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Published inOct 2021
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Patrick Sarsfield
Patrick Sarsfield
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Patrick Sarsfield

Patrick Sarsfield is a senior data visualization consultant at Lovelytics. He is a Tableau Certified Associate Consultant, was a Tableau Public Featured Author in 2020, and is a multiple-time Tableau “Viz of the Day” winner.
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Brandi Locker
Brandi Locker
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Brandi Locker

Brandi Locker is a senior exploratory analytics consultant at Allstate Insurance Company. She is a certified Tableau Desktop Specialist and co-leads the North Texas Tableau User Group.
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Where to find data for personal projects

One of the most challenging aspects of getting started when building a Tableau Public portfolio is finding data to use in your analysis. The good news is that there is a wealth of data out there – you just have to know where to look.

The following are some of our favorite places to find data sources:

  • Community data initiatives: Initiatives such as #RWFD, as discussed in the previous section.
  • data.world: Create a free community account to access 100,000+ open datasets.
  • kaggle.com: Create a free account to access open datasets in a variety of formats.
  • Wikipedia: Use this site to compile data sources or find tables of existing data. Note that tables of data copied from a web browser and pasted into a spreadsheet may contain hidden characters and present formatting and cleanup challenges.
  • catalog.data.gov: An extensive catalog of open data available in multiple formats from the US government.
  • data.census.gov...
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Published in: Oct 2021Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801071130

Authors (2)

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Patrick Sarsfield

Patrick Sarsfield is a senior data visualization consultant at Lovelytics. He is a Tableau Certified Associate Consultant, was a Tableau Public Featured Author in 2020, and is a multiple-time Tableau “Viz of the Day” winner.
Read more about Patrick Sarsfield

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Brandi Locker

Brandi Locker is a senior exploratory analytics consultant at Allstate Insurance Company. She is a certified Tableau Desktop Specialist and co-leads the North Texas Tableau User Group.
Read more about Brandi Locker