Data Visualization & Dashboarding, Fundamentals
In this course you will learn to
- Create a simple worksheet
- Create calculated fields
- Format visualizations for best practice presentation
- Work with dates
- Work with maps
- Create dashboards
- Put views together in a story
- Review publishing and sharing
Included in this course
- Hands-on exercises
- Course manual
Suggested attendees
Business analysts. No Tableau experience required.
Course Outline
- Review the Tableau product line
- Understand the value of Tableau
- Review Tableau Desktop, Server, Viewer and Public
- Examine the Tableau Desktop user interface
- Introduce the Tableau Desktop product
- Create a simple worksheet
- Create views via drag and drop
- Use the Marks card to add detail
- Discuss formatting visualizations
- Enhance views with sorting and filtering
- Introduction to calculated fields
- Create calculated fields
- Base calculations of formulas, fields and other calculations
- Format visualizations for best practices
- Use marks
- Explore various visualization types
- Work with dates
- Compare discrete versus continuous dates
- Create views using different date types
- Work with maps
- Display geographical results with map displays
- Customize maps
- Create dashboards
- Add sheets to a dashboard
- Customize dashboards with visualizations and other features
- Putting views together in a story
- Learn how stories can organize and present your results
- Publishing and sharing
- Learn how Tableau Server and Tableau Public can be used to share your results
