Exploring Advanced Designer – Spatial Analytics

Tuesday, June 6, 2023, 11am – 12:30 pm MST (Virtual)

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Organizations of every type across the globe are hiring people with data analytics skills to leverage insights from a tsunami of data across all lines of business. Alteryx, the analytics automation company, created the SparkED program to empower learners of all skill levels — across all disciplines and areas of study — to further develop the analytics skills they need to question, understand, and solve with data.

This workshop series is for students and learners who are eager for more advanced Alteryx use cases, and ready to take their skill level beyond the industry-recognized Designer Core certification. Throughout these trainings, Alteryx ACEs (analytics experts and community advocates) will demonstrate advanced data preparation, blending, and analyzing techniques using real-life scenarios. If you’re a fan of technology, thinking creatively, and curious about expanding your data analytics and Designers skillsets to elevate your career options, these sessions are designed for you!

Workshop Topic – Spatial Analytics

Facilitator: Deanna Sanchez – Alteryx ACE | Owner, Nova Geographica, LLC

Facilitator Bio: Alteryx ACE Deanna Sanchez began using Alteryx in 2005, specializing in Spatial and Demographic Analytics.  Her degree in Geography with concentrations in GIS and Medical Geography enables her to consult in numerous verticals and industries.  An advanced Alteryx trainer, she has provided instruction to over 2,500 students worldwide in location intelligence, predictive analytics, Alteryx analytic apps, and more.  Her presentations include the International Medical Geography Symposium, the National Retail Federation Big Show NYC, Geography conferences, and multiple Alteryx Inspires.  Deanna also co-leads the Dallas / Fort Worth Alteryx User Group (7 years, 750+ members) and leads the Dallas Alteryx for Good (AFG) volunteers.  She was greatly honored to receive the AFG Champion Award in 2017 and believes that any amount of volunteering, large and small, creates expanding ripples of good throughout your community.

Workshop Description: Join Alteryx ACE and GIS (Geographical Information Systems) expert Deanna Sanchez for a deep dive into spatial analytics in Alteryx! Deanna will showcase the numerous capabilities of the spatial toolset, including how to import spatial datasets, utilize geographic processes, discover spatial relationships, and perform basic location analytics. An overview of understanding spatial formats and best practices will be provided, and attendees will learn how to find and download free geographic boundary data. A portion of the workshop will be hands on, and a sample dataset will be included. Following the workshop, Deanna will host a Q&A session; this is your opportunity to ask those geographic and spatial questions you have always wondered about!

Workshops will be structured with mixed content, including career awareness where the ACE instructor will provide a brief background about their academic and professional journey. Then we’ll dive into presentation and practical Alteryx Designer application, followed-up with time for Q & A. Tune into other workshops of this Exploring Advanced Designer series (or checkout the recordings on our SparkED Student Discussion Board) where we’ll explore topics such as:

• Macros for GL and TB data sources
• Analytic apps
• APIs
• Connecting to databases
• Iterative macros
• Optimization/dynamic processing
• Predictive
• Workflow governance/controls

For attendees to maximize their participation and engagement in the workshop series, we kindly ask students to have some familiarity with SQL for database connection, and Python or R for APIs.

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Thank you,

Alteryx SparkED & Alteryx ACEs