CREATING YOUR FIRST VISUALIZATIONS AND DASHBOARD
Connecting to data
Foundations for building visualizations
Visualizing data
Creating bar charts
Creating line charts
Creating geographic visualizations
Using Show Me
Bringing everything together in a dashboard
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WORKING WITH DATA IN TABLEAU
The Tableau paradigm
Connecting to data
Managing data source metadata
Working with extracts instead of live connections
Tableau file types
Joins and blends
Filtering data
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MOVING FROM FOUNDATIONAL TO MORE ADVANCED VISUALIZATIONS
Comparing values across different dimensions
Visualizing dates and times
Relating parts of the data to the whole
Visualizing distributions
Visualizing multiple axes to compare different measures
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USING ROW-LEVEL, AGGREGATE, AND LEVEL OF DETAIL CALCULATIONS
Creating and editing calculations
Overview of the three main types of calculations
Level of Detail calculations
Parameters
Practical examples of calculations and parameters
Ad hoc calculations
Performance considerations
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TABLE CALCULATIONS
Overview of table calculations
Quick table calculations
Relative versus fixed
Scope and direction
Addressing and partitioning
Custom table calculations
Practical examples
Data densification
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FORMATTING A VISUALIZATION TO LOOK GREAT AND WORK WELL
Formatting considerations
Understanding how formatting works in Tableau
Adding value to visualizations
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TELLING A DATA STORY WITH DASHBOARDS
Dashboard objectives
Example – is least profitable always unprofitable?
Designing for different displays and devices
How actions work
Example – regional scorecard
Stories
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DEEPER ANALYSIS – TRENDS, CLUSTERING, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND FORECASTING
Trending
Clustering
Distributions
Forecasting
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MAKING DATA WORK FOR YOU
Structuring data for Tableau
Techniques for dealing with data structure issues
Overview of advanced fixes for data problems
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ADVANCED VISUALIZATIONS, TECHNIQUES, TIPS, AND TRICKS
Advanced visualizations
Sheet swapping and dynamic dashboards
Advanced mapping techniques
Using background images
Animation
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