Joel Akaje-Macauley

Joel graduated from the university of Warwick in 2021 with a 2:I in engineering and has since completed a consulting placement in Warwick Manufacturing Group propelling him to seek a career in consulting.

Once discovering the opportunity that the data school hosted, blending logical thinking, problem solving and consulting together Joel was intrigued.

During the application process Joel really enjoyed working with data to express the story that is hidden between the numbers and continues to enjoy sharpening his skills in data analysis.

After working hours Joel trains and competes in boxing, Muay Thai and MMA.

Blog Posts

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Fri 08 Mar 2024 | Joel Akaje-Macauley
PBI sports performance dashbaord
Data analytics within sports is an area with a vast amount of untapped potential whether that's on an individual level or on a team level. With the rise in technology, there is an ever-increasing amount of data that is just ready to be analysed
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Tue 27 Sep 2022 | Joel Akaje-Macauley
How to create a custom distribution without statistics in mockaroo
In mockaroo you can create a normal distribution which will give assigned values of a normal distribution around your mean. This can be skewed by manipulating the mean value, using functions like absolute and max and mins. If we wanted to skew the ages within a data set e.g
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Wed 28 Sep 2022 | Joel Akaje-Macauley
Designing a dashboard for text to speech
Using text to speech with tableau dashboards.
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Mon 26 Sep 2022 | Joel Akaje-Macauley
How to scaffold dates in ALTERYX
How to scaffold (add in) missing dates
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Tue 30 Aug 2022 | Joel Akaje-Macauley
Can't see the option to create a field parameter in Power BI
How to get the option to create a field parameter opposed to just the numerical parameters.
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Wed 10 Aug 2022 | Joel Akaje-Macauley
How to remove duplicates in tableau prep
Learn and follow along on how to remove duplicates within tableau prep
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Thu 04 Aug 2022 | Joel Akaje-Macauley
Testing statistical significance in tableau and Alteryx
Explaining Pearsons correlation and P-values in alteryx
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Thu 14 Jul 2022 | Joel Akaje-Macauley
Dynamically switching dates in Tableau
Ever wanted to combine multiple charts into one? This is the blog for you. Read for a tutorial and explanation.
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Mon 11 Jul 2022 | Joel Akaje-Macauley
How to create a dropdown menu of values in Alteryx APPS
How to create a dropdown menu of values in Alteryx APPS using transformation tools
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Sun 26 Jun 2022 | Joel Akaje-Macauley
Week 1 project – my experience and what to expect
My week 1 project experience and what i created.
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Thu 16 Jun 2022 | Joel Akaje-Macauley
Boolean field type in tableau
A quick explanation and demonstration on Boolean field types.
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Mon 06 Jun 2022 | Joel Akaje-Macauley
What to expect in your first day at the data school
This is what to expect within your first day at the data school with my own insights and takeaways.
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