Desktop I & II: Accelerated
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Course Details
Desktop I & II: Accelerated
Duration: 3 days
Course 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.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Connect to your data.
• Edit and save a data source.
• Understand Tableau terminology.
• Use the Tableau interface / paradigm to effectively create powerful visualizations.
• Create basic calculations including basic arithmetic calculations, custom aggregations and ratios, date math, and quick table calculations.
• 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.
• Combine data from multiple tables in the same data source using joins.
• Make your visualizations perform as well as possible by using the Data Engine, extracts, and efficient connection methods.
• Build better dashboards using techniques for guided analytics, interactive dashboard design, and visual best practices.
• Implement efficiency tips and tricks
Intended Audience:
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.
Course Outline:
• 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