What You Will Learn

Tableau Desktop is often referred to as the Gold Standard for Data Visualization, Data Discovery and Self-Service Data Analytics, and caters for all users from IT Practitioners, to Data Scientists, to Data Consumers. In this course, I am going to give you a Quick Introduction to Tableau Desktop.

  • No experience required

  • A desire to learn Tableau

  • The ability to install software on your computer

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome

    • Business Intelligence

    • Tableau Products

    • Course Requirements

    • Focus on Learning
  • 2

    Building Worksheets

    • Connecting to Data

    • The Tableau Workspace

    • Building your FIRST Worksheet

    • Reviewing your FIRST Worksheet

    • Shelves and Marks

    • Dimension vs Measures, Discrete vs Continuous

    • Exploring Data with Tableau
  • 3

    Calculated Fields

    • Creating Calculated Fields

    • Tableau Data Types

    • Functions

    • Table Calculations

    • Exploring Parameters
  • 4

    Assembling Dashboards

    • Creating a Dashboard

    • Dashboard Objects

    • Dashboard Layouts

    • Dashboard Filters

    • Dashboard Actions

    • Creating a Story
  • 5

    Additional Features

    • Hierarchies

    • Groups

    • Alias

    • Analytics Pane

    • User Security

    • Extensions

    • Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
  • 6

    Moving Forward

    • Tableau Public

    • Tableau Training Videos

    • Tableau Documentation

    • Social Media

    • Social Data Initiatives

    • Community Blogs

    • Tableau Certification
  • 7

    Closing the Course

    • Course Review

    • Practice Makes Perfect

    • Thank You