Jess Hancock

Jess completed her degree in Graphic Communication & Illustration from Loughborough University in 2019. Though she found joy in the dynamism and ‘human touch’ required of a creative practitioner, something was missing, and she sought a more robust and analytical career. Happily, Jess discovered the world of data visualisation ⁠— specifically, Tableau ⁠— and became increasingly excited to develop the spectrum of hard and soft skills required of a great data analyst.

Ultimately, Jess aspires to tell compelling visual stories with data, wielding it in a way that makes her world more sustainable, inclusive and evidence-based.

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Thu 23 Apr 2020 | Jess Hancock
An Alteryx Tip for Big Data: The Sample Tool vs. Input Tool Sampling
Working with a really big dataset? Swearing your way through run times that languish into the minutes? This was me on Tuesday, until I found out that the Input Tool has a sampling feature. But how does this differ from the Sample Tool itself? 1
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Tue 21 Apr 2020 | Jess Hancock
Approaching New Data, Step 1: Ignore It
So dashboard week has finally arrived, and with it has come an onslaught of unfamiliar data and five tight deadlines. As both of these things are a) common, and b) horrible, a framework was very much needed
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Wed 26 Feb 2020 | Jess Hancock
Tableau Server: Sites vs Projects (The Basics)
I like to think of Tableau Server as a library, and like all good libraries, there are ways to store and sort the sweet, sweet knowledge within them. Sites and Projects do just this
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Fri 21 Feb 2020 | Jess Hancock
Bar Charts: Colour-Coding the Top X using the Index function
Learning through Makeover Monday #1 With thanks to our very own Chris Meardon In this example, I’ve labelled the ends of my bars with total values using a Level of Detail calculation and a hidden Dual Axis chart. I talk that through in Part 2, which is coming soon
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