This is a Tableau user beginners course; it is intended for anyone who is looking to work with data and is designed to help you use the main functions in Tableau.

During the course you will be able to:

  • Connect to your data.
  • Edit and save a data source.
  • Understand Tableau terminology.
  • Use the Tableau interface / paradigm to effectively create powerful visualizations.
  • Create basic calculations including basic arithmetic calculations, custom aggregations and ratios, date math, and quick table calculations.
  • Represent your data using the following visualization types:
    • Cross tabs
    • Geographic maps
    • Heat maps
    • Tree maps
    • Pie charts and bar charts
    • Dual axis and combined charts with different mark types
    • Highlight Tables
    • Scatter Plots
  • Build dashboards to share visualizations.

 Course Outline

  • Introduction
  • Connecting to data
  • Simplifying and sorting your data
  • Organizing your data
  • Slicing your data by date
  • Using multiple measures in a view
  • Showing the relationship between numerical values
  • Mapping data geographically
  • Viewing specific values
  • Customizing your data
  • Analyzing data with quick table calculations
  • Showing breakdowns of the whole
  • Highlighting data with reference lines
  • Making your views available