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Tableau Course Contents
Pre requisites:
Basic conceptual knowledge of RDBMS & SQL.
Basic Programming knowledge
Course Contents:
1.Introduction and Overview
Why Tableau? Why Visualization?
Level Setting – Terminology
Getting Started – creating some powerful visualizat
ions quickly
The Tableau Product Line
VizSQL concept of Tableau
2.Tableau Environment
File types in Tableau
Tableau Workspace
Workbooks & Worksheets
Creating Data Views
3.Data Sources
Writing Custom Queries
Editing of connections
Joining Tables – Exploring different types of join
s supported in Tableau
4.Creating Hierarchies
Date Hierarchies
Dimension Hierarchy
Dynamic Hierarchy
Hierarchy drill options
5.Creating Calculated Fields
Writing Expressions
Using built-in Functions
i.Case
ii.Char
iii.Contains
iv.Conditional Functions such as IIF, CountIF, etc.
Special Tableau Functions such as Rank, Dense_Rank,
Last, First, Runnig_Sum, etc.
6.Creating Parameters
Simple parameters
Cascaded Parameters
Using Parameters in Calculations
Parameter Controls
7.Actions
Filter Actions
Highlight Action
URL Actions
Running Actions
8.Pivoting with Data Source
Exploring Column & Row properties of Pivot
9.Sorting Data
Single Column sorting
Multi Column Sorting
Field or member sorting
Computed Sorting
10.Filtering Data
Retrieving rows on some business condition.
Exploring all Filter Operators
Filter a Single Worksheet.
Filter Selected Work Sheets
Filtering Large Dimensions
Data Source Filter
Context Filter
Calculation Filters
11.Creating totals & Sub totals
Single Level sub totals
Multi-Level Sub totals
Different types of aggregation supported in sub tot
als.
12.Custom Aggregations
Customizing Grand Totals
Level of Detail Expression
13.Creating Sets
Constant Sets
Computed Sets
TopN Sets
14.Creating Groups
Adhoc Groups
Creating Groups using Calculated Fields
Editing Groups
Include an Other Group
Find members of Group
15.Creating Bins
Creating Variable Sized Bins
Creating Discrete Bins
Create a Histogram
16.Data Blending
Difference between Joining and Blending
Adding a Secondary Connection
Working with Multiple Connections
Defining Relationships
Data Blending with Summarized Data
17.Creating charts
Pie chart
Column chart
Bar chart
Area chart
Bullet Chart
Adding Trend Lines
Building a Heat Map
Heat Map – Size Encoded
Heat Map – Shape & Size Encoded
18.Formatting
Worksheet level formatting
Formatting specific parts of View
Copying & Pasting Formatting
Format Color
Clearing Formatting
Workbook Themes
Resizing the table
Miscellaneous Table Options
19.Maps
Explore data in Maps
Turn off Pan & Zoom
Measure Distance in Maps with the Radial Tool
Filled Maps
Assigning Geographic Role
Custom Geo coding
Background Maps
20.Creating Dashboards
Organizing Dashboards
Tiled & Floating Layouts
Layout Containers
Showing & Hiding parts of Workbook
Rearranging Dashboard Views & Objects
Setting the Dashboard Size
21.Publishing & Sharing
Publishing to Tableau Server
Saving your work
Reverting Workbooks
Exporting your work
Exporting the Data Source
Copying Information between Workbooks