Training | Tableau Desktop I: Fundamentals

Training:
Tableau Desktop I Fundamentals

October 30 - October 31 | Brussels | €1.250 pp

Ramp up on Tableau Desktop quickly with our Biztory in-person training sessions.
This course is designed for Tableau beginners—anyone who works with data, regardless of their technical or analytical background. If you’re an author, analyst, designer, data scientist, or admin who’s new to Tableau, start here. This course supports authoring in Tableau Desktop, Tableau Cloud, and Tableau Server.

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Learn how to get answers from data. Easier. Faster.

If you're looking for a better way to get easier, faster answers from data by leveling up your Tableau Desktop skills, this 2-day training is for you. During this extensive training you'll learn how to get the best out of Tableau and how you should approach data-driven storytelling. Join Biztory's leading analytics team and get ready to move from data to actionable insights that move your business forward.

When you complete this course, you will be able to:

Connect to data and edit a data source.
Sort, filter, and group data.
Use the Tableau workspace to create a range of essential and advanced chart types for analysis.
Combine data from multiple tables using joins, unions, and relationships.
Use extracts to improve performance.
Create basic and more advanced calculations, including table calculations, to modify data as needed for analysis.

Use statistical techniques to analyze data.
Use parameters and input controls to support audience analysis.
Build interactive dashboards to reveal data insights, using techniques for guided analytics, interactive dashboard design, and visual best practices.
Describe how to share and publish visualizations.

Prework: How to prepare for this Training?

Prepare for the course with this Trailmix and learn how to connect to your data and navigate the Tableau interface.

Tour the Tableau Environment

Your Biztory Tableau Certified Trainer

Charles Laporte is a senior analytics consultant at Biztory.

Biztory is a European data consultancy helping companies succeed by implementing hassle-free data analytics. By utilizing a modern data stack approach, we help our clients unlock the digital insights needed to run efficient, trustworthy businesses. Our team of experts can support e-commerce organizations with the set up and implementation of integrated insights of end-to-end delivery processes and more.

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Who is this training for?

Business analyst, Data Analyst, End User, Business User

Duration & Price?

In-person: 2 Days - Lunch & drinks included!
Price: €1.250 per person

Location?

Regus Diegem Pegasuslaan, Pegasuslaan 5, 1831 Diegem

When?

October 30 - 31, 2024

Agenda?

To see the full agenda and list of topics that will be covered during this Tableau Desktop I Fundamentals training, scroll down. 👇

Training Agenda & Topics

01. Introduction to Tableau

The Tableau Platform
Application Terminology
Visual Cues for Fields
Getting Started in Tableau
Understanding Permissions in Tableau
Navigating a Tableau Site

02. Setting up connections & data sources

Tableau File Types and Extensions
Creating a Live Data Connection
Saving and Editing a Data Source
Modifying Data Attributes

03. Simplifying and sorting your data

Data Filtering
Creating Date Filters
Nested Sorting and Context Filters
Sorting

04. Organizing your data

Using Groups
Creating and Using Hierarchies

05. Viewing specific values

Creating Crosstabs
Grand Totals, Subtotals, and Changing Aggregation
Creating Highlight Tables

06. Slicing your data by date

Working with Dates in Tableau
Using Discrete Date Parts and Continuous Date Values

07. Using multiple measures in a view

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

08. Showing the relationships between numerical values

Showing Correlations and Outliers with Scatter Plots
Create a Scatter Plot
Analyze Using the Highlighter
Analyze an Outlier Using Explain Data
Using the Analytics Pane
Trend Lines and Trend Model
Reference Lines and Bands

09. Data connection options

Data Connections Page
Physical and Logical Layers
Connecting to Single- and Multi-table Data Sources
Migrated Data Sources
The Data Pane User Interface
View Data
Joins (Inner, Left and Right, Full Outer)
Unions
Merging Fields
Relationship Levels of Detail
Setting up a Relationship Between Tables
Joins vs. Relationships
Relationships, Joins, Unions and Blends
Combining Data Decision Tree
Creating Relationships Between Tables from Different Databases

10. Data extracts

Using Data Extracts
Configuring and Running an Extract
Logical Table vs. Physical Table Extracts

11. Customizing your data

Using Calculations in Tableau
Calculation Types
Creating and Editing Calculated Fields
Formula Editor Conventions
Types of Calculated Fields - Examples
Calculations and Aggregations
String Functions
Split and Custom Split
Type Conversions
Date Calculations - Examples
Join Calculations
LOD Expressions
Syntax and Calculation Types

12. Analyzing data with quick table calculations

Table Calculation Overview
Using Quick Table Calculations

13. Showing breakdowns of the whole

Pie Charts and Parts of the Whole
Creating Tree Maps

14. Advanced table calculations

Tips for Learning Table Calculations
Levels of Control
Table Calculation Scope and Direction
Table Calculation Specific Dimension
Other Scope and Direction Options
Null Values in Table Calculations
Using Rank to Show Biggest to Smallest
Table Calculations for Statistical Analysis

15. Creating and using parameters

Using Parameters
Parameters and Filters
Using Parameters with Reference Lines

16. Comparing measures

Comparing Two Measures (Bar in Bar Chart)
Comparing Progress Toward a Goal (Bullet Graph)

17. Defining subsets of your data

Using Sets
Combined Sets
In and Out Sets

18. Viewing distributions

Bins and Histograms
Box and Whisker Plots

19. Dashboards

Planning Your Dashboard
Building Your Dashboard
Add Interactivity with Filters and Actions
Adding Actions to Your Dashboard
Additional Dashboard Actions
Set Actions
Parameter Actions
Visual Best Practices
Add Instructions & Annotations
Tooltips
Remove Chart Extras
Publish Your Dashboard Online