Tableau | A Quick Start Guide

Description

In this course, you will :

• This course is intended to serve as a springboard for students interested in learning the fundamentals of Tableau.
• In a nutshell, it's a quick start guide to getting you up and running in Tableau in a fun and engaging way.:).
• Tableau fundamentals, common visualisations, basic formulas, dashboards, and other topics are covered.

Syllabus :

1. Tableau Intro - Getting Off the Ground

• What is Tableau
• Downloading Tableau
• Please Download The Practice File
• Connecting to Tableau
• A Walkthrough of Tableau's Interface
• Building Our First Chart (AKA Visualization)
• Intro to Chart Formatting
• Using the Show Me Icon and Marks Card
• Sorting in Tableau
• Using the Filter in Tableau
• Highlighting
• Understanding Timeseries in Tableau [Hint - it's paramount]
• Discrete vs Continuous
• Are you enjoying the class?

 

2. Let's Do Some Math Calculations in Tableau

• Changing Measures
• Quick Table Calculations
• Running Totals
• The Difference Calculation
• Some Additional Resources

 

3. All things visual

• Bar Charts
• Line Graphs
• Dual Axis Chart
• Dual Axis Combo Chart
• Treemaps
• Heatmaps and Highlight Tables
• Sparklines
• Creating Geographic Maps

 

4. Dashboards and Storylines

• Intro to Dashboards
• Dashboard Actions
• Creating a Storyline

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