Tableau Desktop Level 1: Introduction for Experienced IT Professionals
Learning
• Find out how to build effective visualizations and dashboards
• Prepare and clean your data so you can be sure Tableau Desktop is finding answers to your questions – not raising more problems
• Discover how to create advanced visualizations that explain complexity with clarity and style
• Learn how to use data storytelling to aid decision-making and strategy
• Share dashboards and visualizations to cultivate a culture where data is available and valued
Audience
This two-day course is designed for Tableau users with some prior experience with Tableau or similar analytics software such as Power BI. It will help you understand techniques for creating visualizations and combining them in interactive dashboards. This will be a fast-paced class.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students should have experience using Microsoft Excel and Pivot Tables and calculations in Excel are recommended. Use of Windows Operating System is also highly recommended.
Outline
Venturing on to Advanced Visualizations
--Comparing Values
--Visualizing Dates and Times
--Relating Parts of the Data to the Whole
--Visualizing Distributions and Multiple Axes to Compare Different Measures
Diving Deep with Table Calculations
--Quick Table Calculations
--Relative Versus Fixed
--Custom Table Calculations
--Data Densification
Making Visualizations that Look Great and Work Well
--Visualization Considerations
--Leveraging Formatting in Tableau
--Adding Value to Visualizations
Telling a Data Story with Dashboards
--Key Concepts for Dashboards
--Designing Dashboards in Tableau
--Designing for Different Displays and Devices
--How Actions Work
--Stories
Digging Deeper – Trends, Clustering, Distributions and Forecasting
--Trends
--Clustering
--Distributions
--Forecasting
Cleaning and Structuring Messy Data
--Structuring Data for Tableau
--Dealing with Data Structure Issues
--Overview of Advanced Fixes for Data Problems
Introducing Tableau Prep
--Getting Prepped to Explore Tableau Prep
--Understanding the Tableau Prep Builder Interface
--Flowing with the Fundamental Paradigm
Advanced Visualizations, Techniques, Tips, and Tricks
--Advanced Visualizations
--Sheet Swapping and Dynamic Dashboards
--Mapping Techniques
--Using Background Images
--Animation
--Transparency
Sorry! It looks like we haven’t updated our dates for the class you selected yet. There’s a quick way to find out. Contact us at 502.265.3057 or email info@training4it.com
Request a Date