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Ultimate Tableau Desktop Course: Beginner to Advanced Bundle
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Ultimate Tableau Desktop Course: Beginner to Advanced Bundle

Master Tableau Desktop and advance your data analysis career with this Beginner to Advanced course
Created bySimon Sez IT
Last updated 10/2022
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What you'll learn

  • What Tableau is and the product suite
  • The Tableau interface and its major functions
  • Which data structures are suitable for Tableau
  • How Tableau reads and categorizes data
  • Connect and manage data sources in Tableau
  • Build a view and different chart types in Tableau
  • Create a dashboard in Tableau
  • Publish and share a workbook
  • Use numeric, string, conditional, and analytical expressions/functions in Tableau
  • Use calculated fields in Tableau
  • Parameters and sample use cases
  • Level of Detail (LOD) expressions
  • Working with groups and sets
  • Use of spatial functions
  • Advanced filters and table calculations
  • How to add interactivity using actions
  • Animating your visualizations
  • Advanced Tableau charts—circular, sunburst, bump, funnel, candlestick, and Sankey charts
  • Building geospatial dashboards and sales dashboards
  • Creating dashboards that utilize radial charts

Course content

7 sections66 lectures11h 25m total length
  • Course Introduction2:09

    Explore Tableau for analytics and business intelligence, from connecting data sources and building views to dashboards, storytelling, and publishing, with hands-on coverage of charts, calculations, and augmented analytics.

  • WATCH ME: Essential Information for a Successful Training Experience2:03

    Watch this video for essential training information, including downloadable exercise files, how to unzip the files, which files to open for each exercise, and how to adjust playback.

  • DOWNLOAD ME: Exercise Files0:23
  • Tableau Introduction2:14

    Explore Tableau, a leading visual analytics platform that translates drag-and-drop actions into data queries, enabling easy connection, blending, and visualization of large datasets for interactive, shareable dashboards.

  • Tableau Product Suite Introduction5:59

    Explore the Tableau product suite, from developer tools like Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep, and Tableau Public to sharing tools such as Tableau Server, Tableau Online, and Tableau Reader.

  • Business Intelligence introduction3:01

    Master business intelligence by collecting, integrating, and analyzing data to create dashboards, reports, and visualizations that drive informed decisions in sales, finance, HR, and beyond with Tableau.

  • Exploring Tableau14:17

    Explore Tableau’s intuitive interface, from the start page to data source connections, canvases, and shelves, and learn how to create and navigate workbooks, charts, dashboards, and stories.

  • Tableau Data Concepts10:43

    Master Tableau concepts by mapping data structure, distinguishing rows and columns, and classifying fields as dimensions or measures. Learn reshaping to tall format and when to use relationships versus joins.

  • Connecting to Data Sources7:27

    Connect Tableau to flat files, databases, and web data connectors, create quality data sources, and use joins, relationships, and custom SQL to prepare data for visualization.

  • Data Sources in Tableau15:13

    Explore Tableau data sources: manage connections on the data source page, choose live or extract modes, and use data interpreter, pivot, rename, and aliases to prepare data for visualization.

  • Tableau Workspace15:16

    Explore the Tableau workspace, data pane, and shelves to create visualizations from data sources. Build hierarchies and calculated fields, create maps and heat maps, and format titles, captions, and cards.

  • Creating a New View16:39

    Create views in Tableau using four methods—drag fields to shelves, double-click fields, use Show Me, or drop fields on canvas—while mastering marks, discrete vs continuous, and tooltips.

  • Using Multiple Data Sources13:17

    Explore how to blend data from multiple sources in Tableau, using primary and secondary data sources, linking fields, and sheet-by-sheet settings, plus how joins and unions affect aggregation and publishing.

  • Exercise 12:41

    Load the food list Excel into tableau and relate category and timesheet by food ID. Create a horizontal bar chart for course and prep times, plus flavor profile tree map.

  • Section Quiz

Requirements

  • Access to Tableau Desktop is beneficial
  • No Tableau or programming experience needed. This course is suitable for all levels

Description

**This course bundle includes downloadable course instructor and exercise files to work with and follow along.**


Conquer Tableau Desktop with this great value 2-course training bundle for beginner to advanced users from Simon Sez IT!


Move at your own pace as you learn how to navigate Tableau, connect to data sources, and create interactive charts and dashboards. We’ll cover everything from understanding business intelligence and basic data concepts to applying your own calculations, expressions, and functions in Tableau.


We will also cover a handful of advanced Tableau topics, starting with a section on parameters and use cases and moving on to Level of Detail (LOD) expressions, spatial functions, advanced filters, and table calculations.


Learn to build sophisticated visualizations and dashboards using Sankey diagrams, geospatial charts, sunburst charts, and circular charts, among others, and even animate your visualizations.


This Tableau bundle is designed for students of all levels and is suitable for those brand new to Tableau or learners transitioning from Excel to Tableau. The advanced section is designed for those who already have a good foundation in Tableau and are seeking to improve their skills.


This is a video-led training course suitable for Windows or Mac users and features Tableau Desktop.


What's included?


Tableau for Beginners

  • What Tableau is and the product suite

  • What business intelligence is

  • The Tableau interface and its major functions

  • Which data structures are suitable for Tableau

  • How Tableau reads and categorizes data

  • Different data concepts and theory

  • How to connect and manage data sources in Tableau

  • How to navigate the Tableau workspace

  • How to build a view and different chart types in Tableau

  • How to create a dashboard in Tableau

  • How to publish and share a workbook

  • How to use calculated fields in Tableau

  • How to use numeric, string, conditional, and analytical expressions/functions in Tableau


Tableau Advanced

  • Parameters and sample use cases

  • Level of Detail (LOD) expressions

  • Working with groups and sets

  • Use of spatial functions

  • Advanced filters

  • Table calculations

  • How to add interactivity using actions

  • Animating your visualizations

  • Advanced Tableau charts—circular, sunburst, bump, funnel, candlestick, and Sankey charts

  • Building geospatial dashboards and sales dashboards

  • Creating dashboards that utilize radial charts.


This course bundle includes:

  1. 11+ hours of video tutorials

  2. 61 individual video lectures

  3. Course and exercise files to follow along

  4. Certificate of completion

Who this course is for:

  • Data Analysts and Data Scientists
  • Anyone looking to turn raw data into meaningful business visualizations using Tableau
  • People who are brand-new to Tableau
  • Users who have a foundation in Tableau and seeking to advance their skills