Tableau Desktop Fundamentals
Course Duration
2 Days
Audience
Employees of federal, state and local governments; and businesses working with the government.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course. It is suitable for users who work with data regardless of technical or analytical background.
Course Description
Tableau Desktop Fundamentals is a two-day, hands-on course designed for users new to Tableau, who handle and work with data, regardless of their technical or analytical background. This course is designed to help students gain and understanding of the key features and uses of the Tableau toolset in order to move from simple to complex visualizations, and then how to combine them in interactive dashboards. The Tableau Training Series is independent-format training that can be tuned and adjusted to best meet your needs. Our materials are flexible, comprehensive, and are always instructed by a senior instructor with a deep understanding of Tableau and its most current features, benefits and functionality in a wide array of uses. This is not Official Tableau Training.
Learning Objectives
- Connect to and prepare data sources in Tableau Desktop
- Sort, filter, and organize data to simplify and focus views
- Build a range of visualizations including bar charts, maps, scatter plots, and distribution charts
- Slice data by date and work with time-based dimensions
- Apply quick table calculations to analyze trends
- Combine views into interactive dashboards for sharing insights
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
- Viewing Distributions
- Highlighting Data with Reference Lines
- Making Your Views Available