Lesson 1: Getting Started with Tableau Desktop
- Tableau Desktop Concepts and Overview
- Introduction to Main Features
- Workbook elements and application structure
- Connections
- Visualizations
- Output options
- Dashboards
- Stories
- File types
Lesson 2: Connecting to Data Sources with Tableau Desktop
- Data Sources Tableau Desktop will connect to
- Field classifications
- Data Types and Roles in Tableau Desktop
- Dimensions and Measures
- Qualitative and quantitative data
- Continuous (Green) and discrete (Blue) classifications
- Bringing in the data
- Add a Connection
- Working in the Data Source view
- Commands and icons
- Preparing the Data
- Setting data types manually
- Selecting the fields to include and exclude
- Applying filters to a connection
- Use Aliases in fields
- Clean, Trim and Format
- Split Column or Extract Using Delimiters
Lesson 3: Combining Data Source
- Introducing Relationships, Unions and Joins
- Overview
- Relationship or Union – Use Cases
- Creating and Defining Table Relationships
- Combine tables using a Union
Lesson 4: Visualising the Data
- Overview of Data Visualisations
- Worksheet structure
- Pages, Filters and Marks
- Columns, Rows, Pills and Shelf
- Show Me
- Data and Analytics pane
- Key menus – Worksheet, Format and Analysis
- Crosstab and text visuals
- Creating a visual
- Working with Marks options
- Colour - applying Conditional Formats
- Text and Detail – adding data to a visual
- Tooltip – adding contextual information to tooltips
- Sorting a visual
- Formatting options
- Adding Table Calculations using Analysis and the Marks card
- Quick Table Calculations
- Totals
- Percent Of
- Difference
- Rank
- Charts
- Types
- Setting chart options using Marks
- Measure calculations
- Conditional colours
- Details, labels and tooltips
- Adding filters to visuals
- Setting filter controls and options
- Using filters across multiple worksheets
- View Data to see underlying data in a Viz
- Working with Hierarchies
- Analytics in Visualizations
- Summarise Lines and Total
- Using Groups and Bins in Visualizations
- Create Calculated Fields and Measures
- Create a KPI Visualization
- Geo-Data Roles and Maps
Lesson 5: Workbook and Worksheets
- Format the Workbook
- Setting worksheet options
- The Show Settings
- Export, Copy and Updates
- Format elements
Lesson 6: Dashboards and Stories
- Build a Dashboard
- Adding Sheets
- Working with Device Layouts
- Adding Objects to a Dashboard
- Format the Dashboard
- Test in Presentation Mode
- Build a Story
- Add sheets
- Set captions
- Test in Presentation Mode