Hoang Ngo
Hoang started his journey in landscape architecture, where he was exposed to visual design and projects involving GIS mapping, this sparked his interest in visualising data. He decided to pivot his career to become more data-focused, and pursued a Master’s in Information Systems where he gained experience in project management, SQL, Tableau and coding. As his interest in Tableau grew, he decided to self-study to develop technical skills to become a well-rounded data analyst.
Eventually, he found The Data School and realised its potential to provide him with a great opportunity to gain practical experience. Beyond work, he enjoys gaming and making the most of sunny weather for his street photography.
Dashboard Week: A Little Chaos, A Lot of Growth
Dashboard Week is tough. Why? That’s because we have five datasets (not all were clean), one per day, and we were required to build a dashboard and present it the next morning. On top of that, there is a blog that needs to be done for each day as well. We have between...
What I Do at The Data School First 3 Months (1000% Real)
What I Learnt For The First Month In Data School Basically, we were trained on Tableau and Alteryx mostly, with Power BI sessions every now and then. Since most sessions were with Tableau and Alteryx, we got to become comfortable with these two tools pretty quickly....
Going From Tableau to Power BI: A Friendly Guide
If you're coming from Tableau and now diving into Power BI, the process can feel like stepping into a new world. While both tools excel at data visualization, Power BI comes with a different set of rules, a more structured interface, and a powerful language called DAX...
How I Got Better at Building Dashboards (Without Making It Complicated)
Warning! This post is not a tutorial or technical deep dive - it is a reflection of what has helped me improve my dashboarding skills. 1. I Started with Purpose, Not Charts In the early stage of learning visualization, I’d open Tableau or Power BI and start...
Useful Websites to Level Up Your Dashboarding Skills
To improve my dashboard and visualization skills, I rely on a few key tools and projects. These resources help me stay organized, find inspiration, and practice new techniques — all essential for growing as a data professional. 2. Tableau Public / Power BI...
Know the Difference Between a Measure and a Calculated Column in Power BI
When you first dive into Power BI and start using DAX, you will run into both Calculated Column and Measure. At first glance, they can be quite similar but behave differently in how and when they are calculated. This blog will break down the differences between them...
Dashboard Building Mistakes 101
We’ve All Been There…. Tableau is my very first data visualisation tool, I thought I can use complex charts with vibrant colour to demonstrate my skills to others, I want to impress people. But very quickly, I learned a hard truth: Less is more. I discovered that a...
Formatting Trick with Reference Line in Tableau
The Problems: In Tableau, Bar Chart is the most popular and used widely. Overtime, the creative users of Tableau have come up with different types of Bar Charts to make their Dash Board engaging. You decided to try out some fancy version of bar chart, and you picked a...
Dashboard Week – Day 5 – IMDB
For the last day, we needed to build and present our dashboard on the same day. Fortunately, the dataset is IMDB and we were using Tableau (not hating on Power BI, just that Tableau gives us a bit more freedom on how we want to do things). Getting Started While the...
Dashboard Week – Day 4 – Crossword
On Thursday, the fourth day of Dashboard Week, we received the Crossword dataset. So far, we had alternated between Tableau and Power BI, and on this day, we were required to build the dashboard using Power BI. At this point, I was already pretty comfortable with the...