Course Outline
Introduction and Getting Started
Filtering, Sorting & Grouping
- Advanced options for filtering and hiding data
- Exploring various options for ordering and grouping data
- Sorting, Groups, Bins, and Sets
- The interrelation between these various options
Working with Data in Tableau
- Distinguishing Dimensions from Measures
- Data types: Discrete versus Continuous
- Joining database sources
- Inner, Left, and Right joins
- Blending different data sources within a single worksheet
- Utilizing extracts instead of live connections
- Addressing data quality issues
- Managing metadata and sharing connections
Data Calculations and Statistics
- Row-level calculations
- Aggregate calculations
- Arithmetic, string, and date calculations
- Custom aggregations and calculated fields
- Control-flow calculations
- Understanding underlying processes
- Advanced statistical methods
- Handling dates and times
Table Calculations
- Quick table calculations
- Defining scope and direction
- Addressing and partitioning
- Advanced table calculation techniques
Advanced Geographic Techniques
- Constructing basic maps
- Geographic fields and map configuration options
- Customizing geographic views
- Web Map Service integration
- Visualizing non-geographical data using background images
- Practical mapping tips
- Performing distance calculations
Parameters in Tableau
- Creating parameters
- Incorporating parameters into calculated fields
- Configuring parameter control options
- Enhancing analysis and visualizations using parameters
Building Advanced Chart Visualizations
- Bar chart variations – bullet, bar-in-bar, and highlights charts
- Date and time visualizations, including Gantt charts
- Stacked bars, treemaps, area charts, and pie charts
- Heat maps
- KPI charts
- Pareto charts
- Bullet charts
Advanced Formatting
- Labels
- Legends
- Highlighting techniques
- Annotations
Telling Data Stories with Dashboards
- Dashboard frameworks
- Filter actions
- Highlight actions
- URL actions
- Cascading filters
Trends and Forecasting
- Understanding and customizing trend lines
- Data distributions
- Forecasting techniques
Integrating Tableau and R for Advanced Data Analytics
- Option to include various data analytics methods in R upon participant request
Requirements
- A solid grasp of Tableau fundamentals, including data connections and basic visualizations
- Experience in creating dashboards and worksheets within Tableau
- Familiarity with basic data analysis and data visualization concepts
Audience
- Data analysts aiming to deepen their Tableau expertise
- Business intelligence professionals engaged in data visualization
- Advanced Excel or reporting users transitioning to the Tableau ecosystem
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