Course Outline
Introduction
- Setting up Tableau
- Overview of Tableau Software
- Navigating the Tableau User Interface
Connecting to your data
- Available data connections
- Simplifying and preparing data
- Joining database sources
- Inner, outer, left, and right join
- Blending different data sources in a single worksheet
Working with Data in Tableau
- Using multiple measures in a view
- Showing the relationship between numerical values
- Viewing specific values
- Customizing your data
- Dimension vs. Measure
- Data types, discrete versus continuous, for measure
Creating calculations in Tableau
- Row-level calculations
- Aggregate calculations
- Numeric, string, and date calculations
- Custom aggregations and calculated fields
- Quick table calculations
- Working with dates and times
Analyzing Data with Table Calculations
- Quick table calculations
- Scope and direction
- Addressing and partitioning
Organizing, Filtering, Sorting & Grouping
- Organizing your data
- Slicing your data by date
- Simplifying and sorting your data
- Advanced options for filtering and hiding
- Understanding many options for ordering and grouping your data
- Sort, Groups, Bins, Sets
Parameters in Tableau
- Creating parameters
- Parameters in calculated fields
- Parameter control options
- Enhancing analysis and visualizations with parameters
Building Basic and Advanced Visualizations
- Cross tabs
- Geographic maps, heat maps, and tree maps
- Pie charts and bar charts
- Date and time visualizations
- Stacked bars and area charts
- KPI charts
- Dual axis and combined charts with different mark types
- Highlight tables
- Scatter Plots
Advanced formatting
- Labels
- Legends
- Tooltips
- Highlighting data with reference lines
- Annotations
Telling a Data Story with Dashboards
- Dashboard framework
- Filter actions
- Parameters
- Highlight actions
- URL actions
Trends and Forecasting
- Understanding and customizing trend lines
- Distributions
- Forecasting
Sharing your work
- Publishing the dashboard
- Working with extracts instead of live connections
- Metadata and sharing a connection
Summary and Next Steps:
- Knowledge test and hands-on project at the end of the course
- Helpful resources for further learning
Requirements
Participants are not required to have any prior technical or analytical experience to enroll.
Technical Setup:
No specific system setup is necessary prior to starting.
Target Audience:
This course is ideal for individuals new to Tableau, those seeking to refresh their foundational knowledge, or professionals aiming to deepen their analytical capabilities within the platform.
Testimonials (4)
The joyful atmosphere, the openness of the knowledgeable trainer who offered us a lot of tips and tricks.
Ionut - MOLSONCOORS GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES SRL
Course - From Tableau Beginners to Advanced User
The training was very interactive and the trainer was very patience with us, I really enjoy it.
Laura - MOLSONCOORS GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES SRL
Course - From Tableau Beginners to Advanced User
The trainer was really knowledgeable in tableau and was able to understand the way of work and how to get from one point to another
Marko - MOLSONCOORS GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES SRL
Course - From Tableau Beginners to Advanced User
The energy, knowledge and style of teaching of the trainer
