by Sachin Wijeratne | Nov 22, 2019 | Sachin Wijeratne
I am writing this blog on the last day of training at the Data School. It has been an action-packed 4 months, and it feels like only yesterday that we were introducing one another on the first day. This is the first full-time job I’ve ever had, and as such I was...
by Sachin Wijeratne | Nov 19, 2019 | Sachin Wijeratne
Tableau 2019.3 brought with it some improvements to spatial calculations. In this blog I want to focus on the makepoint, makeline and distance functions. To do this I will use a data set that details the various flight paths from Cincinnati airport. Here is a snapshot...
by Sachin Wijeratne | Nov 18, 2019 | Sachin Wijeratne
Over the past four months, we’ve come across countless ways to visualise data. One method I have found particularly useful to draw insights is the selection vs others set action in Tableau. I discovered this method from our training on set actions, in a video by...
by Sachin Wijeratne | Nov 11, 2019 | Sachin Wijeratne
Friday marked the final day of dashboard week, and our task was to create a dashboard using data from Enigma Public. The catch was that we had to present our dashboard at 3pm, so time management was going to be key. The dataset contained information about US museums,...
by Sachin Wijeratne | Nov 8, 2019 | Sachin Wijeratne
Yesterday marked day 4 of dashboard week, and our task was to create a visualisation using data from the World Bank. However, there was a catch – we couldn’t use Alteryx. I chose the global bilateral migration dataset, which contains information about the...
by Sachin Wijeratne | Nov 7, 2019 | Sachin Wijeratne
Yesterday marked day 3 of dashboard week, and our challenge for the day was to create a dashboard about the tragedy of the Titanic in Power BI. We have only had a few sessions on Power BI, so I knew a large part of the task would be learning how Power BI works. The...