Frank Salmon

Before joining The Data School, Frank worked in the insurance industry – specifically in recoveries for motor vehicle claims. However, it was during his honours year in Psychology at UNSW that Frank discovered the power of analytics and his passion for data. This lead to an ambition to change careers and join the Data School. When Frank isn’t working, he enjoys running and playing music on the piano and guitar.

How To Use The Email Tool In Alteryx

How To Use The Email Tool In Alteryx

This is part 3 of my series on the ordering and invoicing system I made using Google Forms and Alteryx. In the last post we went through how the app functions using advanced app chaining, which you can see here. Today we're going to go through how to use the email...

Lessons From Dashboard Week: Story

Lessons From Dashboard Week: Story

A week and a half ago we finished dashboard week. A week of ultra high intensity dashboard creation, with a dashboard and blog to be created each day. While it was very challenging, and resulted in more than a few of late nights, it was a fantastic way to fine tune...

Dashboard Week Day 5: CLUE Melbourne Data

Dashboard Week Day 5: CLUE Melbourne Data

It was Friday and it was the last day of Dashboard week! Today's Challenge was all about Spatial data from the Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE) for Melbourne. I was looking forward to brushing up on spatial analysis. This time we only had 6 hours from the...

Dashboard Week Day 3: Planes Falling of the Sky

Dashboard Week Day 3: Planes Falling of the Sky

Planes dropping out of the sky! Today’s Challenge was to web scrape the database of http://www.planecrashinfo.com/database.htm. This included many pages of fatal crashes across the length of aviation history. This pleasant topic surely won’t induce certain phobias....

Understanding Fixed LODs: Helpful Links

Understanding Fixed LODs: Helpful Links

While I was preparing for my Tableau Desktop certification exam, I decided to go over a topic that went a bit over my head during training, fixed LODs. LODs (level of detail calculation) are a somewhat advanced topic in Tableau, but they are vital for certain purposes...