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This two day course is designed to provide you with the skills required to become a Tableau power user, while learning valuable methods of utilizing advanced calculations to solve complex problems.
You will embark on this exciting journey by getting to know the valuable methods of utilizing advanced calculations to solve complex problems. These techniques include creative use of different types of calculations such as row-level, aggregate-level, and more. You will discover how almost any data visualization challenge can be met in Tableau Desktop by getting a proper understanding of the tool’s inner workings and creatively exploring possibilities. You’ll be armed with an arsenal of advanced chart types and techniques to enable you to efficiently and engagingly present information to a variety of audiences through the use of clear, efficient and engaging dashboards. Explanations and examples of efficient and inefficient visualization techniques, well-designed and poorly-designed dashboards, and compromise design options for when Tableau consumers will not embrace the data visualization will build your understanding of best design practices using Tableau Desktop and how to use it efficiently. By the end of the course, you will be equipped with all the information you need to create effective data visualizations and dashboards. In addition, you will learn a great deal about data, data cleansing and data types when using Tableau Desktop.
Category
ID
Duration
Level
Price
Tableau
13471
2 Day(s)
Intermediate
$1,095.00
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: • Understand Tableau’s Data Handling Engine • Understand Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Process Models • Prepare, survey and clean the data • Understand Tableau Prep GUI • Prep and Export Data • Become familiar with Joins and Complex Joins • Understand Data Densification, Cubes and Big Data Be familiar with Joins and Complex Joins • Learn all about Table Calculations including functions Be familiar with Joins and Complex Joins • Improve Popular Visualizations Using Charts Be familiar with Joins and Complex Joins • Become familiar with Mapping Be familiar with Joins and Complex Joins • Use Tableau for Presentations Be familiar with Joins and Complex Joins • Understand Visualizations Best Practices and Dashboard Design • Become familiar with Joins and Complex Joins • Understand Advanced Analytics • Program Tool Integration
1. Getting Up to Speed – A Review of the Basics Creating Worksheets and Dashboards Connecting Tableau to your Data, Tableau Server and Saved Data Sources Measure Names and Measure Values Three Essential Tableau Concepts Exporting Data to Other Devices 2. All About Data – Getting Your Data Ready Understanding Tableau’s Data Handling Engine The Tableau Data Handling Engine and Hyper Takeways Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Process Models CRISP-DM Focus on Data Preparation Surveying and Cleaning the Data 3. Tableau Prep Connecting to Data The Tableau Prep GUI Prepping Data Exporting Data 4. All About Data – Joins, Blends and Data Structures Introduction to Joins and Complex Joins Observing Join Culling Introduction to Join Calculations, Spatial Joins and Unions Understanding Data Blending Order of Operations No Dimensions from a Secondary Source Scaffolding and Data Structure 5. All About Data – Data Densification, Cubes and Big Data Introduction to Data Densification Deployment and Usefulness of Domain Completion Domain Padding Working with Cubes and Understanding the Deprecation of Cubes Tableau and Big Data Addressing Excel’s Row Limitation Massively Parallel Processing Building a Visualization with Google BigQuery 6. Table Calculations A Definition and Two Questions Introduction to Functions Directional and Non-Directional Table Calculations Application of Functions 7. Level of Detail Calculations Building Playgrounds Playground I: FIXED AND EXCLUDE Playground II: INCLUDE Practical Application 8. Beyond the Basic Chart Types Improving Popular Visualizations Custom Background Images Tableau Extensions 9. Mapping Connection to a WMS Server Exploring the TMS File and Mapbox Accessing Different Maps with a Dashboard Creating Custom Polygons Converting Shape Files for Tableau Heatmaps 10. Tableau for Presentations Getting the Best Images out of Tableau From Tableau to PowerPoint Embedding Tableau in PowerPoint Animating Tableau Story Points and Dashboards for Presentations 11. Visualizations Best Practices and Dashboard Design Visualization Design Theory Formatting, Color and Visualization Type Rules Compromises in Design Dashboard Design and Layout Sheet Selection 12. Advanced Analytics Self-Service Analytics Use Case: Self-Service and Geo-Spatial Analytics 13. Improving Performance Performance-Recording Dashboard Advantages of Blending Efficiently Working with Large Data Sources Intelligent Extracts Extract Filter Performance 14. Interacting with Tableau Server Tableau Packaged Data Source Tableau Server Architecture and Approaches to Avoid and Adopt Tableau Server Revision History Tableau Server Settings 15. Programming Tool Integration R Installation and Integration Using R Functions Python Installation and Integration Using Python Functions MATLAB Installation and Integration
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Tableau Desktop Certified Associate
Before attending this course, it is highly recommended that you have attended the following course: • Tableau Fundamentals for Novice Users or • Tableau Fundamentals for Experienced IT Professionals In addition, it is recommended to have at least 6 months experience using Tableau Desktop. You should also have experience using Microsoft Excel; specifically the use of Pivot Tables and calculations would be helpful.
Tableau Intermediate - Beyond The Basics
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