by Tamara Allcock | Jul 10, 2021 | Tamara Allcock
Phew, last day? Last challenge?! Wow – we’ve (nearly) made it! And it’s certainly been an intense week with some very tight deadlines in which to manage a lot of data wrangling and creative building in Tableau, but I’ve certainly learnt some new tricks! First up...
by Tamara Allcock | Jul 10, 2021 | Tamara Allcock
Today’s challenge was to assume a situation where we are limited by the specific technology we have on hand to work with. For these reasons, we were only allowed to use the Tableau suite to construct our datasets. Additionally, the further objective was to source and...
by Tamara Allcock | Jul 8, 2021 | Tamara Allcock
Day three and today’s challenge was a change in perspective – quite literally. The goal was not to build from a supplied or obtained dataset. But to build in way that ultilises the natural path a viewers eye will follow and apply this understanding to better...
by Tamara Allcock | Jul 7, 2021 | Tamara Allcock
On the second day we were given the task of using Acorn data for ‘Smart Meters in London’ which looks into research on the Low Carbon Emissions. The Alteryx Approach There were a number of datasets from the original study available, including demographics data,...
by Tamara Allcock | Jul 6, 2021 | Tamara Allcock
We’ve heard a lot about ‘Dashboard Week’ during our time with the Data School. It is spoken of in hushed, fearful tones through hidden corners by those that have battled before us. Well, our time has finally come… Monday morning and our first challenge is to use an...
by Tamara Allcock | Jun 27, 2021 | Tamara Allcock
While the Data Schools focuses on learning Tableau and Alteryx, we had the opportunity to undertake training in Power BI. I enjoyed learning a new system and I feel it has great potential as a visualisation tool. For example, it has a number of pre-set visuals (such...
