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What our consultants are working on
We believe that sharing knowledge and expertise is key to driving innovation and growth in the data community. That's why we're excited to share our latest insights, tutorials, and industry trends with you through this blog.
Written by our team of experienced data consultants, these posts aim to solidify their own learning while giving back to the community.
Tue 10 Mar 2026 | Bethany Haysom
Makeover Monday: NYC Pizza Price Dashboard
In a recent Makeover Monday, I decided to use the time to focus on formatting. In this challenge, I created a dashboard looking at prices of pizza slices in New York
Tue 10 Mar 2026 | Britt van der Poel
The Soft Consulting Skills That Drive Real Impact
It's well known that strong communication is a prerequisite for great consulting. Listening, asking the right questions, and presenting confidently and effectively are all foundational to client delivery
Mon 02 Mar 2026 | Fotiana Yan
Parameters in PowerBI
Parameters in PowerBI serve the same function as parameters in Tableau in allowing the user to dynamically change dimensions, measures and variables within reports without changing the underlying data
Fri 06 Mar 2026 | Oscar Kriebel
Straight to the Point: How to Make a Dot Strip Plot in Power BI?
Here at the Data School, we learn how to work with both Tableau and Power BI as business intelligence/data visualization tool. During our 5th week at the Data School, we had to create a dashboard in Power BI as part of our Friday project
Thu 05 Mar 2026 | Holly Andersen
Introduction to Tableau Prep
When learning Tableau, it's tempting to jump in and start analysing a dataset without checking the quality of the data. However, this can lead to consequences down the line when messy data reveals itself and starts causing problems
Mon 09 Mar 2026 | Vaishnavi Shankar
How do schemas bring order to data?
When working with data, structure is important. If all data is stored in one large table, it quickly becomes difficult to understand and manage. Even when there are several datasets, it can still be confusing to understand how the data relates to each other
Mon 09 Mar 2026 | Bethany Haysom
How to get extra time for the Tableau Exam
I recently booked my Tableau Data Analyst exam. As someone with dyslexia, who has often relied on extra time for formal exams, I decided I wanted to see if I could get extra time for this
Mon 09 Mar 2026 | Nicola Huetz
Makeover Monday - 2021/wk21
This Makeover Monday was focused on animals and what percentage of women and men feel capable of beating each animal in an unarmed fight
Mon 09 Mar 2026 | Bethany Haysom
Dashboard Rework Part 2: Concept Sketch
Follow along as I rework the first dashboard I ever built. This week I focused on concept sketching.
Sun 08 Mar 2026 | Adrienne Zhang
How to Create Year-Over-Year KPI Comparisons in Tableau
KPI period-over-period comparisons in Tableau may seem daunting, but once you get the hang of them they’re quite easy to build out!
For this tutorial I am using the Sample Superstore 2025 dataset. You can download the data here if you would like to follow along
Thu 05 Mar 2026 | George Rycroft
Lessons from applying to The Data School...twice.
If you're reading this, you might find yourself in the same situation I was a few months ago. You poured your heart and soul into your first dashboard and final interview but fell just short
Mon 09 Mar 2026 | Maysa Falchero
Learning for the Basic Proficiency in KNIME Analytics Platform Certification
I’ve had some time to focus on a new tool and decided to learn KNIME to achieve the L1-Basic Certification. For those who don't know, KNIME is a free, open-source data analytics platform
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