Tableau Desktop I: Fundamentals (2 days)

This course includes a workbook containing key concepts on each topic covered and hands-on activities to reinforce the skills and knowledge attained. It also includes a digital student resources folder containing Tableau workbooks and data sources to support the hands-on activities.

You’ll learn how to:

• Connect to your data.
• Edit and save a data source.
• Understand Tableau terminology.
• Use the Tableau interface / paradigm to effectively create powerful visualisations.
• Create basic calculations including basic arithmetic calculations, custom aggregations and ratios, date math, and quick table calculations.
• Represent your data using the following visualisation types:
  • Cross tabs
  • Geographic maps
  • Heat maps
  • Tree maps
  • Pie charts and bar charts
• Build dashboards to share visualisations.