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Using Parameter Actions for Dynamic Date Ranges in Tableau

Using Parameter Actions for Dynamic Date Ranges in Tableau

by The Data School | Oct 17, 2019 | Chantel Brooke

For a recent client project I created a KPI dashboard that was able to show varying date ranges such as the last month, the last 3 months, last 6 months as well as data for each year in the data set. I thought it would be a good use case for parameter actions to...
Alteryx Advanced Certification Guide and Resources

Alteryx Advanced Certification Guide and Resources

by The Data School | Sep 24, 2019 | Chantel Brooke

The Alteryx Certification Exams are a great challenge when learning how to use Alteryx Designer. Being quite new to Alteryx, I found them helpful to focus on what tools to learn. After having recently passed the Alteryx Advanced Certification I thought I would share a...
Understanding Table Calculations with Specific Dimensions in Tableau

Understanding Table Calculations with Specific Dimensions in Tableau

by The Data School | Sep 2, 2019 | Chantel Brooke

Last week I had a light-bulb moment of finally understanding how table calculations were computing using specific dimensions in Tableau. Previously I would just try changing how the table calculation was calculating until I arrived at the right answer without really...
7 Tips for Improving the Performance of your Alteryx Workflow

7 Tips for Improving the Performance of your Alteryx Workflow

by The Data School | Aug 24, 2019 | Chantel Brooke

Alteryx is a powerful data prep and analysis tool that can process large amounts of data extremely fast. However when dealing with very large amounts of data it can be frustrating when the workflow is not performing as well as it could be. Here are 7 simple tips for...
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