Tableau Basics Advanced Tutorial

Dive into an advanced Tableau tutorial designed for data analysts, business intelligence professionals, and big data enthusiasts. Master the art of data visualization and analysis through a comprehensive 4-part series. Begin with an overview of Tableau and create your first visualizations and dashboards. Explore row-level, aggregate, and table calculations while working with data. Refine visualizations and dashboards to effectively communicate data stories. Delve into trends, distributions, and forecasting techniques. Conclude with advanced tips and tricks for sharing data insights. Gain hands-on experience through practical exercises and learn to format visualizations, tell compelling data stories, add value to analyses, and create interactive dashboards with various chart types, filters, and actions.

Syllabus

Start
Introduction
Introduction to Visualization Formatting
How and Why to Format in Tableau
Adjusting Fonts
Adding and Formatting Filters and Grand Totals
Workbook Themes and Shading
Applying Format to Other Sheets and Formatting Axis
Formatting Exercise #1
Formatting Exercise #2
Visualization Formatting Recap
Introduction to Telling Data Stories with Dashboards
Creating Column Charts and Adding Profit Detail Filters
Formatting Filters, Column Marks, and Sheet Backgrounds
Temporarily Adding Other Dimensions for Deeper Analysis
Duplicating and Modifying Sheets to Visualize Deeper Analysis
Creating Map Visualizations Showing Sales and Profit Values
Duplicating Map Visualizations and Adding Details
Applying Top N Filters to Map Visualizations and Using Map Controls
Creating Table Visualizations Showing Sales and Profit Values
Dashboards - Removing Filters, Shading, and Using Tables as Filters
Dashboards - Sheets Cannot be Deleted When on Dashboard
Dashboards - Using the URL Dashboard Action
Dashboards - Adding Images with Hyperlinks to Dashboards
Dashboards - Display My Dashboard and Show Web Page Object
Adding a Story with 4 Story Points
Navigating a Story and Populating and Resizing Captions
Scrolling in Story View and Navigation Options
Telling Data Stories with Dashboards Recap
Introduction to Adding Value to Analysis
Adding Linear Trend Lines and Showing Recalculated Lines
Describing and Editing Trend Lines
Creating Visualizations and Adding Distributions Bands Per Pane
Editing Distribution Bands to Table Scope - Applying Fill Choices
Formatting Distribution Band with Complementary Colors for Clarity
Forecasting Definitions
Configuring Forecast Options
Reviewing Forecast Result Options
Creating Visualizations and Adding Forecast Lines
Adjusting Forecast Options
Reviewing Describe Forecast Information
Reviewing Forecast Result Options
Adding Value to Analysis Recap
Conclusion