Course Outline
Introduction and Getting Started
Filtering, Sorting & Grouping
- Advanced options for filtering and hiding data.
- Understanding various options for ordering and grouping your data.
- Sort, Groups, Bins, and Sets.
- The interrelation between all options.
Working with Data in Tableau
- Differences between Dimensions and Measures.
- Data types: Discrete versus Continuous.
- Joining database sources.
- Inner, Left, and Right joins.
- Blending different data sources within a single worksheet.
- Working with extracts instead of live connections.
- Addressing data quality problems.
- Metadata and sharing connections.
Calculations on Data and Statistics
- Row-level calculations.
- Aggregate calculations.
- Arithmetic, string, and date calculations.
- Custom aggregations and calculated fields.
- Control-flow calculations.
- Underlying mechanisms.
- Advanced Statistics.
- Working with dates and times.
Table Calculations
- Quick table calculations.
- Scope and direction.
- Addressing and partitioning.
- Advanced table calculations.
Advanced Geographic Techniques
- Building basic maps.
- Geographic fields and map options.
- Customizing a geographic view.
- Web Map Service.
- Visualizing non-geographical data with background images.
- Mapping tips.
- Distance calculations.
Parameters in Tableau
- Creating parameters.
- Using parameters in calculated fields.
- Parameter control options.
- Enhancing analysis and visualizations with parameters.
Building Advanced Chart Visualizations
- Bar chart variations – bullet, bar-in-bar, highlights chart.
- Date and time visualizations, Gantt charts.
- Stacked bars, treemaps, area charts, and pie charts.
- Heat map.
- KPI chart.
- Pareto chart.
- Bullet chart.
Advanced Formatting
- Labels.
- Legends.
- Highlighting.
- Annotations.
Telling a Data Story with Dashboards
- Dashboard framework.
- Filter actions.
- Highlight actions.
- URL actions.
- Cascading filters.
Trends and Forecasting
- Understanding and customizing trend lines.
- Distributions.
- Forecasting.
Integrating Tableau and R for Advanced Data Analytics
- Opportunities to include different data analytics methods in R, upon participant request.
Requirements
- Familiarity with Tableau fundamentals, including data connections and basic visualizations.
- Experience in creating dashboards and worksheets in Tableau.
- Foundational knowledge of data analysis and visualization concepts.
Target Audience
- Data analysts looking to deepen their Tableau expertise.
- Business intelligence professionals working with data visualization.
- Users transitioning from advanced Excel or traditional reporting tools to Tableau.
Testimonials (7)
Great knowledge of the content, good examples, great rapport with the class and very understanding if anyone needed extra help. Willing to stop and go back to explain things again and in a manner in which could be easily understood.
Martina O'Neill - Tech NorthWest Skillnet
Course - Tableau Advanced
Ability to direct the content covered to suit individual needs
Stefan Wroblewski - Tech NorthWest Skillnet
Course - Tableau Advanced
Ability to direct the content covered to suit individual needs
Stefan Wroblewski - Tech NorthWest Skillnet
Course - Tableau Advanced
The number of working examples.
Sharon Clarke - Tech NorthWest Skillnet
Course - Tableau Advanced
The number of working examples.
Sharon Clarke - Tech NorthWest Skillnet
Course - Tableau Advanced
Learning the different ways to present data
Katie Matthews - Quofox GmbH
Course - Tableau Advanced
all the materials and how the trainer teach