
Let us start by understanding the course content, various sections and the outcomes
For me, Tableau is a canvas for drawing anything you want, and thus, we can combine data manipulation and Tableau to produce some amazing output. What is more interesting, is that we can produce a template to allow our work to be reused
Before we get started, let us look at some Tableau Dashboard that is built using our Template and explore the functionality available
While we will be creating an interesting Tableau Dashboard, it is not just about going through motions, but about learning various techniques, so, please keep the following in mind.
In this section, we will explore some of the basic techniques, and start the incremental process of developing our Bespoke Tableau Template
To start off with, we need to start thinking about how much to work will happen in our data set, versus the amount of work in Tableau, so let us have another look at our end product
In this lesson, we are going to go through the basics of data densification, and how we can draw in Tableau, once we understand the basics, we can then start planning our drawings in Tableau
In this lesson, we are going to start building our Data Set in Excel, we will discuss what columns we will require
In this lesson, we are going to develop our Tableau Workbook based on our Data Set, we will be leveraging several different techniques, applying our knowledge of Data Densification and drawing to get our desired result
In this section, we explored some of the basic techniques, and start the incremental process of developing our Bespoke Tableau Template
In this section, we will enhance our Template to add the links between the items, as well as some other additional features, to do this, we will be enhancing both our Data Set as well as Tableau Workbook
In this lesson, we will enhance our Template to add the links between the items
In this lesson, we will enhance our links to add a curved effect, we will basically be leveraging the sigmoid function, a personal favourite, so lets have some really fun
In this lesson, we will enhance our Template to add a colors to our Items
In this lesson, we will enhance our Template to allow for various attributes, as we are drawing, these will be mainly for search functionality or Tooltips
In this lesson, we will enhance our Template to allow for the user to specify related items, this will allow the user to click on an item and highlight various related items
In this section, we enhanced our Template to add the links between the items, as well as some other additional features, to do this, we will be enhanced both our Data Set as well as Tableau Workbook
In this section, we will be using our Template to Create a very nice and nifty Data Visualisation in Tableau
In this lesson, we will look at our data visualisation, think about how to apply our Template, as well as some other nice little items that we will be adding
In this lesson, we will look at our Data Set, yes, it has been prepared ahead of time, but you can see that all the elements are still there
In this lesson, we will modify our Template to add shapes, we will leverage some tricks in Tableau to get our desired effects, so I hope you pick up a few things
In this lesson, we will compile our Tableau Dashboard, truth be told, this is where we can get creative, especially as this is a Single Worksheet
In this section, we used our Template to Create a very nice and nifty Data Visualisation in Tableau
Where there is a beginning there is an end, and I am thankful that you have made it this far, and hopefully, you have learned a lot from this course. We are going to review the entire course and talk about our journey
Given you have come all this way and completed the course, you will understand more about creating Bespoke Templates for Tableau, and hopefully, this will encourage you to create more, and more importantly, spark off your imagination
While I have trained thousands of people in person, I hope that you have enjoyed it and I do hope that you stay connected and let me know about your progress.
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, we are going to go through all the steps to create a Bespoke Tableau in Tableau. It is not just about building the reusable Template for Advanced Data Visualisations, however interesting that may be, but it is more about learning my method (and the small details) for creating such a Template; these lessons are universal and can open the doors for you to build Templates for any data visualisation you can imagine.
Some of the most attractive data visualisations on Tableau Public, especially those with a serious wow effect, have made use of templates developed by others, so why not learn how to develop your own.
Topics:
Using Data Densification (Path, Index and Table Calculations) for drawing in Tableau
Developing a Bespoke Template for Custom Tableau Data Visualisations
Applying your Template (Champions League 2021 Knockout Data Visualisation)
Note: This is not a course on learning the fundamentals of Tableau, but rather how you apply your skills in Tableau, you should have a working knowledge of Tableau prior to attending this course.