Using Tableau to Discover Powerful Business Insights (2021)

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Tableau Courses Business Intelligence Courses Data Analysis Courses Data Visualization Courses Data Exploration Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn how to use Tableau to create, export, and share data visualizations that can offer you powerful business insights.

Syllabus

Introduction

Using Tableau to create business insights

1. Introduction to Tableau

What is Tableau?
How can I use Tableau effectively for business?
Excel vs. Tableau
What is data visualization?
Four main functions of Tableau
Basic Tableau terminology

2. Connecting to Data

Data connection screen
Types of data to connect to
Live vs. extracted data sources
Defining joins, unions, and data blending
Creating joins, unions, and data blending
Changing field types
Creating an alias
Default formatting
Case study, part 1

3. Exploring Data and Building Visualizations

Interface overview
Building visualizations
Creating calculated fields
Groups
Sets
Table calculations
Sorting
Filters
Histogram and bins
Analytics pane overview
Scatter plot and clustering
Case study, part 2

4. Sharing Insights

Dashboard interface overview
Basic dashboarding
Interactive elements
Tiled vs. floating objects
Creating stories
Case study, part 3

5. Tableau Concepts

Dimension vs. measure
Discrete vs. continuous
Aggregation
Timeliness
Visual analytics best practices

6. Expanding Your Tableau Skills

Tableau public forums
Sharing your Tableau portfolio
Reddit
Forums
YouTube

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

John David Ariansen and Madecraft

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