Dashboard Week is one of the most intense (but also incredibly rewarding!) challenges in the Data School experience. Each day, we receive a new topic to create a dashboard on, which we then present the following day. And, yes, write a blog about it too! Here are my...

Today was the final day of Dashboard Week, and I think it was the toughest one yet! With only half a day to complete our dashboards, timeboxing was absolutely crucial. There was no room for procrastination, every minute counted! Our task was to explore a dataset on...

Today’s challenge for Dashboard Week took me into the world of dengue data, using the dataset from OpenDengue. This dataset provided a snapshot of global dengue cases, with Brazil standing out as the country with the highest number of cases. But the dataset was pretty...

For Day 3 of Dashboard Week, we dove into the rich data provided by the National Park Service (NPS) API. This API is a full of information about U.S. national parks, offering data on everything from activities, alerts, and amenities to campgrounds, fees, visitor...

It’s Day 2 of the Dashboard Week! Today is a power BI challenge and we’re diving into an extensive mining dataset that covers global coal and metal production in detail, and this time, I’m also experimenting with something new, a dark background dashboard! Creating a...

Today kicked off Dashboard Week, and we were handed a detailed dataset on boating accidents across U.S. coastal areas from 2009 to 2023. It covered everything from accident details and vessel information to casualty records, with fields spanning location, weather,...

Dumbbell charts are a great way to visualize the differences between two data points across categories, such as gender distribution by age group. However, Power BI doesn’t offer a built-in option for dumbbell charts, so we need to get a bit creative! In this guide,...

Dynamic Zone Visibility is a powerful feature in Tableau that allows users to control the visibility of various elements or zones on a dashboard based on user interactions or specific conditions. This functionality enhances interactivity by dynamically showing or...

This week at The Data School was all about diving deep into Power BI. From foundational concepts in data modelling to creating powerful visualizations and learning its query language, DAX, we covered a lot of ground. I’m excited to share some key insights and...

For our third week at the Data School, we learned about LOD (Level of Detail) and table calculations in Tableau. These concepts are powerful tools that allow us to perform more complex analyses with ease. For this week's Friday challenge, we were tasked with...