Shaida Shamuri
Shaida is originally from Singapore and has a background in Applied Mathematics having graduated from the National University of Singapore. While working in the public sector and law enforcement agencies in Singapore as an analyst, she developed a passion for data and decided to join the Data School-Sydney to learn and improve her technical skills from the best coaches in data analytics. She loves to eat chicken rice, a dish that she cannot live without.
Top 3 Tips on How to Survive in the Data School
I realise that I cannot believe that it has already been four weeks in the Data School. Here are the top 3 tips on how to survive in the Data School. Be open-minded - Data analytics is a vast field, encompassing a wide range of techniques, tools, and applications. You...
Tableau – Highlight Selected Lines Using Sets
A line chart is useful to show trends over time, however, it may clutter the chart when there are multiple lines to represent categories. A set can be used to highlight only selected lines and gray out lines that are unselected by the user. I will be using a dataset...
Alteryx – Fill Null Values with Multi-Row Formula
Data preparation is an essential process prior to visualisation and analysis. One of the common problems in data preparation is filling up missing values in the dataset. Alteryx has a simple tool to fill up null values in rows of data with the previous...
Creating Parameters in Tableau
In Tableau, parameters are used to create dynamic and interactive visuals. Parameters allow users to control the behaviour of a dashboard or worksheet by changing the values of certain variables. I find this very helpful for client projects when there are...
Alteryx – Ranking a List by Group
Ranking is used to display data in a ranked order. We can rank a list by group using the Multi-Row Formula in Alteryx. I am excited to show how easily this can be done. In this blog, I am using a list of daily sales, accounts and category, and I would rank...
Creating Sets & Set Actions in Tableau
Creating sets in Tableau can be very useful to compare subsets of data, such as top profitable customers compared to lesser profitable customers. In this blog, I used the monthly sales of gummies dataset to create a set of the top 3 gummy types by sales. These...