client projects recently, and one of my charts drew ire (rightfully so). Though I originally had misgivings about it, I proceeded to utilize a stacked bar chart. Today, I’ll cover my redemption ch(arc)t.

Spicy Tables - Freeze a Row & Compare All Other Rows (Guest Post from Au...

Nov 28, 2022 Kevin Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

 This is a guest blog post is from the incredible Autumn Battani. Autumn is a Senior Principal Consultant at phData, a Tableau Social Ambassador, Diversity in Data Co-lead, and has six viz of the days! Autumn isn’t just incredible at T...

How-To,Tableau

The Value of Data Quality Feedback

Nov 27, 2022 Eamonn Woodham | www.thedataschool.co.uk

We had our first external client project last week where we were creating multiple dashboards for our client. For my part I was on the data prep/ data quality team so when it came time to present our work I was feeding back to the client what data...

Changing Tableau Animation Speed

Nov 27, 2022 Eamonn Woodham | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Animations

What it means to be a consultant?

Nov 25, 2022 Angelica Obi | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Being a consultant requires you to have such a wide variety of skills. The first, and arguably the most important skill, is being self aware and identify the places you excel, and the places you still need a little bit of work. It’s very easy to s...

Setting up and connecting to an IBM DB2 server in Tableau

Nov 25, 2022 Peter Hajnal | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Step 0.

Presentation Week 3: From Data to Dashboard

Nov 25, 2022 Serena Purslow | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Check out the steps that I took to go from a bunch of messy datasets, to a presentable dashboard in just 3 hours.

Planning Tips Before Building a Dashboard

Nov 25, 2022 Linda Duong | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Week 3 presentation at the DS. My task was to create a Viz and share my planning and execution process.

Day 5 - Dashboard Week - Rugby League Data

Nov 25, 2022 Cammy Phillips | www.thedataschool.co.uk

The Dashboard I Made On Day 5 Of Dashboard week. Rugby Leauge World Cup Team Comparison

Dashboard day 4

Nov 25, 2022 Angelica Obi | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today was our final day of dashboard week and therefore our final day of training. It should have been a really sad day with lots of tears, but there was no time to cry because we only had 3 HOURS to create a dashboard that answered a question set...

Dashboard Week: The Final Dashboard

Nov 25, 2022 Lauren Halliwell | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today was our final day of dashboard week, and DS34’s last day of training. For our final dashboard, we were tasked with using the NRL data we scraped yesterday alongside super league data, to answer a question of choice. I chose to answer how rug...

Dashboard Week: Day 5 - The Finale!

Nov 25, 2022 Arnold Quarcoo | www.thedataschool.co.uk

A blog on the final day of our dashboard week.

Dashboard Week Day 5: The Best Rugby League Players

Nov 25, 2022 Finn Charlton | www.thedataschool.co.uk

My goal for today was to use rugby league stats to find the best players in the New Zealand / Australian NRL and the British Super League. I started off by defining metrics to measure how good players had performed relative to their peers.

Dashboard Week | Day 5: Dashboarding

Nov 25, 2022 Hannah Laughton | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today is the final day of dashboard week (whoo hooo)! My tactic for today was to keep it simple due to the time constraint (we only had until 12:30 today). As a result of this, my dashboard isn’t jazzy, but it answered the question I needed to ans...