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1 hour
This Tableau Desktop Training course is a jumpstart to getting report writers and analysts with little or no previous knowledge to being productive. It covers everything from connecting to data, through to creating interactive dashboards with a range of visualisations in two days of your time.
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This Tableau Desktop Training course is a jumpstart to getting report writers and analysts with little or no previous knowledge to being productive. It covers everything from connecting to data, through to creating interactive dashboards with a range of visualisations in two days of your time. Having a quick turnaround from starting to use Tableau, to getting real, actionable insights means that you get a swift return on your investment of time and money.
This accelerated approach is key to getting engagement from within your organisation so everyone can immediately see and feel the impact of the data and insights you create. This course is aimed at someone who has not used Tableau in earnest and may be in a functional role, eg. in sales, marketing, finance, operations, business intelligence etc.
MODULE 1: LAUNCH TABLEAU
Check Install & Setup
Why is Visual Analytics Important
MODULE 2: GET FAMILIAR
What is possible
How does Tableau deal with data
Know your way around
How do we format charts
Dashboard Basics – My First Dashboard
MODULE 3: DATA DISCOVERY
Connecting to and setting up data in Tableau
How Do I Explore my Data – Filters & Sorting
How Do I Structure my Data – Groups & Hierarchies, Visual Groups
How Tableau Deals with Dates – Using Discrete and Continuous Dates, Custom Dates
MODULE 4: MAKE CALCULATIONS
How Do I Create Calculated Fields & Why
MODULE 5: MAKE CHARTS
Charts that Compare Multiple Measures – Measure Names and Measure Values, Shared Axis Charts, Dual Axis Charts, Scatter Plots
Showing Relational & Proportional Data – Pie Charts, Donut Charts, Tree Maps
MODULE 6: MAKE TABLES
Creating Tables – Creating Tables, Highlight Tables, Heat Maps
MODULE 7: ADD CONTEXT
Reference Lines and Bands
MODULE 8: MAKE MAPS
Answering Spatial Questions – Mapping, Creating a Choropleth (Filled) Map
MODULE 9: MAKE DASHBOARDS
Using the Dashboard Interface
Dashboard Actions
This training course includes over 25 hands-on exercises and quizzes to help participants “learn by doing” and to assist group discussions around real-life use cases. Each attendee receives a login to our extensive training portal which covers the theory, practical applications and use cases, exercises, solutions and quizzes in both written and video format.
Students must use their own laptop with an active version of Tableau Desktop 2018.2 (or later) pre-installed.
“Excellent Trainer – knows his stuff, has done it all in the real world, not just the class room.”Richard L., Intelliflo
“Tableau is a complicated and powerful tool. After taking this course, I am confident in what I can do, and how it can help improve my work.”Trevor B., Morrison Utility Services
“I would highly recommend this course for Tableau beginners, really easy to follow and keep up with as you are hands on during the course. Trainer really helpful too.”Chelsey H., QVC
“He is a natural trainer, patient and very good at explaining in simple terms. He has an excellent knowledge base of the system and an obvious enthusiasm for Tableau, data analysis and the best way to convey results. We had been having difficulties in the business in building financial reports from a data cube and he had solutions for these which have proved to be very useful.”Matthew H., ISS Group