Vikash Bhardwaj

After discovering the power of Tableau and Alteryx Vikash knew the best place to grow and develop would be The Information Lab.

In a world where more data is being created he wants to use these tools to understand the world better. The versatile, creative and community aspects of Tableau and Alteryx really appeal to him and he’s excited to harness the power of effective visualizations when storytelling.

Before The Information Lab Vikash worked in strategy, analytics and operations within the healthcare, consulting and service sectors. Prior to this he studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Lancaster University and also grew an ecommerce business between the ages of 14-23. Outside of work Vikash volunteers at a mental health charity and enjoys exercising, travelling and finding the best spots to eat around London.

Blog Posts

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Wed 20 May 2020 | Vikash Bhardwaj
Priority and deadline planning - The MoSCoW method applied to Tableau
A key element of consulting is priority and deadline planning. This technique helps to plan out your workload and prevent the short term scope of the project from ballooning
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Thu 14 May 2020 | Vikash Bhardwaj
How to document in Tableau: Three top tips
In this post I’ll describe three documentation tips I wish I would have known earlier when using Tableau. They are; 1. Leaving comments in calculated fields 2. Leaving comments on dimensions or measures 3
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Tue 12 May 2020 | Vikash Bhardwaj
Makeover Monday Week 19 2020
Today we were given one hour to complete a Makeover Monday during training. This involves critiquing a visualization and re-building it with the same data. This week, I decided to document my thought process and highlight the steps I went through the project
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Fri 24 Apr 2020 | Vikash Bhardwaj
Time management for beginners
Expert procrastinator? Tired of wasting time?  Last minute- Leonidas? I (ahem) may have been some of these things am sometimes (ahem) these things. Because I don’t have the time for this (excuse the pun), I really want to improve my time management game
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Fri 24 Apr 2020 | Vikash Bhardwaj
Dashboard Week Day 4
I’m nearing the end of Dashboard Week at the Data School. For those who don’t know what this is; it’s an intense week with daily project which needs to be ready to present by 3.30pm. During this week time NEEDS to be managed properly
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Tue 21 Apr 2020 | Vikash Bhardwaj
How to create a compass map in Tableau
In this post I’ll be covering how to make a compass map. I’ve attached a link to a downloadable workbook at the bottom and have included all calculations throughout the blog. So lets begin with some context, It’s day 2 of dashboard week and we were tasked to look at flight information
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Mon 20 Apr 2020 | Vikash Bhardwaj
Dashboard Week Day 1
Hello there! Welcome to my first dashboard week blog. By 8.50am. We received the data. It’s about drones. Here’s the link to the source.The Center for the Study of the Drone [https://dronecenter.bard.edu/]. > [https://dronecenter.bard.edu/] By 10
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Mon 20 Apr 2020 | Vikash Bhardwaj
Thoughts going into Dashboard Week
The purpose of this post is to highlight aspects of my experience at the Data School before going into Dashboard Week to be as mentally prepared as possible. I’ve written this to frame my expectations for the week and also to reflect on my time at the Data School so far
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Thu 16 Apr 2020 | Vikash Bhardwaj
How to use Excel to write long Tableau formulas in seconds
I was completing a client project last week and received data that needed to be ‘graded’ into different boundaries. Since the list was long and I didn’t want to spend time writing out a long calculation, I thought of how to do it faster
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Sun 05 Apr 2020 | Vikash Bhardwaj
Creating and understanding a year to date (YTD) calculation in Tableau
In this blog post I’ll be covering how to create a time-period to date calculation. The example I’ll be using is a year to date sum of profit shown below; In this post I’ll break down the calculation above using a drill-down style to dive deeper into more complex aspects of the compilation
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Thu 02 Apr 2020 | Vikash Bhardwaj
How to switch between different charts and graphs on a Tableau dashboard
In this blog I’ll be showing how to use a parameter to be able to switch between multiple sheets on a dashboard
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Mon 30 Mar 2020 | Vikash Bhardwaj
A tip for Tableau, presenting and blog posts
In this post I’ll be going over three simple tips which can be put into use very quickly! Tableau tip – navigating between sheets To navigate between Sheets in a Tableau workbook I used to click and navigate through the workbook
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