Tableau Essential Training (2020.1)

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Overview

Learn what you need to know to analyze and display data using Tableau 2020. Discover how to leverage the software to make smarter, more data-driven decisions.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Apply the power of Tableau 2020 to your data
  • What you should know before starting
1. Introducing Tableau
  • Download Tableau
  • Install Tableau drivers
  • Introduce Tableau file types
  • Get help in Tableau
  • Discover what’s new in Tableau 2020
2. Managing Data Sources and Visualizations
  • Connect to a data source
  • Join related data sources in 2020.1 and 2020.2
  • Join data sources with inconsistent field names in 2020.1 and 2020.2
  • Clean up source data
  • Reorder fields in a visualization
  • Change the summary operation
  • Split text into multiple columns
  • Present data using storylines
  • Display source metadata
3. Managing Tableau Worksheets and Workbooks
  • Display the data underlying a workbook
  • Add, duplicate, and rename worksheets
  • Reorder, clear, and delete worksheets
  • Change a worksheet’s tab color
  • Show or hide worksheet elements
  • Save your changes
  • Save your workbook as a PDF file
  • Create a packaged workbook
  • Export data to a CSV file
  • Export visualizations to PowerPoint
4. Creating Custom Calculations and Fields
  • Present Tableau operators and built-in functions
  • Create a calculated field
  • Create a calculated field on a shelf
  • Add a table calculation
  • Use level of detail expressions
  • Create calculations in dialog boxes
5. Analyzing Data
  • Calculate averages, medians, minimums, and maximums
  • Count occurrences and distinct items
  • Display the Summary Card
  • Calculate percentages within a table
  • Forecast future values
6. Sorting and Filtering Tableau Data
  • Sort based on a field’s values
  • Create a multilevel sort
  • Create a selection filter
  • Create a wildcard filter
  • Create a condition filter
  • Create a top filter
  • Edit, clear, and delete filters
  • Show or hide sorting controls
  • Filter data using parameters
  • Edit and delete parameters
7. Defining Groups and Sets
  • Define a group
  • Define a group for Other values
  • Find members of a group
  • Edit and delete groups
  • Define a set
  • Create summaries using sets
  • Combine sets
  • Edit and delete sets
8. Creating and Pivoting Crosstabs
  • Create a crosstab
  • Unpivot a crosstab
  • Add totals and subtotals to a crosstab
9. Creating Basic Visualizations
  • Create column and stacked column charts
  • Create line charts and area fill charts
  • Create pie charts
  • Create scatter plots
  • Identify data clusters
  • Create histograms
  • Summarize data using a smart histogram
  • Create a treemap
10. Formatting Tableau Visualizations
  • Change the visual summary type
  • Change the appearance of your data
  • Resize a visualization
  • Display a visualization in presentation mode
  • Create a highlight table
  • Display a visualization in a tooltip
11. Annotating and Formatting Visualizations
  • Annotate a visualization
  • Format chart elements
  • Change the color sequence in charts
  • Add a trend line to a chart
  • Add reference lines, distributions, and boxes
  • Manage visualization animations
12. Mapping Geographic Data
  • Create a basic map
  • Add and remove map layers
  • Enhance map analysis using distance measurement tools
  • Disable pan and zoom in maps
  • Define custom regions
13. Creating Dashboards and Actions
  • Create a dashboard
  • Arrange and resize dashboard elements
  • Replace a worksheet in a dashboard quickly
  • Define a filter action
  • Define a highlight action
  • Define parameter actions
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Curt Frye