Varun Varma
Varun completed his master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Technology, Sydney. While working as a Call Centre Analyst, he enjoyed working on data to derive insights. Consequently started learning Tableau, this is when he stumbled upon Data School Down Under. Over the weekend, Varun can be often found at one of the bush trails around Sydney.
Tableau Set Actions: Compare selected dimension with remaining dimensions
For this example, the data source used is Sample – Superstore data. Creating the tableau dashboard below is broken down in to 4 main steps: 1 Creating the source sheet 2 Create the target sheet 3 Create dashboard and assign set 4 Add dashboard actions (click on the...
Extract data from an API using Alteryx
On Week 3 of our training, we were introduced to API’s. So, in this blog I will demonstrate how I used Alteryx to extract data from an API. The data covered in this blog is the list of Asteroids based on their closest approach date to Earth, from NASA's website. The...
Spatial Matching in Alteryx
Alteryx began as a mapping and reporting tool. So, undoubtedly there are numerous spatial functions and tools within Alteryx. However, in this blog, I will demonstrate how I used Alteryx to solve one use case. My objective was to find the percentage of locations that...
3 Tips for the final Interview Viz Presentation
If you have opened this blog, you have possibly already cleared initial rounds of the Data school application process, good going. If you haven’t already applied and are interested in applying, I will strongly recommend you attend the meet and greet session. Also, you...