<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Data School RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Data School RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk</link><generator>GatsbyJS</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:15:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Table Calcs: Tableau's 'Inception']]></title><description><![CDATA[What are table calculations?

Table calculations are like having a super power when it comes to understanding your data better. Crucially, they are applied to the data already sitting in your view (as opposed to LODs, for example, that ignore the granularity in your current view).

Rather than having purely SUM or AVERAGE, table calcs allow you to take things one step further; they can take those already aggregated numbers and then aggregate them again! So you could also have a Running Total, Ra]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/michael-lamprell/table-calculations-5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/michael-lamprell/table-calculations-5</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Michael Lamprell</dc:creator><image/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Git & Github Core Concepts]]></title><description><![CDATA[This blog will talk about the differences between Git and Github, remote and local, the importance of creating a branch, and best practices during the merging process.


Git vs Github

Git is a program on your computer that tracks changes made to a project, while Github is a website that lets you post your code and share it with others. This can be used as a backup, for collaborating, and for sharing.


Understanding Repositories

A repository contains project files and a full history of the wor]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/skyla-patterson/understanding-git-github-core-concepts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/skyla-patterson/understanding-git-github-core-concepts</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Skyla Patterson</dc:creator><image>https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1654277041218-84424c78f0ae?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDI5fHxnaXR8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkyNjE5NjQ2fDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=2000</image></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Tableau Next, and How Can Businesses Use It?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As businesses continue to collect more data, the challenge isn't just understanding that data but knowing how to turn it into meaningful decisions.

With recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), business intelligence platforms are evolving to make analytics more accessible and actionable.

One example of this evolution is Salesforce's Tableau Next.


What Is Tableau Next?

Tableau Next is an end-to-end, agentic analytics platform built on Salesforce that brings together data, analyti]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/marcus-rocco/what-is-tableau-next-and-how-can-businesses-use-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/marcus-rocco/what-is-tableau-next-and-how-can-businesses-use-it</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Marcus Rocco</dc:creator><image>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/content/images/2026/10/--------------2025-06-25-201433.jpg</image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using Tableau Next]]></title><description><![CDATA[How does Tableau Next compare to traditional Tableau in practice?

I recently attempted to recreate an existing Tableau dashboard in Tableau Next. Here's what stood out.


What Makes Tableau Next Different?

Unlike traditional Tableau, Tableau Next is built around Salesforce's Data 360 platform and a semantic layer that defines how business data should be interpreted.

Rather than simply building individual visualizations, users can create reusable metrics that provide a consistent understanding]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/dev-bhatnagar/using-tableau-next</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/dev-bhatnagar/using-tableau-next</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dev Bhatnagar</dc:creator><image>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/content/images/2026/10/Blog-post.png</image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recreating my Dashboard in Tableau Next]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this blog I'll be walking through how I recreated my Michigan Water Infrastructure dashboard in Tableau Next. See below for the original dashboard.






What is Tableau Next?

Tableau Next is an agentic analytics platform built natively on Salesforce. While both Tableau Desktop and Tableau Next are part of the same Ecosystem, there was essential differences which will be highlighted during my process of recreating my dashboard.


Recreating the Dashboard Walkthrough

 1. Data handling

Press]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/skyla-patterson/recreating-my-dashboard-in-tableau-next</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/skyla-patterson/recreating-my-dashboard-in-tableau-next</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Skyla Patterson</dc:creator><image>https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1515787366009-7cbdd2dc587b?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDE3fHxjcmVhdGV8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkyNjE4ODc0fDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=2000</image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recreating Business Dashboard in Tableau Next]]></title><description><![CDATA[For dashboard week (lite) day 1, I had to rebuild my regional manager dashboard in Tableau Next, and I wanted to know what it could do differently from the Tableau dashboard I’d already made. I had a couple of hours, so I tried to scope carefully. Here's the original:

The plan

I sketched the dashboard in Excalidraw first and kept one main rule to stay manager-focused. So each manager should see only their own region’s performance. Because of the time limit, I decided to skip what I had origina]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/dylan-serino/recreating-business-dashboard-in-tableau-next</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/dylan-serino/recreating-business-dashboard-in-tableau-next</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dylan Serino</dc:creator><image/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tableau to Tableau Next: Dashboard Migration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most of the dashboards I've built during so far have been created in Tableau Desktop, including my SRF DW Infrastructure Projects Dashboard. Emphasizing the importance of drinking water infrastructure--especially for rural and small communities--it tracks the investment in and economic output of drinking water infrastructure projects funded by the Environmental Protection Agency's SRF Program in Maine. (SRF stands for State Revolving Fund, low-interest loans for development projects).

It is a f]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/bianca-beingolea/tableau-to-tableau-next-dashboard-migration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/bianca-beingolea/tableau-to-tableau-next-dashboard-migration</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Bianca Beingolea-Joseph</dc:creator><image>https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1636558286559-f5b676b820a5?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDI4fHxtaWdyYXRpb258ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkyNTk2NTc3fDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=2000</image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dashboard Week Lite Day 1: Tableau Next]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I had the opportunity to build a dashboard in Tableau Next for the first time. Today was also my first time using Tableau Next. I did find the UI to be strangely similar to PowerBI but it still felt like using Tableau desktop.

The goal for today’s dashboard was to re-create one of our business dashboards that we created in Tableau. It seemed simple enough until I started encountering all the fun little idiosyncrasies that come with using this tool. In the following paragraphs I will talk ]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/jalil-cooper/dashboard-week-lite-day-1-tableau-next</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/jalil-cooper/dashboard-week-lite-day-1-tableau-next</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jalil Cooper</dc:creator><image>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/content/images/2026/10/Tableau_next.png</image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step-by-Step Guide: How to Push and Pull onto GitHub!]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you are like me, the steps of pushing and pulling onto GitHub can be very confusing and also very tedious. However, this is for a good reason. When we have such a large codebase, any change we make can drastically change how the code works.

To continue further, we have the following things already established: 

 * You have set up a repository (repo for short) in GitHub
 * You cloned the repo into VSCode or IDE of choice
 * You are able to make changes to the file you selected

Once you have]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/luis/step-by-step-guide-how-to-push-and-pull-onto-github</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/luis/step-by-step-guide-how-to-push-and-pull-onto-github</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Luis Tepoz Vazquez</dc:creator><image>https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1556075798-4825dfaaf498?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fGdpdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTI1NDcwODR8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=2000</image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Git & GitHub: The Beauty of Being Able to Make Mistakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today was my first proper introduction to Git and GitHub, and what fascinated me most wasn't the commands (I'm still trying to make peace with those!), but the philosophy behind version control.

Two things stood out to me.

First, accountability. When multiple people work on the same project, Git keeps a history of who changed what and when. Through GitHub's pull requests, changes can be reviewed and discussed before becoming part of the main codebase. There's something reassuring about knowing]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/hewad-shalamkhel/untitled-302</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/hewad-shalamkhel/untitled-302</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Hewad Shalamkhel</dc:creator><image>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/content/images/2026/10/daniil-komov-bglsBQQwMWA-unsplash.jpg</image></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Does Data Maturity Vary Across Organizations?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is Data Maturity?

Data maturity measures how effectively an organization manages, governs, leveraged data to drive strategic business decisions. Although many frameworks assess this maturity, we can break the journey down into three key stages:

Starting with data → Scaling with data → Leading with data


Starting with Data

Organizations in this beginner phase are in the early stages of architecture planning, marked by loosely defined goals and low data adoption across teams. Small, gener]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/haedam-cho/how-does-data-maturity-vary-across-organizations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/haedam-cho/how-does-data-maturity-vary-across-organizations</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Josh Cho</dc:creator><image>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/content/images/2026/10/what-is-process-improvement-4.jpg</image></item><item><title><![CDATA[DevOps vs. DataOps: What’s the Difference and Which Do You Need as Data Analyst and Engineering Consultant?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is DevOps?

DevOps is short for Development and Operations. Previously, software engineers and IT worked separately, causing confusion, and released products were filled with bugs.

With DevOps, both software engineers and IT work together to ensure everyone is on the same page, resulting in faster development and release of products.

DevOps relies on a CI/CD pipeline, which is used to test software changes before releasing the product.

What is DataOps?

Inspired by DevOps, DataOps follow]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/luis/devops-vs-dataops-whats-the-difference-and-which-do-you-need-as-data-analyst-and-engineering-consultant</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/luis/devops-vs-dataops-whats-the-difference-and-which-do-you-need-as-data-analyst-and-engineering-consultant</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Luis Tepoz Vazquez</dc:creator><image/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Managing Changes on GitHub]]></title><description><![CDATA[GitHub is widely recognized as a platform for open-source development, enabling developers to collaborate, share knowledge, and build upon one another's code. By encouraging collaboration and transparency, GitHub plays an important role in promoting good software development practices and fostering professional growth among developers.


How does GitHub promote good development practices?


Introducing version control

Version control is the process of tracking and managing changes made to files]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/dev-bhatnagar/managing-changes-on-github-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/dev-bhatnagar/managing-changes-on-github-2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dev Bhatnagar</dc:creator><image>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/content/images/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-20-172846.png</image></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Use Filter Actions in Tableau (Step-by-Step Guide)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine there are two dashboards with the exact same data. 

On the first, you select options from endless drop down lists. On the second, you simply click on New York a map and every chart on the screen now shows regional performance. Which dashboard would you choose? 

We want to impress our stakeholders, so we want this level of interactivity on our dashboard.

In Tableau, the filter action is an interactive feature that lets you use data in one chart to filter what appears in another chart o]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/luis/how-to-use-filter-actions-in-tableau-step-by-step-guide</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/luis/how-to-use-filter-actions-in-tableau-step-by-step-guide</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Luis Tepoz Vazquez</dc:creator><image/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Customizing My GitHub Profile]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, we were introduced to GitHub, and I spent some time exploring how I could use it to organize my work and build out my portfolio.

While GitHub is commonly used for storing code and collaborating on projects, I was particularly interested in how I could use it to showcase my work, especially since many of my projects are currently centered around data visualization.


Building Out My Profile

One feature I found particularly interesting was GitHub's special profile repository. By creating ]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/ianah-bantay/customizing-my-github-profile</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/ianah-bantay/customizing-my-github-profile</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Ianah Bantay</dc:creator><image>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/content/images/2026/10/newbanner.png</image></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Importance of Developing Locally]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve had the opportunity to work on data projects solo and on a team, but as I delve deeper into the world of data engineering that more I learn about how methodical and organized team-oriented projects are. In my last blog post I explained how DataOps is a data management system that many data engineering teams deploy to streamline workflows and maintain pristine data pipelines. So, in this piece, I’ll get more specific and explain how data engineers collaborate on projects.


Git

Git is a com]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/jalil-cooper/the-importance-of-developing-locally</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/jalil-cooper/the-importance-of-developing-locally</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jalil Cooper</dc:creator><image>https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1461749280684-dccba630e2f6?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDR8fHNvZnR3YXJlJTIwZGV2fGVufDB8fHx8MTc5MjUzMDg1M3ww&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=2000</image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Friends with Git Villains: Git Rebasing and Merge Conflicts]]></title><description><![CDATA[In honor of spooky season, I’ve decided to write about a few scary topics in version control. Anyone familiar with Git probably knows the dread of the six-letter word: rebase. It’s not often that one word can bring so much fear and dread into the hearts and minds of Git users. The runner-up? Merge conflict. Yikes!

Since Git rebasing and merge conflicts are basically Git’s version of Disney villains, I thought I’d demystify these concepts and share some tips and tricks for dealing with them when]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/xica-felix/making-friends-with-git-villains-git-rebasing-and-merge-conflicts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/xica-felix/making-friends-with-git-villains-git-rebasing-and-merge-conflicts</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Xica Felix</dc:creator><image/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Stage & Commit in Git]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this blog post, we'll be taking a look at one of the most essential parts of version control in GitHub. The article will go over what Staging & Committing is in Git, why it's important, and how to do it when making your own project changes.


What is Staging & Committing?

Imagine you are browsing your favorite online retailer, adding and removing items to your cart. That's essentially what Staging is when version controlling in Git. You're preparing your cart for the final checkout by making]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/haedam-cho/how-to-stage-commit-in-git</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/haedam-cho/how-to-stage-commit-in-git</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Josh Cho</dc:creator><image>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/content/images/2026/10/shopping-carts-icon-with-vegetables-vector-9289641.jpg</image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Auto-Syncing LeetCode Solutions to GitHub with LeetSync]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you have a GitHub profile and are practicing in LeetCode, a great way to show off your LeetCode skills is by uploading your solutions to your GitHub. Many people just copy and paste their solutions into a repo, but what if there was a way to automatically upload your solutions to GitHub?

With a Chrome Extension called LeetSync, you can do just that. Here's how to set it up in a few minutes.


You'll Need

 * A LeetCode account
 * A GitHub account
 * A Chrome browser (for the extension)


Ste]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/dylan-serino/auto-syncing-leetcode-solutions-to-github-with-leetsync</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/dylan-serino/auto-syncing-leetcode-solutions-to-github-with-leetsync</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dylan Serino</dc:creator><image>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/content/images/2026/10/166941924.jpg</image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Automating Data Validation with GitHub Actions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bad data moving downstream is a data team's worst nightmare, and manual checks rarely catch every bad record before it hits production (and shouldn't be asked to). By integrating data validation into GitHub Actions, you transform your repository into an automated safeguard. Every push, dataset update, or pull request automatically triggers a cloud runner to validate your data and value boundaries before anything gets merged.

In this guide, we'll walk step-by-step through setting up a complete, ]]></description><link>https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/bianca-beingolea/automating-data-validation-with-github-actions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/bianca-beingolea/automating-data-validation-with-github-actions</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Bianca Beingolea-Joseph</dc:creator><image>https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1768055105012-4c53791b2877?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDN8fHZhbGlkYXRlfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5MjUyNjI1MXww&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=2000</image></item></channel></rss>