
Overview of the Tableau course and methodology used in delivery of this course.
Introduction To BI, Data Visualization, Tableau & its products;
Tableau Desktop, Tableau Public, Tableau Connections, Interface & Terminologies.
The "Sample - Superstore.xls" file contains the retail store transactional data. This dataset has been used throughout the course to explain various concepts, for hands-on practice, to build various visualizations / charts, to prepare Dashboards and Story.
Hence, learners may download this file to learn and practice Tableau throughout this course and for the assignments as well.
Tableau Files
Publishing to Tableau Public Server
Downloading files from Tableau Public Server
Data Types in Tableau
Dimension Vs Measure
Continuous Vs Discrete Data
Aggregations
Automatic Fields generated by Tableau
Combining data from various data sources using
Joins,
Data Blending &
Union.
Organizing and simplifying data through filters.
Purpose and Types of Filters.
Extract, Data Source, Context, Dimension, Measure, Date, Visual & Interactive filters.
Order of Filters.
Organizing and simplifying data through
Splits
Sorting
Groups
Sets
Hierarchies
Following basic charts are covered:
Bar Charts : Horizontal, Vertical/Column, Stacked Bar, Segmented Bar charts & Side by Side Bar charts
Histogram
Pie Chart
Line & Sparkline Charts
Combination Charts
Text Tables
Heat Map
Tree Map
Following advanced charts are covered:
Box & Whisker Plot
Scatter Plot
Bullet Charts
Pareto
Waterfall
Gantt
Motion Charts
Geographic Maps
Also, "when to use a particular chart?" is discussed.
Calculations
•Calculated Fields (Strings, Numbers, Date, Logical)
•Quick Table Calculations
•Table level calculations
Parameters
Level of Detail (LOD) Expressions : FIXED, INCLUDE & EXCLUDE
Add Reference Lines, Bands & Distributions
Predictive Analytics / Forecasting
Trend Lines and Trend Models
Control Charts
Statistical Summary Card
Instant Analysis
What is a Dashboard?
Preparing a Dashboard
Dashboard Actions
Dashboard Objects
Best Practices for effective Dashboards
What is a Story?
Preparing a Story
Learn "complete Tableau" within 10 hours.
This course covers A-Z of Tableau for Data Visualization, Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Science.
It is intended to make the learners switch from a Beginner to an Expert level, so as to master the Tableau.
This course has been made into 10 sections and covers all the Tableau topics as mentioned below:
1. Introduction to BI & Tableau, Tableau Products, Tableau connections to Data Sources, Interface and Terminologies.
2. Sharing of Tableau work (Publishing the work into Tableau Public Server).
3. Data Types, Dimension Vs Measure, Continuous Vs Discrete Data, Aggregations and Automatic Fields generated by Tableau.
4. Combining data using Joins, Data Blending and Union.
5. Organizing & Simplifying Data (using Filters, Split, Sorting, Groups, Sets and Hierarchy).
6. Basic Charts:
Bar Charts
Histogram
Pie Charts
Line & Sparkline Chart
Combination Charts
Text Tables
Heat Map
Tree Map
7. Advanced Charts:
Box & Whisker Plot
Scatter Plot
Bullet Charts
Pareto Charts
Waterfall Charts
Gantt Charts
Motion Charts
Geographic Maps
8. Advanced Tableau topics [Calculations, Parameters and Level of Detail (LOD) expressions].
9. Analytics using Tableau – Trends, Predictive Analytics / Forecast and Instant Analytics.
10. Creating effective and interactive Dashboards & Story.
The course covers the theoretical aspects of each of the above topics followed by demo on each concept/technique. Also, assignments are included to enable the learner apply various concepts. Finally, quizzes are made available at the end of each section to check the understanding of the learner on various concepts.
Wish you Happy Learning!