Resetting Default Filters in Looker. From the user perspective, they will want to land on the dashboard and see the data for the current month (for example). Here's a tip on how to set up a default filter.
Resetting Default Filters in Looker

Resetting Default Filters in Looker. From the user perspective, they will want to land on the dashboard and see the data for the current month (for example). Here's a tip on how to set up a default filter.
This is a list of colours from colors.py for handy reference. Color HEX aliceblue F0F8FF antiquewhite FAEBD7 aqua 00FFFF aquamarine 7FFFD4 azure F0FFFF beige F5F5DC bisque FFE4C4 black 000000 blanchedalmond FFEBCD blue 0000FF blueviolet 8A2BE2 brown A52A2A burlywood DEB887 cadetblue 5F9EA0 chartreuse 7FFF00 chocolate D2691E coral FF7F50 cornflowerblue 6495ED cornsilk FFF8DC crimson DC143C cyan 00FFFF … Continue reading List of Python Colours for handy reference
Be Insights Driven, not Data Driven, and definitely not Tool Driven. Tableau vs Power BI vs Qlik
People are concerned that fracking will cause more earthquakes than expected in their region.
As a follow up to my last post, I thought I’d share more details with you. Midnight As before, I’ll start my day at midnight. I’m reading about motivation and reward, and it’s role on organizational behaviour. If you’re really interested, I’m reading Karabenick and Urdan’s 2010 book, and specifically, it’s chapter on expectancy theory. … Continue reading A Day in the Life of Jen Stirrup: Wednesday 25th July, 2018 #SQLCareer
Useful Data Sources for Demos, Learning and Examples
Techorama is a yearly international technology conference which takes place at Metropolis Antwerp. We welcome about 1500 attendees, a healthy mix between developers, IT Professionals, Data Professionals and SharePoint professionals.
PASS’ first Business Analytics Day, which will be held in Chicago on January 11, 2017. You can choose one of two full-day, in-depth sessions for $595: In-Database Analytics with R and SQL Server 2016 and Mastering Power BI Solutions. These are unique learning opportunities to get more advanced in R or data visualization with Power BI. And as … Continue reading PASS Business Analytics Day, Jan 11, Chicago
CEO of BI Brainz | Author | Global Keynote Speaker | BI Influencer | Trainer | Blogger| BI Executive Advisor *@micoyuk* I am super excited that Mico Yuk is joining us again at PASS BA Conference! Mico Yuk is well known in the Business Intelligence ecosystem as a community leader, BI influencer, controversial blogger, and … Continue reading PASS BA Visual Data Storytelling precon session with Mico Yuk
Here are the slides from my first SQLBits XIV session at the Excel in London, March 2015. I presented with Allan Mitchell on the topic of ElasticSearch and Kibana. I did the Kibana section and talked around the topic of data visualisation, and the slides are here. I whizzed through these first, before giving a … Continue reading My Kibana presentation slide deck from SQLBits
I’m interested in analyzing and visualizing data with R, as you know. Thanks to Jen Underwood, she pointed me at this cool series of widgets, called HTMLWidgets, that allows you to do some interesting visualisations with R. I must admit I haven’t touched JavaScript for years, ever since I helped to build websites for well known entertainment … Continue reading Visualising Data with R: HTMLWidgets for R
Counting is easy, Measuring is Hard! Dashboard Design from Jennifer Stirrup