Course Catalog
Introduction to Tableau | Tableau QuickStart (TTDTAB001)
Code: TTDTAB001
Duration: 1 Day
$895 USD

OVERVIEW

Introduction to Tableau / Tableau Quickstart is a one day hands-on, quickstart to Tableau course geared for attendees new to using the tool, or for those who want a refresher of the basics or newer features. Ideal attendees would be beginner Tableau users who want to quickly get up to speed with intermediate level Tableau features and functions. Students will leave this course armed with the required skills to leverage the important concepts and techniques in Tableau to move from simple to complex visualizations. Students will also learn how to combine them in interactive dashboards. Comprehensive hands on exercises are integrated throughout to reinforce learning and develop real competency.

If your team requires different topics or tools, additional skills or different approach, this course may be further adjusted to accommodate. We offer additional Tableau, data handling, database, reporting and other related courses which may be blended with this course for a track that best suits your learning objectives.

DELIVERY FORMAT

This course is available in the following formats:

Virtual Classroom

Duration: 1 Day
Virtual Classroom Fit

Duration: 2 Day

CLASS SCHEDULE
Call 800-798-3901 to enroll in this class!

GOALS

Working within an engaging, hands-on learning environment led by our Tableau expert practitioner, attendees will learn to:

  • Understand Tableau terminology
  • Use the Tableau interface / paradigm to effectively create powerful visualizations
  • Create basic calculations including string manipulation, basic arithmetic calculations, custom aggregations and ratios, date math, logic statements and quick table calculations
  • Use groups, bins, hierarchies, sorts, sets, and filters to create focused and effective visualizations
  • Use Measure Name and Measure Value fields to create visualizations with multiple measures and dimensions.
  • Handle changes in your data source such as field addition, deletion or name changes.
  • Share your visualizations with others.
  • Combine your visualizations into Interactive Dashboards and publish them to the web.

Represent your data using the following visualization types:

  • Cross tabs
  • Heat maps
  • Distribution charts
  • Tree maps
  • Pie charts and bar charts
  • Dual axis and combo charts with different mark types
  • Box plots
  • Highlight tables
  • Scatter plots
OUTLINE

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Simplifying and Sorting Your Data

  • Data Filtering
  • Creating Date Filters
  • Sorting

Organizing Your Data

  • Using Groups
  • Creating and Using Hierarchies

Slicing Your Data by Date

  • Working with Dates in Tableau
  • Using Discrete Date Parts
  • Defining a Fiscal Year
  • Creating Custom Dates

Using Multiple Measures in a View

  • Using Measure Values and Measure Names in a View
  • Combo Charts
  • Combined or Shared Axis Charts
  • Creating Dual Axis Charts

Showing the Relationship between Numerical Values

  • Creating Scatter Plots
  • Using Sets

Viewing Specific Values

  • Creating Heat Maps
  • Creating Crosstabs
  • Creating Highlight Tables
  • Grand Totals, Sub-Totals, and
  • Changing Aggregation

Customizing Your Data

  • Calculation Types
  • Parts of a Calculated Field
  • Options for Creating Calculated Fields
  • Strings, Dates, and Type Conversion Functions
  • Calculations and Aggregations

Analyzing Data with Quick Table Calculations

  • Using Quick Table Calculations

Showing Breakdowns of the Whole

  • Pie Charts and Parts of the Whole
  • Creating Tree Maps

Viewing Distributions

  • Bins and Histograms
  • Box and Whisker Plots

Making Your Views Available

  • Building Dashboards
  • Dashboard Actions
LABS

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This course is about 50% hands-on lab and 50% lecture, with multiple practical exercises designed to reinforce core skills and concepts taught throughout the course.  Students will be led through a series of progressively advanced topics, where each topic consists of lecture, group discussion, hands-on lab exercises, and lab review. This course is “skills-centric”, designed to train attendees in essential Tableau data handling functions and reporting skills, coupling the most current, effective techniques with the soundest practices.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This is an introductory-level Tableau course geared for attendees new to using the tool, or for those who want a refresher of the basics or newer features.  Ideal attendees would be beginner Tableau users who want to quickly get up to speed with intermediate level Tableau features and functions. 

PREREQUISITES

Individuals working with data-regardless of technical or analytical background are a fit for this course.