Shreya Arya

Shreya is a x8 Viz of the Day recipient, a Tableau Public Ambassador, Tableau Public Featured Author 23', The Kelly Martin Best Designer 24' Vizzie Award recipient and one of the leaders of the Tableau Community project, Back to Viz Basics (B2VB).

A few months into learning Tableau and starting her data visualisation journey, Shreya was recognised as a member of #TableauNext 2023 - an initiative celebrating 55 upcoming, Next-Gen Data Viz Stars - nominated by the DataFam community on Twitter. During this time, she also recieved x4 Vizzie award nominations in the categories of Notable Newbie, Best Designer, Storyteller Extraodinaire and Biggest Growth (2023). In May 2024, she won the award for 'Best Designer' at the Tableau Conference '24, along with being nominated in 8 categories. In Septemeber 2024, she became recognised as a Tableau Public Ambassador by Tableau. Her work has also been featured by Tableau Public in their Viz Gallery.

She has worked closely with Lloyds Banking Group as a client to drive BI adoption groupwide, in addition to developing and optimising Tableau dashboards.

During her training, Shreya has gained extensive experience working with data from diverse clients and industries, including Wealth Management Firms, Human Resources, Property Lending, and the Professional Athletics Sector and within Sustainability. This has showcased her adaptability and expertise in handling various types of data effectively.

With a genuine passion for data and its potential, Shreya is determined to help organisations to utilise the full power of their data, by providing valuable insights and solutions for sustainable growth.

Check out her website datavizfairy.co.uk, where she shares step-by-step guides on recreating charts and techniques using Tableau.

Viz of the Day's


KYOTO, JAPAN - Cherry Blossom Seasonality | B2VB - awarded 2nd Feb 2024

Walt Disney Movies | #DataPlusMovies - awarded 12th Dec 2023

Milan Widow Drinking Fountains | Makeover Monday - awarded 28th Sept 2023

Solar Energy Dashboard | RWFD - awarded 26th Jul 2023

Google Analytics Dashboard | B2VB - awarded 26th Apr 2023

African American Museums | B2VB - awarded 27th Feb 2023

Certifications

Blog Posts

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Tue 07 Nov 2023 | Shreya Arya
How to create a Lollipop Chart in Tableau
A Lollipop chart is essentially a bar chart with a shape at the end of the line. This is a beginner-friendly guide to building Lollipop charts in Tableau, that will walk you through each stage of the process.
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Tue 07 Nov 2023 | Shreya Arya
Adding Custom Shapes into Tableau Desktop
Adding custom shapes to your charts in Tableau Desktop can open you up a world of creativity. You're no longer limited to just the pre-existing shapes that come with Tableau :) This is a beginner-friendly guide on how to find and add custom shapes into Tableau Desktop
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Wed 02 Aug 2023 | Shreya Arya
Resources to learn Tableau Desktop
Want to start your Tableau Journey but don't know where to begin? I often get asked if there are any learning resources I recommend for learning Tableau Desktop, so I thought it would be nice to write a blog compiling a list of resources I recommend checking out..
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Fri 28 Jul 2023 | Shreya Arya
World Happiness Report (Dashboard Week | Day 5)
Today is the last day of Dashboard Week (and also our last day of training!) Our final challange was to create a dashboard using the World Happiness Report Dataset. You can see Jenny's full brief for us here
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Thu 27 Jul 2023 | Shreya Arya
Power BI + Eurovision (Dashboard Week | Day 4)
Today was Day 4 of Dashboard Week. Our challenge for today was to produce an explanatory dashboard about the Eurovision contest in Power BI, and we could only use PowerQuery for any data prep...
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Wed 26 Jul 2023 | Shreya Arya
NBA Player Heights + API (Dashboard Week | Day 3)
Today was Day 3 of Dashboard Week - our challenge for today was to use the balldontlie API to get the data for our visualisation. However, today didn't go as expected...
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Tue 25 Jul 2023 | Shreya Arya
Prep & Dash - IMDb Movies (Dashboard Week | Day 2)
Today was Day 2 of Dashboard Week. Our challenge for today was to create a dashboard using IMBd Data, and to only use Tableau Prep for any data preparation. Want to find out how it went? Click to read on...
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Mon 24 Jul 2023 | Shreya Arya
Accessibility and Screen Readers (Dashboard Week | Day 1)
Today was Day 1 of Dashboard Week - our focus for today was Accessibility. My brief for today was to re-design a particular dashboard to be accessible for screen reader users. Read on to find out how I did this...
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Fri 19 May 2023 | Shreya Arya
Customise the appearance of a Macro in Alteryx
The default appearance of a macro in Alteryx is a blue circle, but there are many other icon options you can choose from within Alteryx Designer. You can even customise Macro's with your own custom pictures & icons. Read on to learn more...
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Wed 03 May 2023 | Shreya Arya
Writing comments into your Tableau calculations
Adding comments into your calculations can help improve the overall clarity and understanding of your work. Here are two ways you do this in Tableau...
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Sat 15 Apr 2023 | Shreya Arya
Adding a custom colour palette to Tableau Desktop
Did you know that you can add custom colour palettes to Tableau by editing your "Preferences" file? Here's how...
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Sat 15 Apr 2023 | Shreya Arya
Avoid using these colours together
Colour is a powerful and effective tool to use in data visualisations. However, not all colour combinations are considered best practice. I've listed two colour combinations I always try to avoid using together, along with my reasoning why
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Wed 19 Apr 2023 | Shreya Arya
Learn the hotkeys in Alteryx Designer
Today, I wanted to share some useful hotkeys that you can use when building workflows in Alteryx Designer
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Thu 13 Apr 2023 | Shreya Arya
Understanding Booleans in Tableau
A quick blog post on what Booleans are and how they're created in Tableau. Read on to find out more...
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Fri 07 Apr 2023 | Shreya Arya
Tableau Prep: Plan your Prep!
Last week, DS39 were introduced to Tableau Prep for the first time
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Tue 04 Apr 2023 | Shreya Arya
The 1-hour Makeover Monday Challenge
At the Data School, we’re working on completing Makeover Monday challenges within the space of just one hour! If you’d like to find out more about why we’re practicing this skill, read on...
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