Lessons 1: Introduction

• Who this course is for?
• What this course covers?
• To get the most out of this course
• Download the example code files
• Conventions used

Lessons 2: Taking Off with Tableau

• The cycle of analytics
• Connecting to data
• Foundations for building visualisations
• Visualising data
• Putting everything together in a dashboard
• Summary

Lessons 3: 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
• Summary

Lessons 4: Venturing on to Advanced Visualisations

• Comparing values
• Visualising dates and times
• Relating parts of the data to the whole
• Visualising distributions
• Visualising multiple axes to compare different measures
• Summary

Lessons 5: Starting an Adventure with Calculations

• Introduction to calculations
• Row-level calculations
• Aggregate-level calculations
• Level of detail calculations
• Parameters
• Practical examples of calculations and parameters
• Ad hoc calculations
• Performance considerations
• Summary

Lessons 6: Diving Deep with Table Calculations

• An overview of Table Calculations
• Quick Table Calculations
• Relative versus fixed
• Custom Table Calculations
• Practical examples
• Data densification
• Summary

Lessons 7: Making Visualisations That Look Great and Work Well

• Visualisation considerations
• Leveraging formatting in Tableau
• Adding value to visualisations
• Summary

Lessons 8: Telling a Data Story with Dashboards

• Key concepts for dashboards
• Designing dashboards in Tableau
• Dashboard example – is least profitable always unprofitable?
• Designing for different displays and devices
• How actions work
• Dashboard example – regional scorecard
• Stories
• Summary

Lessons 9: Digging Deeper - Trends, Clustering, Distributions, and Forecasting

• Trends
• Clustering
• Distributions
• Forecasting
• Summary

Lessons 10: Cleaning and Structuring Messy Data

• Structuring data for Tableau
• Dealing with data structure issues
• Overview of advanced fixes for data problems
• Summary

Lessons 11: Introducing Tableau Prep

• Getting prepped to explore Tableau Prep
• Understanding the Tableau Prep Builder Interface
• Flowing with the fundamental paradigm
• Summary

Lessons 12: Advanced Visualizations, Techniques, Tips, and Tricks

• Advanced visualisations
• Sheet swapping and dynamic dashboards
• Mapping techniques
• Using background images
• Animation
• Transparency
• Summary

Lessons 13: Sharing Your Data Story

• Presenting, printing, and exporting
• Sharing with users of Tableau Desktop or Tableau Reader
• Sharing with users of Tableau Server, Tableau Online, and Tableau Public
• Summary

Taking Off with Tableau

• Creating a Connection in a New Workbook
• Creating a Bar Chart
• Creating a Line Chart
• Creating Filled, Symbol, and Density Maps
• Using the Show Me Toolbar
• Building a Dashboard

Working with Data in Tableau

• Viewing the Aggregate Data
• Connecting to an Excel File
• Connecting to a Data Source and Managing Metadata

Venturing on to Advanced Visualisations

• Highlighting Categories of Interest
• Building a Bar-in-Bar Chart
• Building a Bullet Graph
• Creating a Gantt Chart
• Creating a Stacked Bar Chart

Starting an Adventure with Calculations

• Performing Aggregate-level Calculations
• Enhancing the User Experience, Analysis, and Visualisations

Diving Deep with Table Calculations

• Performing Quick Table Calculations

Telling a Data Story with Dashboards

• Creating a Dashboard and Implementing Actions
• Using a Set Action
• Creating a Regional Scoreboard
• Creating a Story

Cleaning and Structuring Messy Data

• Creating a Union

Introducing Tableau Prep