Harry Osborne

Harry discovered his initial interest in data and analytics at the University of Nottingham during his Biology degree, taking statistics-focussed modules in all three years; however, he was not enthused by the lack of user-friendly software. He began looking at data consultancy jobs post-graduation, culminating in the discovery of The Data School and the ergonomics of Tableau.

Through an extended period of experimenting with datasets (particularly those involving a sports element) and Tableau’s functionality, Harry became convinced that this was the ideal career path to follow.

Harry's first placement was with PwC, developing and delivering sessions in Tableau, Power BI and Alteryx to over 900 employees. This included the fundamentals of each tool and extended through to more advanced sessions, covering complex calculations and data manipulation. At Credit Suisse, he built and maintained Alteryx workflows for business-critical reporting, whilst also becoming familiar with version control through IntelliJ and Git, as well as advanced SQL development.

Currently consulting for IAG Loyalty (formerly Avios), Harry has been working as a Tableau consultant and project manager for a company-wide data migration, gaining experience in Snowflake and AWS whilst developing Tableau dashboards across the business.

When not working with data, Harry is a keen sportsman, playing just about anything (to varying degrees of quality).

Blog Posts

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Wed 14 Jul 2021 | Harry Osborne
Error Reporting with Message/Test Tools | Alteryx Tools Explained
Nobody has ever used Alteryx with no errors - but futureproofing workflows is not only a great habit, but fairly intuitive. This blog details a couple of tools that excel in this department.
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Wed 07 Jul 2021 | Harry Osborne
Auto Field | Alteryx Tools Explained
Auto Field is a tool that can help avoid some very repetitive resizing when concerning strings. This blog post talks about some of its pros and cons.
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Wed 07 Jul 2021 | Harry Osborne
Using tabcmd in Command Prompt to edit Tableau Server
There are benefits of having control of Command Prompt's functionality when influencing Tableau Server; however, this is a fairly intimidating experience. This blog post walks through some simple use cases for tabcmd.
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Wed 07 Jul 2021 | Harry Osborne
Sheet Swapping in Tableau
Swapping between sheets in Tableau can be a bit fiddly, particularly when using buttons. This blogpost is a walkthrough of how to build this sheet swapping functionality.
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Tue 06 Jul 2021 | Harry Osborne
Generate Rows | Alteryx Tools Explained
Generate Rows is an extremely useful tool that lives inside the Preparation tab. Here, I explain some use cases in depth.
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Tue 15 Jun 2021 | Harry Osborne
Tableau PostgreSQL Server Basics
Potentially underutilised and underappreciated, Tableau Server's PostgreSQL database offers an array of information about a business gathered from their own Server usage. Implemented properly (and with some guidance), this is a powerful internal busniness tool
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Thu 10 Jun 2021 | Harry Osborne
How to build a Control Chart in Tableau
Control Charts are a great way to show outliers and trends within your data over time, plus can be made dynamic with the use of parameters.
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Fri 04 Jun 2021 | Harry Osborne
SQL meets Preppin' Data | The Ultimate Data Crossover Event
A snowflake is the perfect analogy for this exercise: deceptively intriguing, but belies the inhospitable and unrelenting environment of SQL. This blog post details my progress through several Preppin' Data challenges, entirely in Snowflake and SQL.
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Wed 02 Jun 2021 | Harry Osborne
Create a Gridded Map | Spatial Grids
This blog post explains how to use a grid function on spatial data within Alteryx, as well as incorporating that data with additional spatial information.
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Wed 02 Jun 2021 | Harry Osborne
Update an Alteryx file without losing your Tableau progress
In this blog post, I will explain a simple workaround to avoid losing your progress if you need to update your Alteryx output file.
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Fri 07 May 2021 | Harry Osborne
A Proper Core Workout | Passing the Alteryx Core Certification
My best advice for anyone thinking of taking the Alteryx Core Certification exam.
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Wed 05 May 2021 | Harry Osborne
Congratulations, you've got yourself a date! | 'DATE' Calculations
A brief rundown of some of the main DATE functions available in Tableau.
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Sun 18 Apr 2021 | Harry Osborne
Tableau Tips and Tricks
Here are a few tricks and shortcuts I have learned in Tableau so far.
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Fri 23 Apr 2021 | Harry Osborne
Macro Magic | DS23 Alteryx Macro Project
In this blog post I outline the basic definition and uses of Macros in Alteryx, as well as walking through parsing JSON data from a webpage using a Macro.
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Fri 16 Apr 2021 | Harry Osborne
Data School Week 2: All Things Tableau | DS23
In Week 2 at the Data School, DS23 got stuck in with Tableau, learning from the ground up, culminating in a presentation on a surprise dataset.
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Mon 12 Apr 2021 | Harry Osborne
Makeover Monday, One Week In | DS23
Having completed our first week of Alteryx-focused tasks and challenges, Week 2 saw my DS23 cohort move back to the application we have grown to love - Tableau
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