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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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How to Integrate Tableau Into Salesforce

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

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The Women of DataDrive - Kirsten Hoogenakker

Kirsten Hoogenakker Kirsten Hoogenakker is one of DataDrive’s latest and greatest Analytics...

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The Women of DataDrive - Mahzabin Khan

Mahzabin Khan Mahzabin has been with DataDrive as an Analytics Consultant for six months....

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The Women of Data Drive Bree Linville

The Women of DataDrive- Bree Linville

Bree Linville I love Legos. Growing up, I convinced my younger brothers to share a room so we could...

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Einstein Salesforce Analytics Consultant Certification

A Guide to the Salesforce Einstein Analytics Consultant Certification

*Updated Aug 11, 2021 Are you considering getting a Salesforce Certified Einstein Analytics (now...

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Human Centered Data™. This is the way.

Always put people at the heart of your analytics efforts. One of my favorite things about our team...

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A Basic Guide to Logistic Regression

You have a great understanding of linear regression, but you have been baffled with a dataset which...

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6 Questions to Help You Answer: Should I Go into Analytics Consulting?

Whether you're just starting out in the analytics field or are considering a change, it can be...

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Snowflake ELT Automation

Recently, I was assisting an analytics team with implementing a Snowflake cloud data warehouse....

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Monday Makeover | Tableau Design Tips for a Cleaner Visualization

On April 30th, 2017 I published my very first Makeover Monday visualization to Tableau Public. It...

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How to Get the Most Out of Your Snowflake Trial Part One

In most cases, a trial period is a great way to get introduced to a new tool and evaluate if its...

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Regression, RServe & Tableau/Prep : Visualizing Model Performance

So you acquired all this of this awesome data and you’re asked to build a model to predict an...

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Tableau Escape Room: Save the Christmas Cheer

Play Escape Room Here Twas’ the night before Christmas and all through Tableau, not a data...

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Using Salesforce’s Einstein AI with Tableau

With the Salesforce acquisition of Tableau, a popular question is - how can Einstein’s powerful...

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WOW2020 #49 Tutorial: Can you toggle between AND & OR filtering logic?

Analytics Consultant Sam Epley walks us through how he completed his week 49 challenge over at the...

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Getting Started with TabPy and Rserve in Tableau Prep

With the proliferation of data analysis tools out there, and the growing ability to use them in...

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Tutorial: Build a Clean Annotation Layer for use in Tableau

Leading up to the 2020 NBA Draft, I shared a Tableau Public visualization called NBA Draft Gems,...

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Tutorial: Building a Presidential Election Dashboard in Tableau

One week remains before Election Day in the United States. That means that one of the most...

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Parameter Use: Zoom In/Out on Chart

Have you ever had the need to zoom in and zoom out on a chart? Have you needed to be able to see...

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Hex Maps for Tableau: US, Territories, & Canada

Web maps are tricky. Let's say you are using a dataset to compare sales across states and provinces...

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Top 5 Features of Tableau v2020.1

Tableau’s latest quarterly release in Q1 2020 was jam packed with amazing features that have...

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How to Make Working With Dashboard Containers EASY

Once upon a time, every great dashboard I built used floating objects for almost everything. It was...

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Onboarding at DataDrive During COVID-19

During the COVID-19 outbreak, I changed careers and joined DataDrive. My onboarding process was...

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How to Create Colorblind Friendly Dashboards

I recently sat in on a user acceptance testing (UAT) meeting. We are in the final stages of UAT and...

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