Description

This unique course combines our popular Desktop I and II courses to ramp you up on Tableau Desktop quickly. You’ll learn the foundational concepts of Tableau and also more complex skills that will distinguish you as a power user.

Take advantage of the flexible class options below. We have this class available as either full days or spread out over 5 half days.

Objectives

Course Objectives

  • Build advanced chart types and visualizations.
  • Build complex calculations to manipulate your data.
  • Use statistical techniques to analyze your data.
  • Use parameters and input controls to give users control over certain values.
  • Implement advanced geographic mapping techniques and use custom images and geocoding to build spatial visualizations of non-geographic data.
  • Prep your data for analysis.
  • Combine data sources using data blending.
  • Make your visualizations perform as well as possible using the Data Engine, extracts, efficient connection methods, and data connection best practices.
  • Build better dashboards using techniques for guided analytics, interactive dashboard design, and visual best practices.
  • Implement efficiency tips and tricks.
  • Target audience

    A fast-paced three day course covering fundamental and intermediate Tableau topics. This course provides comprehensive Tableau training for students who thrive in a swiftly moving class and prefer to come up to speed on new technology quickly. Desktop I & II: Accelerated teaches concepts, techniques, and shortcuts to create Tableau data visualization competency in the shortest amount of time possible.

    1 - Agenda

    • Introduction
    • Connecting to data
    • Simplifying and sorting your data
    • Organizing your data
    • Slicing your data by date
    • Using multiple measures in a view
    • Showing the relationship between numerical values
    • Viewing specific values
    • Working with single data sources
    • Using multiple data sources
    • Customizing your data
    • Using calculations in Tableau
    • Analyzing data with quick table calculations
    • Advanced table calculations
    • Highlighting data with reference lines
    • Creating and using parameters
    • Mapping data geographically
    • Showing breakdowns of the whole
    • Comparing measures against a goal
    • Defining subsets of your data
    • Viewing distributions
    • Statistics and forecasting
    • Making your views available
    There are no prerequisites for this course.
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