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Tableau Desktop ll - Intermediate

Course outline

Duration to discuss

Duration

Two days of live classroom

Audience

This course is designed to provide you with the skills required to become a Tableau power user. It’s made for the professional who has solid working experience with Tableau and wants to take it to the next level. You should have a deep understanding of all the fundamental concepts of building worksheets and dashboards, but may scratch your head when working with more complex issues.

Prerequisites

Tableau Desktop I: Fundamentals and/or equivalent experience.

Course Includes

This course includes a workbook containing key concepts on each topic covered and hands-on activities to reinforce the skills and knowledge attained. It also includes a digital student resources folder containing Tableau workbooks and data sources to support the hands-on activities.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • 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.

Introduction

  • Working with single data sources
  • Using multiple data sources
  • Using calculations in Tableau
  • Advanced table calculations
  • Creating and using parameters
  • Defining subsets of your data
  • Tableau geocoding
  • Viewing distributions
  • Statistics and forecasting
  • Dashboards and stories

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.