Bridget Boateng

Bridget graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Kent, where her interest in data flourished while applying econometric methods to make complex datasets understandable. During her final year, she discovered the Data School through GRB and found a passion for using Tableau to create impactful visualisations that combined her analytical skills.

Bridget’s first placement was at PwC as a Data Analytics Facilitator, where she delivered over 40 training sessions for more than 1,000 professionals and graduates in Power BI, Tableau, and Alteryx, focusing on data preparation and visualisation techniques.

At the NHS, Bridget played a key role as a Data Analytics Consultant and Trainer, where she redesigned and optimised Tableau dashboards, integrating SQL data sources to enhance data visibility. She led the development of a COVID-19 dashboard, providing real-time insights for stakeholders, and conducted training sessions to upskill teams in effective data visualisation and reporting.

At the University of York, she led the International Arrivals Dashboard project using Tableau to track student arrivals and trained the university's data analytics team, delivering tailored content for their professional development.

As an Alteryx Consultant at Goldman Sachs, Bridget taught over 200 participants advanced Alteryx topics, including macros, regex, and apps, adjusting training content accordingly.

In her recent role as a Power BI Consultant at Infogr8, she specialised in resolving complex Power BI issues and optimising dashboard performance through effective troubleshooting with DAX and Power Query.

Certified in Microsoft Power BI, Alteryx, and Microsoft Azure, Bridget continues to enhance her skills through courses on platforms like DataCamp and Udemy, focusing on SQL and python, demonstrating her commitment to continuous learning.

Blog Posts

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Thu 01 Aug 2024 | Bridget Ama Boateng
Using Lookup Tables in the Data Model - PBI
In today's data-driven world, efficient data modelling is critical to making informed decisions. Lookup tables play a vital role in achieving this by providing a streamlined way to manage and analyse data
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Fri 08 Mar 2024 | Bridget Ama Boateng
Insurance Policy Dashboard
The insurance dashboard examines various factors like marital status, education, claim amounts, car use, car model and policy counts. The main goal of this dashboard is to provide actionable insights to a car insurance company
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Thu 27 Oct 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
How to create a drill down chart using parameter actions in tableau
* (Probably one of my favorite graphs to create in tableau) * Drill down charts allow you to gain useful insights when looking at multiple things within your data
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Thu 27 Oct 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
Dashboard Week day 3
Making sure progress is made. 1. Started of with making a more detailed plan 2. Research! Getting stuck into the data! I made sure I conducted thorough research on the museum data
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Wed 26 Oct 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
Dashboard week: Day 2
Analysing wine data! 1. Firstly started of the day by drafting up a plan for how I wanted to plan my day. 2. Then down a quick sketch on how I wanted my dashboard to look. (Adding descriptions to help re focus my analysis) 3
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Tue 25 Oct 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
Dashboard Week Day 1: How to make a dashboard more accessible...
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Thu 13 Oct 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
SQL: Tab Commands
Uploading a dashboard onto tableau server using tab commands. To type out these commands open up Command Prompt which can be found on through searching 'cmd' in the windows search bar
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Wed 21 Sep 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
How to make and use box plots
Firstly what is a box plot? * A boxplot is a graph that gives you a good indication of how the values in the data are spread out
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Tue 13 Sep 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
Using a table calculation to work out the running total
1. Right click and drag order date onto column and select year. 2. Then Right click and drag order date onto column and select quarter. 3. Create a calculated field and name it 'running total calc' (always name your calculated field to something you remember!). 4
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Wed 31 Aug 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
My week as a Project Manager
A week back, my cohort DS33 started our first client project alongside our training. These projects each one of us to take on the role of leading the team to complete a project. I've decided to document my each day and provide tips on how to overcome obstacles
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Tue 23 Aug 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
File Types and Extensions for tableau
Tableau has around eight different filed types, this blog will take you through there features. 1. Tableau Workbook (twb): this file type is probably the most popular file type and is set as a default for the users
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Mon 22 Aug 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
Desktop vs Web Editor (tableau)
What is the difference between tableau desktop vs tableau web editor? Tableau Web Editor allows you to edit minor mistakes or tweak your features in your dashboard. It eliminates the tedious process of downloading the dashboard again, re-connecting to the data set, selecting the sheet etc
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Wed 10 Aug 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
Containers 101
Firstly, what are containers? Containers are dashboard objects such as text, images, sheets, filters, legends) that enable developers to neatly create, map out and organized your sheets onto your dashboard
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Wed 27 Jul 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
Adding a data source update time
A live data source allows you to access real-time updates, with when it was last updates made in tableau. 1. Make sure your database is live.. this can be checked by looking out for a blue tick next to the cylinders. 2
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Mon 25 Jul 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
Tableau Date Functions
Why do we need to use date functions ? * allows you to manipulate the dates within your data. Let's look at 'DATEADD' :allows you to add an interval to the given date
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Thu 21 Jul 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
What are 'Batch' Macros?
Batch Macros allows your data to be grouped into batches and process each batch separately one at a time of it is imagine creating jumpers for each family member and you need to ensure that each jumper is made in a different size... a batch macro will allow you to do this
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Thu 14 Jul 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
How to change date properties
There is so much you can do with dates in tableau. Let's look how to customize a date. There is a chance that your future client may want you to create a dashboard around a certain time period such as the fiscal year. 1. Right click onto your data set 2
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Tue 12 Jul 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
The Tableau Platform
So want to create a dashboard ? Let's look at the basic steps … Step 1- Where do I find a dataset ? Datasets can be found through websites such as gov.uk , tableau server, excel spreadsheet, XCS, CSV. There are so many types of datasets that you can download and connect to tableau
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Fri 08 Jul 2022 | Bridget Ama Boateng
Welcome to the data school: week 1
Day 1- Welcome the data school! friendly faces, warm welcomes and meeting my cohort. The first day consisted of meeting other data schoolers and coaches, downloading all the software we need for the next couple of months so Alteryx and Tableau Prep
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