Myles Stevenson

Myles is a data visualization specialist at The Information Lab with a passion for transforming complex data into actionable insights. Originally coming from an educational background, he discovered his love for data while analysing educational metrics using Tableau, which led him to pursue a career in analytics and engineering.

More recently, Myles has expanded his expertise by working with one of the largest financial advisory firms in the world, where he has honed his skills in data engineering. He has gained extensive experience in SQL, data modelling, and ETL processes, alongside training in agile methodologies, GitHub for version control, and modern data architectures such as data lakes and cloud-based platforms like Snowflake. Additionally, Myles has received training in dbt for data transformation, allowing him to deliver scalable and efficient data solutions.

Beyond his professional work, Myles is an avid Formula 1 enthusiast and a dedicated supporter of Saracens Rugby.

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Fri 24 Jan 2025 | Myles Stevenson
dbt for dummies
In today's data-driven world, businesses rely on analytics to make informed decisions. However, the process of transforming raw data into actionable insights can be complex and time-consuming
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Thu 16 Jan 2025 | Myles Stevenson
Data Validation: Ensuring Data Quality
Data validation is crucial for ensuring data quality and accuracy. It involves verifying several key dimensions: completeness, timeliness, uniqueness, consistency, validity, and integrity. This post outlines common issues, identification methods, and solutions
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Thu 09 Jan 2025 | Myles Stevenson
Mastering Code Folding in VS Code with Shortcuts
Visual Studio Code (VS Code) offers an array of shortcuts to streamline your coding experience, and one of the most useful is the ability to fold or collapse sections of your code. If you're working with large files, collapsing unused sections can significantly enhance readability and navigation
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Fri 10 Jan 2025 | Myles Stevenson
Extraction Fundamentals
Data extraction needs source & method understanding (batch/stream, API). Consider value, storage, quality. Processing manages data, speed, sync, scale, transfer, reliability, size. Watch for data & security issues, API limits.
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Mon 06 Jan 2025 | Myles Stevenson
What is Data Engineering?
In this blog I will go over the basics of data engineering, and why different steps are done
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Wed 13 Dec 2023 | Myles Stevenson
Revolutionizing Data Analysis: AI-Powered Synthetic Data in Python
Explore AI in mock data creation with ChatGPT! Learn data schema crafting, Python integration, and overcome synthetic data challenges. Ideal for data pros!
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Wed 29 Nov 2023 | Myles Stevenson
Dashboard week day 3 - Alteryx reports
Alteryx reports are a good way of communicating data quickly and efficiently however come with the downside of not having any freedom of expression. The task today was to build a flow that created had spatial analysis, of flights in the US
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Fri 01 Dec 2023 | Myles Stevenson
Once upon a time in the Data School
In dashboard week for the final project I have entered the Tableau competition. "Data+Movies" Where we could create in infographic using the IMDB database data about anything we wanted. I chose to make a Dashboard all about Quentin Tarantino, and the comparison to other directors
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Tue 28 Nov 2023 | Myles Stevenson
Dashboard week Day 2
In the second day of dashboard week we have been asked to create a dashboard using Power BI to represent the wages across different countries, find a story and present this dashboard
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Mon 27 Nov 2023 | Myles Stevenson
Dashboard week Day 1
This week is dashboard week and todays task was to create a dashboard that analysis the data from the government website on prices of items. The data contains the prices of each product along with the percentage change of those products
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Tue 31 Oct 2023 | Myles Stevenson
To filter or to highlight, that is the question
When visualizing data its a tricky choice whether to highlight or filter, this blog should help you choose an answer
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Mon 30 Oct 2023 | Myles Stevenson
ALT + W +O – The answer to all tool tips
Tooltips in visualizations serve as crucial navigational aids that enhance user comprehension and interactivity. They act as bridges, filling in the gaps between what is immediately perceivable and the underlying details of a dataset
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Thu 26 Oct 2023 | Myles Stevenson
Web scraping with Alteryx
Web scraping can be a really useful tool in order to get public information and enrich your own data to provide more context! Lets do an example together
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Tue 24 Oct 2023 | Myles Stevenson
Connecting to an API in Alteryx
What are Api's? An API is a way to externally access a database in a controlled way, Someone who owns the database may not what you to have full access to the database, so you may get an API to get the information you need but not all of it
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Tue 24 Oct 2023 | Myles Stevenson
The SQL Hierarchy
When Coding in SQL there is a hierarchy that's important to remember. This may seem backwards in some instances SQL will only read in a specific order
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Mon 09 Oct 2023 | Myles Stevenson
LOD's In DAX Power BI
When Highlighting the maximum and minimum of a line graph we will need to make a nested calculate function. The first function  we need to work out the sum of the value for each part of your line graph
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Fri 29 Sep 2023 | Myles Stevenson
Alteryx Core Exam Preparations
When preparing for the Alteryx Core exam it's important to be aware of every tool in the favorite's Tab A lot of the questions will require you to summaries data and match it to an output. Another part of the exam will require you to troubleshoot different problems in Alteryx
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Thu 31 Aug 2023 | Myles Stevenson
Make over Monday on Power BI
This is my first attempt at doing a Make over Monday on power BI, all about who has made the most MAke over monday data sets, Check it out
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Thu 31 Aug 2023 | Myles Stevenson
User selection axis in Power BI
When changing categorical axis on power BI its easy to create a Tile with a changing axis. To do this make a Parameter with the fields you would like to chose between. To do this first build the chart you want to change, I'm going to build a bar chart with first name vs Quantity of sales
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Wed 30 Aug 2023 | Myles Stevenson
Work out Wednesday PBI 2021 W2
I've started on my journey with Power BI and done my first Power BI work out Wednesday. 2021 W2 | Power BI WoW | Basic KPI Report - dataset by jbauckejbaucke is using data.world to share 2021 W2 | Power BI WoW | Basic KPI Report datadata
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Fri 25 Aug 2023 | Myles Stevenson
How to plan a dashboard
With a short timeframe a client may prefer to see a plan quickly rather than spending multiple hours on a dashboard that a client hates. This means making a cohesive plan
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Tue 22 Aug 2023 | Myles Stevenson
Writing an IF statement in Power BI
Writing an IF Statement in PowerBI is different than in other Platforms, this Blog post will walk you through how
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Fri 18 Aug 2023 | Myles Stevenson
Rules for presenting data in tableau
When working with a tableau desktop the most important thing I learnt was the importance 0f containers, everything should go into containers and this helps to position all of the aspects in your dashboard Place a container, place in a blank, then place the graph/Text in the container
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Tue 08 Aug 2023 | Myles Stevenson
My time at the Data School so far
During my first day of training at the data school it became information overload, with so many technical terms and new vocabulary that I needed to learn. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to write my first blog post. About terminology I will hear often throughout my time here
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