Intermediate Tableau Desktop skills
About Course
After, you have covered the basics in the previous course (https://www.infiniteskillshub.com.au/courses/tableau-desktop-basics/?v=3a1ed7090bfa), its now time to uncover some intermediate skills in Tableau to learn more on the product and learnt what all it can do
The topics you will cover are
- Parameters
- Sets
- Groups/Hierarchies
- Advanced calculations
- Data sources and connections
- Different types of charts
- Forecasting and analytics
- Dashboards and presentation
- Stories
Here are some benefits of this course
Intermediate skills in Tableau can significantly enhance your ability to analyze data, create insightful visualizations, and communicate findings effectively. Here’s how intermediate skills in Tableau can help:
- Advanced Visualization Techniques: Intermediate skills allow you to go beyond basic charts and graphs to create more complex and visually appealing visualizations. You can leverage features like dual-axis charts, combined axis charts, reference lines, and trend lines to enhance the depth and richness of your visualizations.
- Interactive Dashboards: With intermediate skills, you can create interactive dashboards that allow users to explore data dynamically. You can incorporate features like filters, parameters, actions, and tooltips to enable users to drill down into specific data points, compare different scenarios, and gain deeper insights into the data.
- Data Blending and Joins: Intermediate skills enable you to work with multiple data sources and perform data blending and joins to integrate data from different sources into a single analysis. You can combine data from databases, spreadsheets, and cloud services to create comprehensive and holistic views of your data.
- Advanced Calculations and Expressions: With intermediate skills, you can use calculated fields, table calculations, and LOD (Level of Detail) expressions to perform advanced analysis and derive insights from your data. You can calculate metrics, ratios, and percentages, as well as perform statistical analysis and forecasting directly within Tableau.
- Mapping and Spatial Analysis: Intermediate skills allow you to leverage Tableau’s mapping capabilities to visualize geographic data and perform spatial analysis. You can create maps, heatmaps, and spatial overlays to analyze patterns, trends, and relationships across different geographic regions.
- Customization and Formatting: With intermediate skills, you can customize the appearance and formatting of your visualizations and dashboards to align with your organization’s branding and presentation requirements. You can customize colors, fonts, labels, and tooltips to create polished and professional-looking dashboards.
- Performance Optimization: Intermediate skills enable you to optimize the performance of your Tableau workbooks and dashboards. You can optimize data connections, improve query performance, and manage extract refresh schedules to ensure that your dashboards load quickly and efficiently, even with large datasets.
- Collaboration and Sharing: Intermediate skills allow you to collaborate with colleagues and share your insights with others effectively. You can publish your workbooks to Tableau Server or Tableau Online, create subscriptions and alerts, and set permissions to control access to your dashboards and visualizations.
Tableau offers a comparable course at a premium price point https://www.tableau.com/learn/classroom/desktop-two
Our driving aspiration is to deliver unparalleled educational value, equipping students with the requisite skills to secure employment and excel in their chosen industries.
Course Content
Parameters
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Use parameters to switch between dimensions
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Use parameters to set dynamic thresholds
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Interactively input values that affect the calculations
00:55 -
Use parameter to swap sheets
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Quiz