Alban Halili

Alban graduated from the University of Warwick with a first class degree in Mathematics. His course involved studies of advanced mathematical theories. Including but not limited to: real, complex and functional analysis; advanced linear algebra; groups and representations and number theory.

After his studies, he began work at a Salesforce Partner, helping clients implement Salesforce into their business. During this time, Alban gained a deep understanding of the Salesforce data model and modern day CRM. Moreover, he was exposed to the data structures used by many successful businesses in a variety of industries. Here he was also introduced to Tableau and later joined the Data School.

He completed his first placement at Fremont Bank, working closely with the Chief Data Officer to deploy new Tableau dashboards and prep flows to their Tableau Server. Here he also developed his ability to seamlessly pick up and work on existing dashboards to fix bugs and implement improvements.

Alban’s skills include:

  • Expert data preparation with Tableau Prep, Alteryx or SQL
  • Expert data visualization with Tableau
  • Ability to use multiple tools to deliver end-to-end projects
  • Advanced understanding of OOP – specifically Python, MATLAB and Dart

Alban hopes to keep gaining experience of the vast amount of use cases throughout the data world, building a skillset that will allow him to tackle any data project.

Certifications

Blog Posts

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Wed 02 Mar 2022 | Alban Halili
Complex Relative Date Filters in Tableau
Setting a last 3 months relative date filterWhen you bring a date field into the filters marks card, you have the option to use a relative date filter. This allows you to set a filter that dynamically changes the view as time passes
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Thu 24 Feb 2022 | Alban Halili
Rankings in Alteryx
If you have used Tableau, you will have noticed that there are four different types of rankings you can assign to a table. Here I will explain one way of achieving each of these in Alteryx. We will use one simple sales data set throughout, shown below
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Tue 08 Feb 2022 | Alban Halili
What is Alteryx?
If you're like me, you hadn't heard of Alteryx before the data school. So what exactly is it? Here's a good analogy: if Tableau is a shiny flat screen TV, then Alteryx is the bundle of cables hidden behind stand. Alright... maybe that doesn't give Alteryx the credit it deserves
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