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
Access to course recordings for 2 weeks
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.