Anthony Wong
Anthony graduated from UNSW with a Bachelor of Commerce( Marketing/Finance). Since graduating, he has worked in media for 3.5 years, managing media campaigns for clients like IGA Supermarkets, Proctor and Gamble and Mercedes Benz. From managing numerous post campaign reports, this seeded the beginning of data analytics for him. He developed a passion in finding insights and innovate ways to improve efficiency in data cleaning. He then completed further study in Data Analytics at RMIT, which provided a strong foundation into the world of analytics. He is excited to embark on a career in data analytics and Data School was naturally the suitable beginning. Outside of data, Anthony has a strong interest in Japanese and French culture. And in his spare time, he likes to perform stand up comedy, garden and play sports like oztag and ten-pin bowling.
Tony’s Tableau Tips: Set Action buttons
Today I want to show you my favourite dashboard action; Set Actions. I like it because this was one of the very first things I learnt about Tableau. But in brief set actions allow you to let audiences interact with your dashboard, allowing them to select and change...
Tony’s Tableau Tips: Date Function References
Today I want to show you how to use date functions within your Tableau dashboards. Before I kick off you might be thinking "what are date functions"? Date functions allow date calculations to be computed. There are many types of date functions, however for a detailed...
Workout Wednesday #10 2020 ~ Using BUFFER() to find the nearest London Pub
Today we worked on a WOW Challenge that I found very useful in applying spatial data. The challenge is simple, replicate the below image. More importantly, it makes a great use case of the buffer() function and demonstrates many practical implications. Moreover, in...
Memoirs of a Data School Applicant: 5 Tips to Manage 2nd/3rd Round Interview Stress PART 1
So you made it to the 2nd or 3rd Round of the Data School Application. First off, congratulations on making it this far, it is an achievement. I want to share with you 5 tips that helped me navigate through these two rounds. This will be a two-part series, I will go...
How to Use R for One Hot Encoding
Today I want to show you how I used R to complete a one-hot encoding cleaning process. Before I kick off, I'll briefly explain one-hot encoding. One hot encoding is a useful cleaning process for categorical data. After encoding, predictive analytics can be performed...
Memoirs of a Data School Applicant: Things to Do for a Successful Application
One day by chance, I stumbled across Data School on Seek, and my friend advised this would be a good start in the industry based on my experience and skill set. The Application was simple, “create a winning viz”. As I began playing around with tableau, I knew...
Workout Wednesday #48 2019 ~ LODs and Dynamic Charts : A Very Practical Use Case
Today I want to talk about a very practical Workout Wednesday task. It is Week 48 2019, “Building Bar Charts that automatically combines small totals”. Before I deep dive into this specific task, I want to briefly go over Workout Wednesdays. Workout Wednesdays are...
Tony’s Tableau Tips: How to create Doughnut Charts in Tableau
What is a doughnut chart? Doughnut charts add an interesting feature to any dashboard design. Essentially doughnut charts allow high-level analysis or overview of data dimensions and their members’ contributions as a whole. And the centre of the doughnut allows...
Re-Learning Tableau with an open mind
What is Tableau? A data visualization tool to present compelling data insights and stories. I was first exposed to Tableau, when I found a job ad on Seek that would select candidates based on a ‘Viz’ they submitted. I thought it had an interesting application process...
The First Week of a Fruitful and Rewarding Career in Data Analytics
Were you always curious to find out what happens during the first week at Data School? The Beginning: The Offer Ever since I was made an offer to take part in Data School, I have been really excited about starting a great career journey. For me personally, it...