Course Outlines:

Introduction to Tableau

Connecting to Data

• How to connect to data
• Different connection types
• Tableau’s Meta Data – Saved Data Sources
• Live vs. Extract

Working with Data

• Filters
• Sorts
• Groups
• Hierarchies
• Sets

Dates in Tableau

• Discrete Dates
• Continuous Dates
• Continuous Custom Dates

Measure Names and Measure Values

• Combined Axis
• Combined Axis with Stacked Marks

Build Visualizations

• Geographic Mapping
• Dual Axis Chart
• Highlight Table
• Histogram and Bins
• Tree Maps
• Motion Chart

Building Custom Calculations

• Why Calculations
• What kinds of Calculations
• Where Calculations Occur
• How do Calculations

Statistical Visual Analysis

• Reference Lines / Bands / Distributions
• Trend Lines
• Forecasting

Parameters

• Parameters
• Applications of Parameters
• Use a Parameter

Building Advanced Visualizations

• Bar in Bar
• Bullet Graph
• Nested Top N with Context
• Nested Top N with Index – Simple Example
• Nested Top N with Index – Complex Example

Building a Dashboard in Tableau

• KPI (Key Performance Indicator)
• Dashboard
• Building a Dashboard in Tableau
• Types of Actions
• Options to Run Action On
• Sales Dashboard
• Interactive Dashboard
• Summary Dashboard
• KPI Dashboard