Tableau Certified Architect Exam Prep Questions

The "Tableau Certified Architect" course is designed to prepare candidates for the Tableau Certified Architect Exam. This comprehensive course covers all key objectives, ensuring that students gain the knowledge and skills necessary to design, deploy, monitor, and maintain robust Tableau Server environments.

Course Highlights:

Domain 1: Design a Tableau Infrastructure (33%):

• Gather Requirements: Evaluate user roles, future growth, and constraints for implementing a complex Tableau deployment.

• Plan and Implement Tableau Cloud: Implement Tableau Bridge, authentication, and automated user provisioning, including SCIM.

• Plan Migrations: Plan migrations for Tableau Cloud to Server, Server to Cloud, Windows to Linux, and identity store transitions.

• Design Process Topology: Specify process counts, node counts, service-to-node relationships, and when to use external services.

• Recommend Configuration: Recommend identity stores, security configurations, hardware, network specifications, and disaster recovery strategies.

Domain 2: Deploy Tableau Server (39%):

• Implement Deployments: Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot Tableau Server processes, including external file stores, repositories, and gateways.

• Configure Authentication: Configure and troubleshoot SAML, Kerberos, OpenID Connect, Mutual SSL, trusted authentication, and LDAP.

• Implement Encryption: Implement SSL, database encryption, extract encryption, and set up service principal names for Kerberos.

• Install on Linux and Windows: Install Tableau Server on Linux and Windows, identify and resolve installation issues, and verify system groups and file system permissions.

Domain 3: Monitor and Maintain a Tableau Deployment (28%):

• Create Administrative Views: Build custom admin dashboards and interpret repository schema and event types.

• Perform Load Testing: Configure and use load testing tools like TabJolt, create test plans, and interpret load test results.

• Resolve Performance Bottlenecks: Troubleshoot performance issues, perform resource analysis, and optimize caching.

• Maintain and Tune Environment: Use Tableau Server Resource Monitoring Tool, analyze logs and metrics, and troubleshoot multi-node connectivity.

• Automate Maintenance: Programmatically manage server resources, recommend script deployment methods, and automate disaster recovery processes.