Tableau course for advanced learners by TEK Classes

Tableau Desktop
Getting started
What is Tableau? What does the Tableau product suite comprise of? How Does Tableau Work?
Tableau Architecture
What is My Tableau Repository?
Connecting to Data and introduction to data source concepts
Understanding the Tableau workspace
Dimensions and Measures
Data Types and properties
Tour of Shelves (How shelves and marks work)
Marks Card
Using Show Me!
Building Basic Views
Saving and Sharing your work-overview

Working with Data
Join
Working with Custom SQL
Data Blending
Difference between joining and blending data, and when we should do each.

Analysis 1
Cross tab
Totals & Subtotals
Bar Charts
Line Graphs
Pie charts
Heat Map
Scatter Plots
Tree Map
Bubble Graph
Blended Axis
Dual Axis
Edit axis
Parts of Views

Q&A

Analysis 2
Filters
Filters
Context filters
Sets
Parameters
Create What-If analysis
Using Parameters in
a. Calculated fields
b. Top/Bottom N

Analysis 3
Sorting
Ref lines & trend lines
Discrete vs Continuous

Analysis 4
Grouping
Bins/Histograms
Drilling up/down drill through
o Hierarchies
o View data
o Actions (across sheets)

Q&A

Maps
Explain latitude and longitude
Default location/Edit locations
Custom Geo Coding

Calculated Fields
Working with aggregate versus disaggregate data
Explain - #Number of Rows
Basic Functions (String, Date, Numbers etc)
Usage of Logical conditions

Table Calculations
Explain scope and direction
% total, running calculations etc

Q&A& Exercise Solving

Building Interactive Dashboards
Combining multiple visualizations into a dashboard (overview)
Making your worksheet interactive by using actions
o Filter
o URL
o Highlight

Parameters
Display Options (Dynamic Dimension/Measure Selection)
Date Aggregations and Date parts
Multiple Database Filter

Formatting
Options in Formatting your Visualization
Working with Labels and Annotations
Effective Use of Titles and Captions

Q&A & Exercise Solving

Saving and Sharing your work

Working with Data
Multiple Table Join
Working with the Data Engine / Extracts
Toggle between to Direct Connection and Extracts
Editing Data Connections
Performance Recorder

Q&A & Exercise Solving

Working with Tableau Server
Server Administration
Managing Users
Projects & Object level
Data Security as perUsers
Publishing to Tableau Server
Tableau Server

Overview of Tableau Server and the Tableau Landscape
Installation and setup of the Tableau Server
What are Sites in Tableau Server?
Creating Projects
Creating/Managing Users/Groups
Setting Permissions
Monitoring the Licenses
Scheduling refresh of data sources
Subscribing to reports/dashboards
Usage Tracking
Command Line Options tabcmd
Admin tasks of Backup, Upgrading, Cache management etc.
Practice session