Module 1: Connecting to data sources
- Connecting to text, Excel, Access, and SQL files
- Pasting from a clipboard
- Connecting to other databases
- Connecting to Windows Azure Marketplace
- Understanding dimensions and measures
- Changing data types
- Applying filters
- Merging multiple data sources
Module 2: Creating univariate charts
- Creating tables
- Creating bar graphs
- Creating pie charts
- Sorting the graphs
- Creating histograms
- Creating line charts
- Using the Show Me toolbar
- Creating stacked bar graphs
- Creating box plots
- Showing aggregate measures
- Showing the top 10 items
Module 3: Creating bivariate charts
- Creating tables
- Creating scatter plots
- Swapping rows and columns
- Adding trend lines
- Selecting color palettes
- Using dates
Module 4: Creating multivariate charts
- Creating facets
- Creating area charts
- Creating bullet graphs
- Creating dual axes charts
- Creating Gantt charts
- Creating heat maps
Module 5: Creating maps
- Setting geographic roles
- Placing marks on a map
- Overlaying demographic data
- Creating choropleth maps
- Using polygon shapes
- Customizing maps
Module 6: Calculating user-defined fields
- Using predefined functions
- Calculating percentages
- Applying the If-Then logic
- Applying logical functions
- Showing totals
- Showing the percentage of totals
- Discretizing data
- Manipulating text
- Aggregating data
Module 7: Customizing and saving
- Adding title and caption
- Modifying font sizes and colors
- Applying various marks
- Adding colors, labels
- Changing marks sizes
- Adding reference lines
- Printing to PDF
- Saving packaged workbooks
- Creating a workbook data extract
Module 8: Exporting and saving
- Saving a workbook on a Tableau server
- Saving a workbook on the Web
- Exporting images
- Exporting data
Module 9: Exploring advanced features
- Viewing data
- Changing the mark size
- Using the presentation mode
- Adding annotations
- Excluding data on the fly
- Customizing mark shapes
- Adding drop-down selectors
- Adding search box selectors
- Adding slider selectors
- Creating dashboards
- Creating animated visualizations
- Creating parameters
Module 10: A short dash to dashboarding
- Preparing for your first dashboard
- Showing the power of data visualization
- Connecting to data sources
- Introducing the Tableau interface
- Interacting with your first data visualization
- Sharing your visualization with the world
Module 11: Summarizing your data for dashboards
- Arithmetic – the queen of mathematics!
- Dashboards and dates
- Grouping your data with calculations
- Correlation with calculations
- Using cross-tabs flexibly
- Simplifying your business rules with custom calculations
Module 12: Interacting with data for dashboards
- Fun with filters – grouping your data with clarity
- Hierarchies for revealing the dashboard message
- Classifying your data for dashboards
- Actions and interactions
- Drilling into the details
- Working with input controls
Module 13: Using dashboards to get results
- Enriching data with mashups
- Page trails
- Guided analytics with Tableau
- Sharing your results in a meeting
- Notes and annotations
- Using external data to enrich your dashboard
Module 14: Putting the dash into dashboards
- Choosing your visualization
- Using parameters in dashboards
- Using custom geocoding in Tableau
- Profiting from Big Data to rev your visualization
- Filtering your data for focus
- Creating choices in dashboards using conditional logic
Module 15: Making dashboards relevant
- Adding an infographic to your Tableau dashboard
- String manipulation in dashboards
- Correcting data exports from Tableau to Excel
- Blending data
- Optimizing tips for efficient, fast visualization
Module 16: Visual best practices
- Coloring your numbers
- Dueling with dual axes
- Where is the three-dimensional data?
- Eating humble pie – Pie charts or not?
- Sizing to make a data story
Module 17: Tell the world! share the dashboards
- Packaging workbooks with data
- Publishing dashboards to Tableau Server
- Publishing dashboards to Tableau Public
- Mobilizing your dashboards
- Mixing Tableau with Power BI
