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3 Tips on How to Get the Right Data For Your Dashboard

3 Tips on How to Get the Right Data For Your Dashboard

by Kier Bituin | Sep 8, 2023 | Kier Bituin

An Example of How I Wanted to Find Data For My Dashboard There is always a topic with data out there waiting for its story to be told. I went on a recent road trip around New Zealand and while I was at Wellington, one thing that stood out to me was a single wind...
Colour Palettes on Tableau – Create your own colour palette or find existing palettes

Colour Palettes on Tableau – Create your own colour palette or find existing palettes

by Kier Bituin | Sep 12, 2021 | Kier Bituin

Colour, or color, depending on where you are from, is essential to Tableau dashboard design. Tableau has its own colour palettes that does well but sometimes you may want to change it up to suit your style or match a theme. After dashboard week, I realised that I...
Dashboard Week – Day 5: Heating and Cooling for New Dwellings in NSW

Dashboard Week – Day 5: Heating and Cooling for New Dwellings in NSW

by Kier Bituin | Sep 3, 2021 | Kier Bituin

The challenges this week definitely heated things up and now it is time to cool down. The whole week was exciting and I enjoyed the fast-paced action but I’m also glad that it is finally over. My key takeaway from this was that I became to understand more about...
Dashboard Week – Day 4: University Education in Scandinavian Countries

Dashboard Week – Day 4: University Education in Scandinavian Countries

by Kier Bituin | Sep 2, 2021 | Kier Bituin

Skål! Dashboard week is almost over! One half of me wants this gruelling week to be over but the other half is just loving it and enjoying the challenges. Our challenge for Day 4 was about the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) and looking at the Top 2000...
Dashbord Week – Day 3: Volatility in Cryptocurrency

Dashbord Week – Day 3: Volatility in Cryptocurrency

by Kier Bituin | Sep 2, 2021 | Kier Bituin

API – a dream and a nightmare. My favourite thing about APIs is being able to retrieve data without the need to download a file but can also be tricky to avoid your API key getting block from querying too much. Check out my Day 3 dashboard here:...
Dashboard Week – Day 2: World Bank Financial Management Information Systems Projects and Financial Activity in Africa

Dashboard Week – Day 2: World Bank Financial Management Information Systems Projects and Financial Activity in Africa

by Kier Bituin | Aug 31, 2021 | Kier Bituin

For Day 2’s challenge for Dashboard Week we see a familiar old friend (and foe), Excel Spreadsheets! Since joining The Data School Down Under, I’ve rarely found the need to open up a Excel Spreadsheet to organise data. When I was introduced to Alteryx, I...
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