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Tableau: Mystery to Mastery I (Beginner - Pacific Time)


About This Class

Tableau: Mystery to Mastery I is a fast-paced workshop which incorporates the best of the following Tableau classes; Tableau Desktop I and Desktop II. This course will build a foundational understanding of how Tableau Desktop works and is great for people with little to moderate experience in the tool.

In this 16-hour class, we’ll cover connecting to data, building dashboards, and visual customization - all the essentials to get you comfortable with using Tableau day-to-day.

How is the class structured?

This class is broken into four, 4-hour sessions.

  • Day One, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm (Pacific Time)

  • Day Two, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm (Pacific Time)

  • Day Three, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm (Pacific Time)

  • Day Four, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm (Pacific Time)

Where will this be hosted?

Meeting links will be sent upon registration.

What will you get?

  • A 200+ Page Digital Manual

  • Data files to revisit concepts

Class Agenda

Day One: Monday

1. Understand the Products

Tableau Product Line

Tableau Desktop File Types

Order of Operations

2. Setting Up Data for Success

Connecting to Data Sources

Dimensions and Measures

Vocabulary

Editing Metadata

Transforming Data

3. Building Basic Visuals

Bar Charts

Scatterplots

Pie Charts

4. Customizing Visuals

Sorting

Filtering

Grouping

Hierarchies

Day Two: Tuesday

5. Dates

Date Values

Date Parts

Line Graphs

Customizing Dates

6. Calculations

Math Calculations

Aggregation Calculations

Logic Calculations

String Calculations

Date Calculations

7. Table Calculations

Percent of Total

Percent Difference

Day Three: Wednesday

8. Viewing Specific Values

Text Tables and Totals

Highlight Tables

9. Dealing with Messy Data

Common Formatting Issues

10. Working with Multiple Tables of Data

Joins

Cross-Database Joins

Unions

11. Multiple Measure Visuals

Stacked Bar Charts

Bar in Bar Charts

Dual Axis Charts

Day Four: Thursday

12. Progress Toward a Goal

Reference Lines

Percent Achievement Calculations

Missed Goal Bullet Points

13. Geographic Mapping

Filled Maps

Symbol Maps

Shapefiles

Custom Geocoding

14. Dashboard Design

Design Sprint Process

Compiling a Dashboard

Dashboard Objects

Applying Dashboard Filters

Customizing Worksheet Titles

Design Best Practices

Sharing Options

Requirements

  • A Laptop

  • Tableau Desktop Professional 2020.1 or Later

  • Second Monitor (if possible)

Eric Parker

Eric has been teaching Tableau and Alteryx since 2014. He teaches all of Tableau’s Desktop classes and has helped thousands of students solve their most pressing problems.