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Fri 29 Sep 2023 | Terrence Miller
Dashboard Week: Day 5 - DSNY5 Application
For day 5 of Dashboard week the task was to create a dashboard with the data DSNY 5 was given for their final application.
The data was New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
School Cafeteria Violations
https://data.cityofnewyork
Tue 26 Sep 2023 | Terrence Miller
Bins and Histograms
A histogram is a graph used to represent the frequency distribution of a few data points of one variable.
It is a chart type that I commonly think of using and I think is very useful to show the distribution of different demographics.
There are two ways I know of to create bins in Tableau
Wed 13 Sep 2023 | Terrence Miller
Nested LOD: Window Max across a dimension but as an LOD
Decided to challenge myself by doing what would be a pretty simple Window_Max as an LOD for a Workout Wednesday.
Simplest way to approach this is by starting with a table.
In here Linkedin post Lorna says to use an LOD so I went for it with an LOD
Mon 21 Aug 2023 | Terrence Miller
Detours in Alteryx
The Detour tool is really useful in Alteryx when you have something you would like to have under one condition and something else to happen with other conditions.
Lets take a quick look at Alteryx's example and description for the Detour and Detour end tools
Mon 24 Jul 2023 | Terrence Miller
Regex: The ways I used regex in Alteryx Challenge 121
Today I learned about regex. Before joining the Data School I had never heard of it before so it was my first time experiencing it.
What is Regex?: A regular expression (also called regex or regexp) is a way to describe a pattern
Wed 19 Jul 2023 | Terrence Miller
How to create a must include filter.
Today I attempted Workout Wednesday 2021 Week 10.
The majority of this workout Wednesday is pretty easy.
Easy:
โ4 BANS (used a lod for % of total),
โA Chart with Order ID, Customer, Sales, and Quantity.
More Difficult:
โโ1. Allow user to filter to orders with specific products specified
โโ2
Mon 24 Jul 2023 | Terrence Miller
Generate a random date between 2 dates in Alteryx
Recently during a client project I was given data for when an applicant applied for a position and when they were hired. In order to have a placeholder for the time it takes to interview, I had to generate a random date between them that makes sense.
This can all be done with 1 formula tool
Thu 29 Jun 2023 | Terrence Miller
Critiquing my application dashboards.
My 1st month of the data school is coming to an end and this seems like a great time to look back at the dashboards I used for my applications and pick them apart. I felt really good about both of them at the time I submitted each and felt like they were the best I've done at that point
Tue 13 Jun 2023 | Terrence Miller
Using LODs to calculate percent of total.
If youโre looking at this blog youโre probably like me and love to use interactive filters in your dashboards.
It is nice to see how the field you are filtering to compares to the whole while also seeing just the data for what you are filtering for