TDT-B: Tableau Desktop Training (Basic)

MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO TABLEAU

• DISCOVER THE TABLEAU PLATFORM
• LEARN APPLICATION TERMINOLOGY
• IDENTIFY VISUAL CUES FOR FIELDS

MODULE 2: TABLEAU WORKFLOW

• UNDERSTAND THE TABLEAU WORKFLOW
• RECOGNIZE ELEMENTS OF A VISUALIZATION
• GET STARTED IN TABLEAU

MODULE 3: CONNECTION AND DATA SOURCE SETUP

• IDENTIFY TABLEAU FILE TYPES AND EXTENSIONS
• CREATE A LIVE DATA CONNECTION
• SAVE AND EDIT A DATA SOURCE
• MODIFY DATA ATTRIBUTES
• UNDERSTAND CHANGES TO DATA

MODULE 4: DATA SIMPLIFICATION AND SORTING

• FILTER DATA
• CREATE DATE FILTERS
• SORT DATA

MODULE 5: DATA ORGANIZATION

• USE GROUPS
• CREATE AND USE HIERARCHIES

MODULE 6: SPECIFIC VALUES

• CREATE CROSSTABS
• GENERATE GRAND TOTALS, SUBTOTALS, AND CHANGING AGGREGATION
• BUILD HIGHLIGHT TABLES

MODULE 7: DATA BY DATE

• WORK WITH DATES IN TABLEAU
• USE DISCRETE DATE PARTS AND CONTINUOUS DATE VALUES

MODULE 8: MULTIPLE MEASURES IN A VIEW

• MEASURE VALUES AND NAMES
• COMBINE OR SHARE AXIS CHARTS
• CREATE DUAL AXIS CHARTS

MODULE 9: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NUMERICAL VALUES

• SHOW CORRELATIONS AND OUTLIERS WITH SCATTER PLOTS
  CREATE A SCATTER PLOT
• ANALYZE USING THE HIGHLIGHTER
• ANALYZE AN OUTLIER WITH THE DATA GUIDE
• USE THE ANALYTICS PANE
• BUILD TREND LINES AND MODELS
• REFERENCE LINES AND BANDS

MODULE 10: GEOGRAPHIC DATA MAPPING

• MAP IN TABLEAU
• NAVIGATE AND SELECT IN MAPS

MODULE 11: DATA CUSTOMIZATION

• CALCULATE IN TABLEAU
• CHOOSE BETWEEN CALCULATION TYPES
• CREATE AND EDIT CALCULATED FIELDS
• FOLLOW FORMULA EDITOR CONVENTIONS
• IDENTIFY TYPES OF CALCULATED FIELDS
• CONDUCT CALCULATIONS AND AGGREGATIONS
• USE STRING FUNCTIONS
• BUILD SPLITS AND CUSTOM SPLITS
• CONVERT TYPES
• CALCULATE DATES

MODULE 12: QUICK TABLE CALCULATIONS

• DISCOVER TABLE CALCULATIONS
• USE QUICK TABLE CALCULATIONS
• HARNESS RANK TO SHOW BIGGEST TO SMALLEST

MODULE 13: BREAKDOWNS OF THE WHOLE

• GENERATE PIE CHARTS AND PARTS OF THE WHOLE
• CREATE TREE MAPS

MODULE 14: VIEW SHARING

• BUILD DASHBOARDS
• DEMONSTRATE RELATIONS BETWEEN DASHBOARDS AND WORKSHEETS
• GENERATE TILED OR FLOATING OBJECTS
• FORMAT COMPONENTS
• CHANGE DASHBOARD DEVICE LAYOUTS
• CONDUCT DASHBOARD ACTIONS
• PUBLISH YOUR DASHBOARD ONLINE