New Viz Road Trippin

Jan 13, 2025 Ken Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

In October and November of 2024, I tooka road trip through Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia. I stayedin several towns and cities along the way, including Red River Gorge, KY,Nashville, Chattanooga, Gatlinburg, Charlotte, and Roano...

DataViz,Maps,Tableau

What are Tableau Viz Extensions

Jan 10, 2025 Robby White | interworks.com

In one of its newer releases from 2024 (version 2024.2 to be exact), Tableau began to offer Viz Extensions. These are newly offered chart types, which are available as point-and-click selections from within the Marks cards area. Essentially, they ...

Data,Extensions,Tableau

Tiny Tips Power BI - Conditional Colouring Bar Charts

Jan 9, 2025 Sandy Wlodarczyk | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Welcome to my new series, where we dive into the quick, chic tips for data analytics and visualization that can (hopefully) be implemented faster than you can flag down a black cab in Central London. Think of it as the Pret A Manger of analytics a...

Data,Extensions,Tableau

SQL CTEs

Jan 9, 2025 Priya Kondola | www.thedataschool.co.uk

A CTE stands for common table expressions and is a named subquery normally defined with a WITH course.

Data,Extensions,Tableau

PowerBI DAX - Related Column Calculations

Jan 9, 2025 Lina Duong | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In PowerBI, you have the ability to create measures and column calculations in a table.

Data,Extensions,Tableau

Make over Monday

Jan 9, 2025 Thomas Hoefer | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Its Christmas Blog and we are working from Home, in my case from my hometown in Bavaria. Not a lot is happening so lets talk about Makeover Monday (MoM) 🥳

Data,Extensions,Tableau

How to create a Bar out of shapes ... and some radial bar chart catastro...

Jan 9, 2025 Thomas Hoefer | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Before reading this Blog pls visit last weeks blog about Makeover Mondays. The concept is explained there.As promised there, this weeks blog will concentrate on my third MoM all about engagement ring spending. For reference:original article and vi...

Data,Extensions,Tableau

What did it take to get into DSDE9

Jan 8, 2025 Peter Gamble-Beresford | www.thedataschool.co.uk

We are now at six weeks of training for this most recent group of budding data professionals at The Data School in Hamburg. They are flying! We’ve tackled lots of interesting topics already and the fundamental skills of data preparation and visual...

Data,Extensions,Tableau

UXUI Design Principles in Data Analytics Dashboards

Jan 8, 2025 Melvin Speckamp | www.thedataschool.co.uk

UX/UI Design Principles in Data Analytics Dashboards

Data,Extensions,Tableau

Storytelling mit Daten

Jan 8, 2025 Melvin Speckamp | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Wie finde ich Stories in meinem Datensatz?

Data,Extensions,Tableau

Start With The Why Part 1 When Philosophy Meets Analytics

Jan 8, 2025 Marcel Wiechmann | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Picture this: First day of lectures at the London School of Economics, sometime in the 1950s. Karl Popper, one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century, enters the room. As every year, he begins the first lecture of the ...

Data,Extensions,Tableau

SQL-Joins

Jan 8, 2025 Melvin Speckamp | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Daten aus verschiedenen Tabellen zusammenführen

Data,Extensions,Tableau

Quick-Filter in Tableau

Jan 8, 2025 Takhmina Pirmahmadova | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Mit Filtern in Tableau kannst du deine Datenvisualisierungen verfeinern und anpassen, indem du die angezeigten Informationen auf bestimmte Kriterien eingrenzt. Sie dienen dazu, irrelevante Daten auszuschließen oder bestimmte Aspekte hervorzuheben....

Data,Extensions,Tableau

Interaktivitt in Deiner Visualisierung

Jan 8, 2025 Takhmina Pirmahmadova | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Was ist Interaktivität?

Data,Extensions,Tableau

How to Create an Info-Button in Tableau

Jan 8, 2025 Olivia Esau | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Today, we’re diving into Info-Buttons — a handy tool to enhance the usability of your Tableau dashboards. One of the first lessons I learned during my job application at the Data School phase was the importance of simplifying and decluttering my d...

Data,Extensions,Tableau

Design Thinking

Jan 8, 2025 Melvin Speckamp | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Datenprojekte und Design Thinking

Data,Extensions,Tableau

Daten sprechen lassen So prsentierst du Dashboards erfolgreich

Jan 8, 2025 Melvin Speckamp | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Als Data School Consultants ist es unsere Aufgabe, aus Zahlen Wissen zu generieren. Doch dieses Wissen muss auch kommuniziert werden. Dashboards sind dabei ein mächtiges Werkzeug, aber nur wenn sie richtig präsentiert werden. Dieser Beitrag gibt d...

Data,Extensions,Tableau

DAX Cheat Sheet For Beginners

Jan 8, 2025 Rosh Khan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Welcome to the DAX Cheat Sheet for Beginners! If you’re just getting started with DAX (Data Analysis Expressions), this blog can be a handy reference to guide you along the way. DAX is the formula language powering tools like Power BI, enabling yo...

Data,Extensions,Tableau

DAX Basics

Jan 8, 2025 Luiza-Ariana Cocora | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Like any other language, DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) may seem intimidating at first, but with consistent practice and patience, it becomes much more approachable and manageable. The aim of this blog post is to go over some basic syntax and fun...

Data,Extensions,Tableau

CRAZY DASHBOARDS

Jan 8, 2025 Thomas Hoefer | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Während wir den Unterschied zwischen explanatory und exploratory Dashboards lernten, zeigte uns unser Coach: https://pudding.cool/.Verrückte, fantastische, interaktive, interessante und einzigartige … Dashboards?!Sie sind so weit von allem entfern...

Data,Extensions,Tableau

A Haiku about color in data visualization

Jan 8, 2025 Steve Wexler | www.datarevelations.com

I think the number one infraction in data visualization is the misuse of color. If I were pressed for time and had to distill my recommendations on color into a Haiku, it would be this: Make everything gray Except the few things you think Should b...

BusinessVisualizations

Monday Makeover How to rewrite a Story

Jan 7, 2025 Johann Shin | www.thedataschool.co.uk

As the title suggests, this blog post focuses on the so-called Makeover Mondays, which are designed as weekly tasks for Data Schoolers. These tasks can be seen as a kind of personal challenge where Data Schoolers can test their skills and let thei...

Data,Extensions,Tableau

Agile Management als Data Consultant

Jan 7, 2025 Melvin Speckamp | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Agile Management beschreibt einen Projektmanagementansatz aus der Softwareentwicklung. Durch iterative Entwicklung, enge Zusammenarbeit und kontinuierliches Feedback lassen sich Projekte erfolgreich umsetzen.

Data,Extensions,Tableau

How to Decide Between Light Mode Versus Dark Mode Dashboards in Tableau

Jan 7, 2025 Robby White | interworks.com

Ever wonder what the pros and cons of dark mode versus light mode dashboards in Tableau might be? I think ultimately, it boils to personal preference. That’s exactly my point. Stay with me as I discuss why users might prefer one over the other. Fi...

Data,DarkMode,LightMode,Tableau

Our Favorite Vizzes of 2024

Jan 6, 2025 Kevin Flerlage (noreply@blogger.com) | www.flerlagetwins.com

 In late 2021, Ken and I chose our favorite Tableau Public vizzes ever. Then in 2022, we started an annual tradition of choosing our favorite vizzes of the year, this time was for 2021. We continued that tradition in 2022 and 2023…and ...

Tableau

Can you replicate quick table calcs

Jan 3, 2025 Donna Coles | donnacoles.home.blog

Erica kicked off the 1st year of #WOW2025 with a table calculation based challenge asking us not to just use quick tableau calculations, to avoid the use of the RUNNING_SUM table calculation and to just create 2 calculated fields. Defining the cal...

WorkoutWednesday,WOW2025,AreaChart,CustomDateFormat,DualAxis,MovingAverage,PREVIOUS_VALUE,ReferenceLines,RunningTotal,TableCalculations,Week1

My Favorite Project of 2024 Holistic UX Consulting in Healthcare

Dec 31, 2024 Garrett Sauls | interworks.com

When it comes to the business intelligence sphere, InterWorks provides quite an array of services and solutions. From foundational data engineering and data architecture to helping clients create beautiful dashboards, it’s truly end to end. One ar...

Data,FavoriteProject,healthcare,UX

InterWorks and Wiiisdom Elevating Analytics Confidence Through Partnership

Dec 31, 2024 Ryan Alexander | interworks.com

At InterWorks, we’re always on the lookout for innovative tools that enhance data-driven decision making. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce our partnership with Wiiisdom, a leader in analytics governance and testing solutions. This partnership...

News,partnerships,Wiiisdom

Getting to Know Multi-Fact Relationship Modeling

Dec 30, 2024 Takhmina Pirmahmadova | www.thedataschool.co.uk

In 2024, Tableau introduced multi-fact relationship modeling, a feature that elevates relationship management within the platform to a new level. This update is set to significantly improve how connections are built in Tableau, making it a valuabl...

News,partnerships,Wiiisdom

Das Simpson-Paradox Wann uns Durchschnittswerte in die Irre fhren knnen

Dec 30, 2024 Marcel Wiechmann | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Bei der Analyse von Geschäftsdaten verlassen wir uns häufig auf Durchschnittswerte und aggregierte KPIs. Sie geben uns einen schnellen Überblick und helfen, Entscheidungen zu treffen. Doch Vorsicht: Manchmal zeigen diese Gesamtübersichten genau da...

News,partnerships,Wiiisdom

First Friday Project

Dec 29, 2024 Olivia Esau | www.thedataschool.co.uk

The first week at the Data School ended with an exciting challenge: our first Friday Project. My task was to address a real-world problem with life-saving implications. The Atlanta Fire Department faced difficulties in meeting its target response ...

News,partnerships,Wiiisdom

Data Modelling For Beginners

Dec 29, 2024 Rosh Khan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Imagine you own a small online e-commerce company. You’ve got four separate data tables coming from different departments, each containing thousands of records, and you want to make sense of all this information to create a dashboard in tools like...

News,partnerships,Wiiisdom

Confessions of a Data Newbie Secrets to Application Success Part 3

Dec 29, 2024 Sandy Wlodarczyk | www.thedataschool.co.uk

As I arranged a scatterplot for the third time, muttering under my breath about colour palettes, I paused to reflect: Is crafting a dashboard an art form, or simply another version of speed dating? Both require first impressions that dazzle and ju...

News,partnerships,Wiiisdom

Confessions of a Data Newbie Secrets to Application Success Part 2

Dec 28, 2024 Sandy Wlodarczyk | www.thedataschool.co.uk

As I sat cross-legged on my living room floor, surrounded by a tangle of wires, an untouched cup of coffee, and a million browser tabs, I couldn’t help but wonder: when it comes to data visualization, is the real story the one you tell—or the one ...

How to make a flow map in Tableau

Dec 27, 2024 Dominic Brady | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Flow maps allow us to show movement from one location to another, the quantity of which can be signified by line width, color, or another mark. In my example below I depicted quantity with a proportional symbol map (the grey circles). This allowed...

How to Create Dumbbell Charts in Tableau A Step-by-Step Guide

Dec 27, 2024 Marcel Wiechmann | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Ever needed to compare two states or points in time across multiple categories? While bar charts might be your go-to solution, dumbbell charts (also known as DNA charts or barbell charts) often provide a cleaner and more elegant alternative.

From Words to Numbers How My Journey to Data School began

Dec 27, 2024 Johann Shin | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Welcome to my first blog post! With this and future posts, I aim to provide informative and entertaining content for anyone who’s interested or curious. At least, that’s the plan for now. You will be able to follow along with me each week as I pos...

Data Prepping Joins

Dec 27, 2024 Luiza-Ariana Cocora | www.thedataschool.co.uk

If you’ve ever stared at a data source in Tableau and wondered, “Should I use an inner join, or maybe a left join?”—you’re not alone. Deciding which join type to use can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re working with multiple datasets. Cho...

Custom Sorting by Parameters in Tableau

Dec 27, 2024 Dominic Brady | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Sometimes you may want your user to be able to select how they would like a chart be sorted; which measures to sort by, and whether it is ascending or descending. As with so many things, we can get this done with parameters!

Confessions of a Data Newbie Secrets to Application Success Part 1

Dec 27, 2024 Sandy Wlodarczyk | www.thedataschool.co.uk

As I sat in my tiny room, sipping on my third cup of coffee and staring at the glow of my laptop, I couldn’t help but wonder: is the path to success just a series of serendipitous stumbles?

4 Step Gauge KPI in Tableau

Dec 27, 2024 Rosh Khan | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Creating a Gauge KPI in Tableau can be a great way to visualize performance metrics like profit margins or sales goals in a way that’s easy to digest at a glance. It isn’t as straightforward in Tableau as it is in Power BI, where you can easily ad...

Regex Fundamentals

Dec 24, 2024 Dan Booth | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Recently, DS47 underwent training in Regex (Regular Expression). Although the language initially seemed confusing, it quickly became clear how powerful Regex can be for searching, matching, and manipulating strings of text based on specific patter...

Filter Modifiers in PowerBi

Dec 24, 2024 Dan Booth | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Introduction

Dynamic Parameter Selection in PowerBi

Dec 24, 2024 Dan Booth | www.thedataschool.co.uk

I recently created a Tableau dashboard where the colour of each graph dynamically updated based on a value selected by the user (https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/dan.booth/viz/PremierLeague2425-TeamProfileComparison/GoalkeeperDashboard).

Machine Learning in Alteryx

Dec 23, 2024 Dan Booth | www.thedataschool.co.uk

Having studied machine learning during my data science degree, I was eager to see how it could be implemented in Alteryx. To test the process, I created an example workflow where I used a gradient boosted model to predict football players transfer...