Laura holds a BA in Translation and Interpreting at the University of Milan, with a semester in Slavonic Languages at the University of Tallinn and a MSc in International Business Management at the University of Kent. Laura demonstrated a passion for visual communication during her work experience in Marketing and she developed her interest in data during the selection process at the Information Lab. She sees data visualisation practices in Tableau as a dynamic way to improve audience engagement and interaction. Laura is driven by the willingness to learn and experiment new things with Tableau and Alteryx softwares, in order to provide support to businesses for decision makers in the near future.
Laura Scavino
Blog Posts
Fri 01 Jun 2018 | Laura Scavino
Have a look at my top 5 Tableau Tips
This week is the final week for the DS8 and the final project consisted on
providing 5 Tableau tips for each member of the cohort. Even though a member was
missing for the presentation, we collected 35 Tableau tips during the day, which
are available to watch onYouTube
[https://www.youtube
Tue 22 May 2018 | Laura Scavino
SQL Fundamentals and examples on parallels with Tableau prep
SQL or Structured Query language is a domain-specific language used in
programming and designed for managing data held in a relational database
management system, or for stream processing in a relational data stream
management system
Thu 03 May 2018 | Laura Scavino
Create a filtered extract from a live connection on Tableau Server
This week I have learnt how to customise a data extract from a live connection
on Tableau Server. I also learnt how to blend the two data sources from Tableau
Server, which had no common fields with a simple trick
Sun 29 Apr 2018 | Laura Scavino
Time Management in Tableau
Day 5 was probably the most complex among the days of the week of Dashboard week
since it required a presentation early in the morning, a 4 hour project and
another presentation in the early afternoon. Being also the last day of
dashboard week, it carried not only the stress but also the knowledge
Fri 27 Apr 2018 | Laura Scavino
Parsing and cleaning files in Alteryx
Dashboard Week day 4 has arrived and it started again with the morning
presentation about yesterday project, followed by today’s project kickoff. This
time the data set was completely different: looking at the Energy production in
the United States of America
Tue 24 Apr 2018 | Laura Scavino
Moving double reference lines with Parameters
Today’s project is looking at the Southern Oscillation Index with the data
downloaded from NOAA
[https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/teleconnections/enso/indicators/soi/] website. This
index is calculated by analysing the sea level preassure in Tahiti, Australia
and Darwin, French Polynesia
Thu 19 Apr 2018 | Laura Scavino
Different Uses of Parameters: Tips from WorkoutWednesday
Parameters can be used for different purposes on Tableau and they can help
customising the view with few tricks. Interested in 3 of the many uses in
Parameter? Read the three types of parameters that I used for Workout Wednesday
challenge week number 33 and 43
Tue 17 Apr 2018 | Laura Scavino
Three tips from WorkoutWednesday challenge
Workout Wednesday is all about Tableau Challenges made by Zen Masters in the
Tableau community, who post it through their website and Twitter in order to
make other people try to replicate them. It is a lot of hard work to actually
find out how somebody else has approached the challenge
Mon 16 Apr 2018 | Laura Scavino
Be a Woman, Be a Data Scientist
Why women in Data #Beawomanindataviz event
Only the 18% of data scientist is a Woman
[https://www.quora.com/Is-the-female-to-male-ratio-higher-for-data-scientists-than-for-software-engineers-If-so-why-is-that]
and women account for only the 26% of data jobs in the US.
[https://www.forbes
Tue 10 Apr 2018 | Laura Scavino
Regular Expressions in Tableau and Alteryx
Today Philip [https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/blog/philip-mannering/]explained how to proficiently
use Regular Expressions in both Tableau and Alteryx for extracting and
restructuring data. It is possible to use Regular Expressions in Alteryx with
both the Formula and the Regex tools
Wed 04 Apr 2018 | Laura Scavino
User Filters in Tableau Server - Part 1
I am going to give a simple explanation on how to create a customised view based
on the user, which is looking at the Dashboard. I am using one of the two
methods to do that, you can find the second method on Robbin Vernooij
[https://www.thedataschool.co
Tue 03 Apr 2018 | Laura Scavino
Create a word cloud on Tableau
Today during a client project I learnt a really easy way to visualise words on
Tableau and it reminded me about one of my University projects analysing survey
data.
I find this visualisation very useful where there are just a few words to be
visualised, which repeats more than once
Mon 02 Apr 2018 | Laura Scavino
#MakeoverMonday Tableau tip on how to highlight a selected value
For my latest #MakeoverMonday on wine production, I decided to use a really
quick table calculation which relies on the use of parameters.
The quick trick helped me select the desired country but instead of highlighting
it with an highlighter, I decided to use this simple trick
Mon 26 Mar 2018 | Laura Scavino
How to forecast in Alteryx
Businesses often need to create a forecast in order to strategically plan their
investments or simply their effort. A really good way of doing that is through
Time series tool on Alteryx. The main reason behind forecasting is to capture
genuine data on a cyclical basis
Sat 24 Mar 2018 | Laura Scavino
Decision Tree tool in Alteryx
Decision tree analysis, as a predictive learning, is used in Statistics,
Machine Learning and Data Mining in order to visualise data for decision
making. The main goal is to create a model that predicts the value of a target
variable based on several input variables
Tue 13 Mar 2018 | Laura Scavino
Less is More with Parameters
Using Parameters in Calculated field can improve the quality of your
visualisation, since it is possible to show different things without
overcrowding the Dashboard. Parameters can be used in different ways on Tableau,
for instance to flick through different measures in the same sheet
Mon 12 Mar 2018 | Laura Scavino
Data helps businesses improve their strategy
Many organisations started looking at customer databases to take advantage of
the great amount of information available to them. The correct use of data
analytics tools helps businesses better targeting existing customers and also
qualifying potential new ones
Mon 05 Mar 2018 | Laura Scavino
Compare seasons in Tableau
During last week project for the Huntingtonshire council, I learnt how to
compare different values across seasons rather than months. It is possible to
have an overview in different seasons and it is useful to track sales trends for
any commercial activity