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Our take on all things data.

Data Science Explained: Random Forests

With data science and analytics now at the forefront of many industries, there’s a good chance you may have heard the word “trees” or “forests” in your analytics conversations. With this blog, we’re going to be diving into the random forest and how...

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DataDrive is Tableau's 2021 Rising Star Partner of the Year

DataDrive is Tableau's 2021 Rising Star Partner

DataDrive is honored to be recognized as Tableau’s 2021 ‘Rising Star’ Partner of the Year. Tableau...

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PL 300 Exam Prep

How to Get Certified as a Power BI Data Analyst: Exam PL-300 Guide

Editor’s Note: This blog was originally published on Sep 29, 2021 and has been updated to reflect...

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Breaking Down Data Silos

Breaking Down Data Silos with Relationship Modeling in Power BI

A common issue many analysts face throughout their career is breaking down data silos to bring...

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The Basics of Supply Chain Analytics

Supply Chain has become the term of the year thanks to the recent spotlight it’s been given during...

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Highlighting Top Features of Matillion

5 Useful Features of Matillion

Matillion Makes My Life Easier Matillion is one of my favorite ETL tools that I have discovered in...

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Power BI for Beginners- Jeremy Anderson

Power BI for Beginners | 5 Tips to Get Started

In this blog post, intended for new Power BI developers, I identify some easy-to-use features that...

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Tableau CRM + Salesforce Lightning Reports & Dashboards

With today's fast-evolving Salesforce product suite, we often get asked a lot of questions from...

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Working with JSON in Snowflake Tommy Ranney

Working with JSON in Snowflake

Snowflake has made working with semi-structured data a cinch! In this blog, I’ll walk through how...

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Snowflake Cost Calculator | Estimate Snowflake Monthly Cost

One of the main questions that I get asked when a client is considering moving their data warehouse...

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Break down of 4 favorite features of dataiku

My Four Favorite Features of Dataiku

If you’ve been watching the enterprise data science space over the past few years, you’ve probably...

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How I passed the DA-100 Exam and became a microsoft certified data analyst associate and how you can too

Microsoft DA-100 Exam & Data Analyst Associate Certificate

My name is Jeremy and I am an Analytics Consultant with DataDrive. I recently passed the Microsoft...

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Data science in music and entertainment

Data Science in the Music and Entertainment Industry

As an aspiring musician and data scientist, I have always wanted to see how the two worlds collide....

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Top 5 tips to ace the Tableau Desktop Specialist Exam

Top Five Tips to Ace the Tableau Desktop Specialist Exam

I recently took and passed the Tableau Desktop Specialist exam. In this blog post, I’ll walk...

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Jeff Plattner Tableau Dashboard Templates

Start Saving Time with this Tableau Dashboard Templates Workbook

A couple of weeks ago, I published a Tableau Public workbook called Tableau Dashboard Layout...

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Tutorial: Dynamically Changing SQL Queries Utilizing Alteryx Analytic Apps

Dynamically Change SQL Queries Using Alteryx Analytic Apps

As analysts, we frequently find ourselves being asked to do basic data pulls from databases...

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How to Promote Ethics in Data Science and Analytics

Data science and analytics fall in an exciting intersection of math and science. The pattern...

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Data Science in Retail Part One

As technology has made data increasingly accessible, data science continues to transform and shape...

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Education in the Cloud- Why School Districts Should Make the Leap to a Cloud-Based Data Platform

5 Reasons Why School Districts Should Invest in the Cloud

IT infrastructure is often a top priority for school districts. There are many dependencies on web...

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data science for nonprofits

How Data Science is Being Used in Nonprofits

As technology has made data increasingly accessible, data science continues to transform and shape...

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DataDrive is a Tableau Premier Partner

DataDrive Celebrates Tableau Premier Partner Status

DataDrive is celebrating being named a Tableau Premier Services Partner! A Tableau Premier Partner...

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DataDrive 2021 Best Places To Work

DataDrive Recognized with 2021 Best Places to Work Title

I am excited to announce that DataDrive has been recognized as a 2021 Best Places to Work by the...

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data science in healthcare

How Data Science Is Being Used In Healthcare

As technology has made data increasingly accessible, data science continues to transform and shape...

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Custom Containers

How To Make Custom Containers For Your Tableau Dashboard

Ever wonder how people make those awesome-looking Tableau dashboards with rounded edges and a drop...

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How to Integrate Tableau Into Salesforce

Ever since Salesforce acquired Tableau and Salesforce's Einstein Analytics was rebranded to Tableau...

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