Tableau 10 Essential Training

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Free Online Course: Tableau 10 Essential Training provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4-5 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Tableau 10 Essential Training is taught by Curt Frye.

Overview
  • Learn everything you need to know to analyze and display data using Tableau Desktop—and make better, more data-driven decisions for your company.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • What you should know before watching this course
    • Using the exercise files
    1. Introducing Tableau
    • Downloading Tableau
    • Installing Tableau drivers
    • Introducing Tableau file types
    • Getting help in Tableau
    • Discovering what’s new in Tableau 10
    2. Managing Data Sources and Visualizations
    • Connecting to a data source
    • Joining related data sources
    • Joining related fields with inconsistent names
    • Cleaning up source data
    • Creating a visualization using Show Me
    • Changing the order of the fields in a visualization
    • Changing the summary operation
    • Splitting text into multiple columns
    • Presenting data using Storylines
    3. Managing Tableau Worksheets and Workbooks
    • Displaying the data underlying a workbook
    • Adding, duplicating, and renaming worksheets
    • Reordering, clearing, and deleting worksheets
    • Changing a worksheet’s tab color
    • Showing or hiding worksheet elements
    • Saving your changes
    • Saving your workbook as a PDF file
    • Creating a packaged workbook
    4. Creating Custom Calculations and Fields
    • Presenting Tableau operators and built-in functions
    • Creating a calculated field
    • Creating a calculated field on a shelf
    • Adding a table calculation
    • Using level of detail expressions
    • Creating calculations in dialog boxes
    5. Analyzing Data Using Statistical Tools
    • Calculating averages, medians, minimums, and maximums
    • Displaying the Summary Card
    • Calculating percentages of a table total
    • Forecasting future values
    6. Sorting and Filtering Tableau Data
    • Sorting based on a field’s values
    • Combining fields to sort by more than one criteria
    • Creating a selection filter
    • Creating a wildcard filter
    • Creating a condition filter
    • Creating a top filter
    • Adding a Quick Filter to a worksheet
    • Editing, clearing, and deleting filters
    • Filtering data using parameters
    • Editing and deleting parameters
    7. Defining Groups and Sets
    • Defining a group
    • Defining a group for “other” values
    • Finding members of a group
    • Editing and deleting groups
    • Defining a set
    • Creating summaries using sets
    • Combining sets
    • Editing and deleting sets
    8. Creating and Pivoting Crosstabs
    • Creating a crosstab
    • Unpivoting a crosstab
    • Adding totals and subtotals to a crosstab
    9. Formatting Tableau Visualizations
    • Changing the visual summary type
    • Changing the appearance of your data
    • Resizing a visualization
    • Displaying a visualization in Presentation mode
    • Creating a highlight table
    10. Creating Basic Charts
    • Creating column and stacked column charts
    • Creating line charts and area fill charts
    • Creating pie charts
    • Creating scatter plots
    • Identifying data clusters
    • Creating histograms
    • Summarizing data using a smart histogram
    • Defining discrete bins from a continuous measure
    • Creating a treemap
    11. Annotating and Formatting Charts
    • Adding a text box to a chart
    • Formatting chart elements
    • Changing the color sequence in charts
    • Adding a trend line to a chart
    • Adding reference lines, distributions, and boxes
    12. Mapping Geographic Data
    • Ensuring your data can be mapped
    • Creating a basic map
    • Setting map options
    • Enhancing map analysis using distance measurement tools
    • Disabling pan and zoom in maps
    • Defining custom regions
    13. Creating Dashboards and Actions
    • Creating a dashboard
    • Arranging and formatting dashboard elements
    • Defining a filter action
    • Defining a highlight action
    • Defining a URL action
    14. What's New in Tableau 10.1 and 10.2
    • Connect to JSON data files
    • Connect to spatial data files
    • Parse strings into dates and other data types
    • Export data to CSV files
    • Create legends for each measure in a visualization
    • Scale maps dynamically
    • Manage Story Point navigation
    Conclusion
    • Further resources