Scott Johnston
Scott is a motivated and enthusiastic data analyst with a background in Marketing and Events. With a background in Marketing/Events, he has a strong understanding of business/marketing needs and how data can be explored and presented using Alteryx and Tableau.
Intrigued by the possibilities of geospatial data, Scott enjoys working with geographical information as well as making visually pleasing, simple, and easy to read visualisations.
In his free time, Scott enjoys surfing at his local beach, video games, football, and cooking.
Five Tips for overcoming Dashboard week
Dashboard Week, The Data Schools’ challenge to consultants nearing the end of their intense fourth month training before starting placement. The challenge for each day last week – create a dashboard and tell a story using a newly provided dataset each day. Reflecting...
Dashboard Week – Day 5: Melbourne Census Data
Dashboard Week, The Data Schools’ challenge to consultants nearing the end of their intense fourth month training before starting placement. The challenge for each day this week – create a dashboard and tell a story using a newly provided dataset each day. Day 5:...
Dashboard week – Day 4: Formula 1 race data
Dashboard week continues.... Dashboard Week, The Data Schools’ challenge to consultants nearing the end of their intense fourth month training before starting placement. The challenge for each day this week – create a dashboard and tell a story using a newly provided...
Dashboard Week – Day 3: History of plane crashes
Dashboard week continues... Dashboard Week, The Data Schools’ challenge to consultants nearing the end of their intense fourth month training before starting placement. The challenge for each day this week – create a dashboard and tell a story using a newly provided...
Dashboard Week – Day 2: Whiskey Hunter API
Dashboard week continues. Dashboard Week, The Data Schools’ challenge to consultants nearing the end of their intense fourth month training before starting placement. The challenge for each day this week – create a dashboard and tell a story using a newly provided...
Dashboard Week – Day 1: Charities across Australia
Dashboard week has started. Dashboard Week, The Data Schools' challenge to consultants nearing the end of their intense fourth month training before starting placement. The challenge for each day this week - create a dashboard and tell a story using a newly provided...
Introduction To Predictive Analytics With Alteryx (Part 1 of 4)
Predictive analytics is a branch within data analytics that uses known data to make predictions about future outcomes. Combining statistics, data mining and machine learning, we can use predictive analytics within Alteryx to: Identify patterns and trends through Data...
Simple Spatial Objects With Alteryx Map Input
Map Input, the tool you probably haven’t used before but it’s worth thinking about when working with Spatial data. And just in case the name doesn’t resonate with you, this is what the Alteryx tool looks like: So why should you consider using the Map Input tool when...
Excalidraw – The tool for easy project planning
Excalidraw, the free online whiteboard tool that can help you plan your dashboard and my personal preference. The goal of this blog is to showcase Exalidraw and explore its features as well as how it can be used to create dashboard designs. Some of the reasons why I...
Benefits Of Planning Your Dashboard
Planning your dashboard can provide clarify, direction and most importantly save time. When working on a project that requires a dashboard, allocate some of your time to planning. It doesn’t have to be much, but any time will help you out over the project lifetime. In...