Data & Finance for Work & Life
Choosing the right Tableau course is important. You need a well-structured course that’s broad in scope, engaging, and requires a reasonable time commitment. In this guide, I ranked and reviewed the 15 best Tableau courses, as well as our top 5 picks so you can choose the one that’s best for you. Best Overall (LinkedIn […]
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If you’re coming from Excel, manipulating colors in Tableau can feel unnecessarily complicated, especially while you’re learning. In Excel, changing the color of a column is as easy as highlighting and right-clicking the cells you want to change. However, colors in Tableau are usually modified at the data level. The methodology depends on whether you’re
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Have you ever tried to put a floating object over a tiled object in Tableau dashboard, only to see a blur of layered content? In Tableau, the default background setting for floating objects is transparent, which is the source of this challenge. In early versions of Tableau, transparency wasn’t available. This meant the format of
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Tableau’s sorting function can be tricky. Have you tried sorting a grand total column that aggregates values from calculated fields, or maybe tried using a window (across/down) calculation instead of the grand total? In other words, have you tried sorting a dimension by a table calculation of calculated fields? Unfortunately, directly sorting on aggregates of
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If you’re coming from Excel, Tableau may feel like a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it automates and simplifies in a few clicks what could take hours in Excel. On the other, it uses a different calculation logic and requires you to think about data as aggregates rather than individual cells. When
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Last week, I was working on an accounting exercise in Tableau in which I needed to filter a trial balance for all accounts starting with “6” and “7.” Where I work, these are the accounts present on the profit and loss statement. The first thing I did was look at the wildcard filter settings, since
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There’s a blurred line between “personal” and “business” financial management software (FMS). Understanding this will help you make a good choice. Most entrepreneurs run sole proprietorships or disregarded LLCs, so business and personal expenses like gas and phone get mixed together. You could use two apps, but shouldn’t your financial management software support the way
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No credit check loans are a great way to access financing and build your credit, but they’re hard to find and expensive. You’ll have to accept a high interest rate, provide collateral, or use existing lines of credit in creative ways. In this article, we look at the 12 best no credit check loans that
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Skill acquisition is important, whether it’s to pivot directions or diversify your assets for professional development. Examples include pivoting from finance to data analytics, or getting certified for AWS Cloud Computing. We’re in luck because e-learning platforms like PluralSight and Udemy provide digital spaces to do just this. The challenge is that it’s hard to
PluralSight vs. Udemy: Which is Better? (2024 Review) Read More »
Choosing the right laptop as a data scientist is an important step. From accessing and hosting databases to running queries and code, you will need a laptop that’s powerful, durable, reliable, and portable. In this guide, I ranked and reviewed the 14 best laptops for data science, along with our top 5 choices, so you
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