Desktop I & II: Accelerated

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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